{"id":28613,"date":"2009-10-08T12:03:49","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-10-12T02:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T02:21:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-right: 40px;\">Formerly known as The Season Blog, <strong>Smitten by Books<\/strong> is the updated, revamped blog run by me, <a href=\"http:\/\/beverleykendall.com\">Beverley Kendall<\/a>. I write and <strong>love<\/strong> to read new adult, contemporary and historical romances. 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