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john Paul garner

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My name is John. I'm a retired high school football coach and military veteran. I joined the HDCWC Wordsmiths critique group in 2012, and through their support and guidance, especially that of Jenny Margotta, Richard Zone, and Mary Langer Thompson, I have self-published three books and retired four. I'm currently working on Book Two of my contemporary  romance: That Comeback Season. ​
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that comeback season

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It’s gut-check time . . . a race against the clock. Betrayed by his wife, with another man and sabotaged and threatened by a younger coach in the year he’s supposed to die, Gabriel Messenger must make good on his second chance at love, life, and coaching, while the amazing widow he meets online seeks a romantic and wants to be in love by Christmas. Considered “smooth” and “spectacular” by two judges at the Georgia Romance Writers competition, Book One begins Gabriel’s battle to beat his fear of failing and defeat his disease in its deadliest year. To win, he does what he loves: he coaches, he writes and he runs. Twice a day. And, at night, he races a train. 

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football for moms

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Football is not rocket science. It’s math and physics played on angles and low to the ground.

go trogans!

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The true story about a bunch of desert rats, military brats and one girl who beat the BIG schools to get to the BIG game.
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