Mercedes Keyes (Author of The Fancy)

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Mercedes Keyes

欧宝娱乐 Author

Born

in Greenville, Ms., The United States

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Genre

Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Romance

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Mother, The Grandmother, aunts and uncles from the south. Kathleen E. ...more

Member Since

October 2008

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Born in the south, Mississippi - grew up back and forth between there and Chicago, where she went to school. Keyes married early in life and gave birth to three beautiful children, two daughters, and a son. Currently, she has 7 grandsons and 1 granddaughter

She lives in Colorado now - after relocating from England where she used the backdrop of the small island to learn more about the world's historical past. A past that she's made a point to write about, as Ms. Keyes is a lover of history.

Currently, she is working on Saoirse - her sixth historical with Cromwell's reign that brought about Irish slaves - which will be followed by Fancy Free - another historical surrounding Cora's Daughters - the Fancy Series.

She can be found @ amberswann.org ...more

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Chapter Two - The Stunning & Unforgettable Princess Diana

I聽remember back in 1980, the first time I saw her and him, I was watching the interview of them as they walked and paused here and there on the Balmoral estate. That was when she was still, Diana Spencer, engaged to the Prince of Wales. (Not all princes are charming - sorry, had to get that out.) Of course, I didn't know that back then and sadly, neither did she.聽Anyway, I'm not even sure how Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.53 · 2,518 ratings · 247 reviews · 25 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Fancy (The Fancy Series #1) 4.27 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Princess Ces'alena (Webster Fields Book 1) 4.58 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Reunion (Webster Fields Book 3) by Mercedes Keyes (欧宝娱乐 Author), Lawrence James (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gold Raven (Webster Fields Book 2) by Mercedes Keyes (欧宝娱乐 Author), Lawrence James (Editor) 4.64 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight of Fancy (Cora's Daughters - The Fancy Series Book 2) by Mercedes Keyes (欧宝娱乐 Author), Lawrence James (Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bomaw - Volume One: The Beauty Of Man and Woman 4.49 avg rating — 116 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight of Fancy (The Fancy Series #2) 4.45 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphrodisiac 4.60 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bomaw - Volume Two: The Beauty of Man and Woman 4.65 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bomaw - Volume Three: The Beauty of Man and Woman 4.65 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bomaw (13 books)
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Outstanding, an eye opener. I never gave the RF a thought until Princess Diana. When she was dispatched - I lost interest. Every now and then I would take a glance at Harry. Then he met and married Meghan. The two of them are all I care about.
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“Life is an adventure, and if you can鈥檛 live them 鈥� write them!”
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“He who avoids suffering today, in his test of life for what his quest is to be, will cry out tomorrow, a thousand times in agony, for he has failed to fulfill what was his life鈥檚 destiny.”
― Mercedes Keyes, Princess Ces'alena

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“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

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“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 鈥榟appy鈥�. They told me I didn鈥檛 understand the assignment, and I told them they didn鈥檛 understand life.”
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“A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.”
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“You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to dictate mine.”
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