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    For Your Own Good
    For Your Own Good
    For Your Own Good
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    For Your Own Good

    By Candice Jean

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    Seasons, feelings, future ideas.

    Era's, creative comedy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 30, 2022
    ISBN9781667853796
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      For Your Own Good - Candice Jean

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      © 2022 Candice Jean. All rights reserved.

      ISBN 978-1-66785-379-6

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      HONEY GIRL

      SEPTEMBER MORNING

      MISTER

      DUO

      ROAD DINOSAURS

      I DO NOT SHARE

      THE SLATE OF OCTOBER

      THE P POEM

      GABLE

      SHORT LOVE

      KIKI

      IZ

      DRYING UP

      CALIFORNIA

      ETIQUETTE

      THE TWISTING OF UNTRUTH’S

      WYOMING

      NORTH CAROLINA

      PAYDAY

      STUPID TORTURE

      ICEBOX

      HOTEL

      THE COMPARTMENTS

      THE 1970’S

      WHITE NIGHT

      THE A GAME

      THE SHITTY SIDE OF IT

      WINTER IS COMING

      DO YOU REMEMBER?

      THE GROWN UP LITTLE GIRL INSIDE MY HEART

      THE SUMMER SLEEPS

      MY RED SOLO ATMOSPHERE

      HOW?

      WILL THE CRUST GO GREEN?

      NICHOLAS

      THE BEAUTY OF CANDY JEAN

      OLD TURKEYS AND CACKLING CHICKENS

      TRUCK DRIVING WOMAN

      60

      NAPKINS AND PAPER TOWELS

      TWENTIETH CENTURY COMPOSER

      TECHNICALITIES

      KEEP SINGING THOSE COUNTRY SONGS

      SLOW

      FORK

      SUGAR

      BEETLES AN BUGS

      HUNGRY BIRDS

      SIT DOWN

      CATS OR DOGS

      ALIEN CAPACITY

      JERRY THE JET

      THE WINDS OF CHANGE

      CULPRIT

      THE LOCAL VOYAGER

      NEIGHBORS OF FRIENDS

      THE EFFECT

      A WARM DINNER

      THE THIN RED BELT

      THE NIGHTMARE

      J D

      THE SOFT OF BLUE EYES

      TALL DON

      BEING IGNORED

      COLORFUL BLOOMS IN A COLORLESS LIFE

      THE EYES OF MYSTERY

      DANDY

      MARKED AS PAID

      THE HUMAN EGG

      THE DRUGSTORE

      BO AT NIGHT

      RANDY IN RHYTHM

      AN ARTFUL WALK WITH YOU

      SLEEPING HANDSOME

      RHYME

      IF YOU ASK A HORSE

      BRAD

      DAYS OF JANUARY

      THE POETRY OF LOVE

      OLIVIA’S DRIVE

      THE GENERATION THAT WOKE UP THE FUTURE

      ROOM FOR ME

      THE GOODWILL OF OTHERS

      IF I COULD ONLY PAINT HIM

      PAPER DOLLS

      BUTTONS AND SCRAPS

      THE BRIDE’S ROSES

      BLUE POT PANTS

      DEAR ABBY

      SEASONS THRU LOVE

      THE DREAM

      OREGON BLACK BERRIES

      COOS BAY

      MOTHER’S SHAKESPEARE

      BO HUNK

      JEWELRY

      BALLROOM WALTZ

      100

      SOUL STONE

      WORDS PAINTED SHUT

      SLAVE DOGS

      DAYS OF SERVICE

      SECOND SHIFT

      THE TOOL

      LITTLE TWINKLING LIGHTS

      LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE

      WATER BOTTLE BOATS

      NOTATIONS

      THE SEA HAG

      THE GREEN CROSS

      THE SCARRED MEN OF D STREET

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