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Nadine C. Keels

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Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Love Stories

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October 2010

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Nadine. A French name, meaning, "hope."
Her lifelong passion for the power of story makes reading and writing an adventure for Nadine C. Keels. She’s driven to write the kinds of stories she’s always wanted to read but couldn’t always find, featuring diverse and uncommon lead characters in a medley of genres.

Through her books and her blogs (Prismatic Prospects, Gentle Reads Fiction, and Selectively Gritty Fiction), Nadine aims to spark hope and inspiration in as many people as she can reach. ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 659 ratings · 493 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Movement of Crowns (Movement of Crowns #1) 3.89 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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
	Love Unfeigned (For Every Love #1) 4.25 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 17 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
	Reviving the Commander (Crowns Legacy #1) 4.35 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Eubeltic Descent (Eubeltic Realm #1) 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Celebrating Solo? 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2014 — 10 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
	World of the Innocent 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	The Movement of Rings (Movement of Crowns #2) 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Embracing the Outcast (Crowns Legacy #2) 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Yella’s Prayers 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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
	Kiss and ’Telle? (For Every Love #3) 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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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For Lovers of Gentle Love: The Inheritance (1997)

In this romantic drama, tensions arise when an aristocrat falls in love with a young woman of a different social class.

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Series by Nadine C. Keels

Movement of Crowns (3 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 174 ratings

For Every Love (3 books)
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4.24 avg rating — 121 ratings

Crowns Legacy (2 books)
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4.33 avg rating — 82 ratings

Eubeltic Realm (4 books)
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4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings

Love by the Breather (4 books)
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3.81 avg rating — 58 ratings

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Nadine C. Keels wrote a new blog post For Lovers of Gentle Love: The Inheritance (1997) In this romantic drama, tensions arise when an aristocrat falls in love with a young woman of a different social class.
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Nadine Keels liked kym ✨ the midnight review's review of Berta’s Bounceback: "⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Berta's Bounceback is book two of the Malt Shop Milestones books — a spin on malt shop fiction featuring Black representation, which the genre was lacking. Berta is your average high school girl — and that's the problem. With her best friend ach" Read more of this review »
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Nadine Keels made a comment on her review of Cat Walk " Ollie wrote: "i'm so glad you saw this cover and remembered the book instantly! i felt the same way when i saw it again for the first time. also, i'm ...more "
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Nadine Keels and 5 other people liked Ollie Hennis's review of Cat Walk: "One cat searches for "home" and "family", leaving behind his barn cat origins. This is one of the few books I read for myself in elementary school. It certainly changed my thinking on cats--I had always been a dog kid before, and cats were nice but st" Read more of this review »
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Nadine Keels rated a book it was amazing Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers by Arna Bontemps	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
• 4.5 Stars, rounded up Before reading this novel that was first published in the 1950s, I read a biographical sketch about the Jubilee Singers in We Sing America, a children's book written by Marion Cuthbert in the 1930s. That book as a whole, and the ...more
Apr 09, 2026 06:18PM · 1 like · like · see review
Nadine Keels is on page 140 of 264 of Chariot in the Sky Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers by Arna Bontemps progress:	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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Nadine Keels rated a book really liked it Jasper, the Drummin' Boy by Margaret Taylor Burroughs	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
Aww, now if this book about a Black American boy didn't make for a delightful little read for me? Going through the pages of the first edition published in 1947, I read some parts and took a look at all of the original illustrations, which the author ...more
Apr 07, 2026 05:54PM · 1 like · like · see review
Nadine Keels rated a book it was amazing Cat Walk by Mary Stolz	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
Wow. I really enjoyed this 1980s book as a kid. If I recall correctly, I found a copy of it at my school library. Later on, I forgot the name of the book, and I think I eventually got the thought of it mixed up with Socks by Beverly Cleary, a differe ...more
Apr 07, 2026 12:52AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Nadine Keels rated a book it was amazing We Sing America by Marion Cuthbert	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
(Not an official book cover below, but fan art.) [image] Johnny lives in a world where people often forget that black men have done great deeds in the history of almost every country. Because Johnny's history book did not say so and because there was n ...more
Apr 05, 2026 10:43PM · 1 like · like · see review

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“Writers and artists know that ethereal moment, when just one, fleeting something--a chill, an echo, the click of a lamp, a question—-ignites the flame of an entire work that blazes suddenly into consciousness.”
― Nadine C. Keels

tags: artists, authors, creativity, inspiration, writers

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“You’ll have to decide what’s more important to you at this point. Love or fear.”
― Nadine C. Keels, Reviving the Commander

tags: fear, inspirational, love, priorities

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“We may not be able to grasp all that is His being,” Eunice went on, “all that is His essence and His heart, but when we sum Him up, we call
Him love.”
― Nadine C. Keels, Embracing the Outcast

tags: christianity, inspirational

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