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Welcome to the official home of USA Today Bestselling author, Tara Taylor Quinn.

The author of 57 original novels, in twenty languages, Tara grips readers with deeply emotional and psychologically astute stories of suspense and romance.

Announcing:

The Second Annual

Tara Taylor Quinn Charity Skate

Help Tara in her fight against Domestic Abuse

Available Now in Print and e-Book!!

It Happened On Maple Street is a one of a kind story. I know. Because I wrote it. And I am never going to write another one like it. Life is a journey and this is mine...

Tara's Real Life Love Story

Featuring Tim Barney and Tara Taylor Quinn

From The Library Journal on It Happened On Maple Street

Quinn, Tara Taylor. It Happened on Maple Street.HCI. (True Vows). 2011. 286p. ISBN 9780757315688. pap. $13.95. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Naïve, sheltered, and bookish Tara Gumser is a smalltown Ohio “good girl” with one enduring dream—to write for Harlequin—until she meets Tim Barney in a college geology class and adds another dream to her list. But life has other, far less pleasant plans for Tara, although she soon succeeds at carving out a stellar professional career. It isn’t until decades later, when an out-of-the-blue email from Tim reunites them, that the cruel betrayal and emotional devastation of Tara’s past are finally laid to rest, and she and Tim are given another chance at love. Told from alternating viewpoints (Tara’s and Tim’s), this introspective, soul-searing story takes its protagonists on a turbulent journey from angst-ridden teenage insecurity and painful self-doubt to adult understanding and acceptance and leaves them stronger, more resilient, and more sure of their love.

Verdict: Poignant and brutally hard-hitting but shimmering with joy and newfound hope, this autobiographical reality-based romance by popular Harlequin author Quinn is a noticeable departure from her current suspenseful thrillers but is a compelling page-turner in its own right. Arizona-based Quinn (The Fourth Victim) is “married to her own Harlequin Hero. Finally.”—Kristin Ramsdell, Librarian Emerita, California State Univ., East Bay

Tim and Tara take It Happened On Maple Street to Fox

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The Worth of it All
A Message From Tara Taylor Quinn

• One in four women in the U.S. has experienced domestic violence in her lifetime, according to the Center for Disease Control.
• According to a Harris Poll, 60% of Americans personally know someone who has experienced domestic abuse.
• The Bureau of Justice Statistics says that women between the ages of 20-24 are most likely to be the victim of nonfatal intimate partner violence. One in three teenagers say they know someone who has been punched, kicked, choked, or physically hurt by their romantic partner.
• More than 2 million people call domestic violence crisis lines or hot lines every year. I am one of these statistics. It took me thirty years to admit to anyone that I'd been the victim of a man who'd professed to love me above all others. I believed the fault was mine. And that if I could somehow fix myself, the problem would go away. And I believed I'd been chosen to help him.

Abuse comes in many forms. There are the more obvious cases of abuse - the ones with physical bruises or broken bones. And there are equally debilitating, insidious cases that are much harder to name. And to prove. If you, or anyone you know, is struggling to feel good in a relationship, for any reason, abuse is a possibility.

With my silence, I robbed myself of thirty years of happiness. I hope that my speaking out now will help other's not make the same mistake. Whether you suffer from abuse or not, if you feel weighted down in a relationship, or have any suspicions at all that you are being mistreated - verbally, mentally, emotionally, or physically - PLEASE reach out. Help is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and it is completely free.

The best source of help that I know is the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
1.800.799.SAFE (7233) 1.800.787.3224 (TTY)

If you are afraid of being caught while you seek knowledge, others are out there to provide secure means of contact. For only a few dollars you can purchase a disposable phone. Most libraries allow public computer access for free. And the National Domestic Violence Hotline is equipped to keep contact confidential. Asking questions does not necessarily mean a huge life change. It just means knowing. Remember, knowledge brings power! The power to be happy.

I am living proof that there is life, happiness, and most importantly - trust - after abuse.

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THE CHAPMAN FILES
September - December, 2010

Meet Psychologist Dr. Kelly Chapman:

"I hadn't started out with any desire to be an expert witness. And certainly not one who got calls from every state in the union. That hadn't been my goal. Still wasn't. But our purposes in life aren't always clear to us, are they?"

On her life:

"Bottom line was, trauma didn't punch a time clock. So neither did I."

In one of her better moments regarding caller ID:

"I mean, what if it was my father's number and I let out a 'what do you want?' and it turned out to be a cop using my dad's phone to call and tell me Dad was dead on the side of the road?"

Regarding her addiction:

"I couldn't find a pencil that hadn't been chewed on. So what if the existing ones bore all my own teeth marks. Sometimes a girl just needed fresh wood."

On a case:

"I didn't get angry often. But I was angry. Well and truly, one hundred percent angry. The slime ball was going down. Way, way, way down."

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