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<br>“A house without books is like a room without windows.”― Heinrich MannTamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1890125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-41554281385328421522018-08-01T06:00:00.000-05:002018-08-01T06:00:12.983-05:00Virtual Book Tour with Giveaway ~ Through the Fire (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit) by Katie Ruggle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Through the Fire<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rocky Mountain K9 Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">by Katie Ruggle<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He’s tall.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He’s dark.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He’s brutally handsome…</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And he may be her only hope.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kit Jernigan despairs of ever fitting in with her new tight-knit
K9 unit—they've been through too much to welcome a stranger. So when a killer
strikes, it’s a fight to convince her fellow officers to trust her long enough
to catch the woman she <i>knows</i> is responsible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She can’t do it on her own. What she needs most is a partner:
local fire spotter Wesley March.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Wes knows in his heart that Kit is right, and he's willing to
leave his lonely tower to help her prove it. But the more time they spend
together, the hotter the fire smolders…and the more danger they're in. A member
of the K9 unit's inner circle is determined to have her revenge—no matter who
gets burned in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">This time, it's personal.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wes
couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t uncommon for him to have insomnia, but it usually
happened when he was working on a project or was trying to sort out an
especially tricky problem. This time, it felt different. Excitement was running
through him, making him feel like he’d downed a half-dozen espressos in the
fifteen minutes before he’d gone to bed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He couldn’t blame caffeine for his
sleepless state, though. No, it was all the fault of a beautiful woman who’d
almost gotten shot by Rufus. The memory made him frown, hating the idea that
she’d been in danger. After seven years working in his tower and living
year-round in the small, adjacent cabin, Wes had earned the wary respect of his
neighbors. He wouldn’t call them friends, but he’d be able to knock on their
doors without getting his head shot off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Probably.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Giving up on attempting sleep, Wes
climbed out of bed and tossed his winter coat over his drawstring pants and
T-shirt. Stuffing his feet into his boots, he clumped outside. He glanced at
his watch. It was close to four, but the world was as dark as if it were the
middle of the night. The stars were bright, though, giving the snow an eerie,
blue-white glow. One of his favorite things about his home was how quiet it
was, especially at night in the winter. In the small city where he’d grown up,
there’d always been noise, sounds overlapping other sounds until it was
impossible for him to concentrate on anything. Here, it was just the slight
thud and brush of his boots connecting with the snowy ground, then the quiet
beep and click of the tower door unlocking and opening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once upstairs, there were more
distractions—the crackling of the fire in the woodstove and the whir and beep
of various electronics he’d hooked to the motion sensor—but everything was
familiar and expected. Usually, the sameness of his tower was comforting, but
tonight he was restless. He’d gotten a taste of the heady excitement he’d felt
in Kit’s company, and he wanted more. For the first time, the tower felt empty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Radio on,” he commanded, needing to
hear human voices other than his own. After he heard the beep indicating that
the digital radio had powered up, there was still silence, and he almost
laughed. Why had he thought anyone would be communicating at this hour? It was
tiny Monroe after all. “Radio scan.” Although he still didn’t have high hopes
of hearing any communications, even with all the channels open, that at least
increased the odds. Walking over to the bank of windows, Wes peered into the
darkness, not seeing anything except his reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">“Dispatch, Unit 2242. I’m about to make a
traffic stop on the 200 block of Main Street. Plates when you’re ready.”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The voice belonged to one of Wes’s more
sane neighbors, Otto Gunnersen. The cop and his new wife, Sarah, lived a few
miles away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">2242, go ahead</span></i>.” The
dispatcher sounded sleepy. As Otto rattled off the license plate number, Wes
wondered if Otto’s transmission had woken her up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It wasn’t long before the dispatcher
spoke again, sounding wide awake this time. “<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">That plate comes back to a blue
Honda Accord, registered to a William Kyle Yarden. He has a warrant</span></i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Copy</span></i>.” Otto didn’t
sound fazed by the information, which wasn’t surprising. Although Wes didn’t
know Otto well, he got the impression that it took a lot to rattle the big cop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">2268</span></i>.” Wes’s stomach
jumped with excitement when he recognized Kit’s voice. “<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Need some help, Otto?</span></i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">I’ve got this, thanks</span></i>,”
Otto answered. “<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Bill never gives us any trouble</span></i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Copy. Let me know if you can
use a hand. I’m just around the corner, so I could be there in five minutes</span></i>.”
Kit sounded a little disappointed, and Wes wondered if she was having just as
much trouble sleeping as he was. He liked that idea. It made the early-morning
hours seem less lonely when he knew that she was awake as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On impulse, he switched the radio to a
seldom-used channel and picked up the wireless mic. “3537 to 2268 on eighteen.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There was a pause long enough to make
Wes wonder if she was scanning channel eighteen or if his attempt to reach out
had been lost to empty air. “<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">2268 to 3537. Wes, is that you?</span></i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He smiled. “Yes, it’s me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">What are you doing up so late?</span></i>”
she asked. Her voice was warm, and it made his blood feel carbonated again, all
those fizzy bubbles swirling through him. He couldn’t stay still, so he paced
over to the windows, peering through the glass even though he knew he couldn’t
see her house without the binoculars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I couldn’t sleep. How about you? Are
you working nights now?” He hoped not. There would be fewer chances to see her
if their sleep schedules were reversed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Nope to both. Can’t sleep, but
I’m not on nights. Too bad. At least then I’d be paid for staying up.</span></i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He moved from Window 1 to Window 12 and
then back again, needing to move so his brain didn’t freeze with the pressure
of talking to Kit. “Why can’t you sleep?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although he’d only met her a few times,
the sound she made was already familiar, and he could picture her doing a half
shrug as she made it. “<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">I’m not sure. New place or too much excitement
yesterday or something. Who knows. My brain does what it does, giving no
explanations.</span></i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yes.” Her words resonated inside him.
“Mine, too. Our brains match in that way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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filled her voice, and it made his throat tighten with anxiety at the thought of
her laughing at him. “<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">As if my brain could even hope to match yours.
I’ve seen your tower. You’re a stinking genius</span></i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chin, his face heating from pleasure and relief. As he lifted his head, his
reflection in the window caught his attention, and he was glad Kit couldn’t see
his flushed cheeks. Realizing that his pause had probably stretched too long,
he scrambled to come up with an answer. “You’re just as smart. I think your
brain could hold its own.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been a long time since he’d been able to talk to anyone so easily. “Of course.
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Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-7562039903696202782018-07-10T10:09:00.000-05:002018-07-10T10:09:01.431-05:00Book Review ~ Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage<br />
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">by Zoje Stage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Expected publication: July 17th 2018
by St Martin's Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Sweetness can be deceptive. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">She’s
the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only
person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after
with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think
of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">She
loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home
schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As
Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains
blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s
something seriously wrong, and that maybe home isn’t the best place for their
baby girl after all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hannah
is an adorable looking seven year old who worships her father….she is definitely
a daddy’s girl through and through.
However, this sweet looking child has a devious mind and her goal is to
get rid of her mother, no matter the cost so that she can have her father all
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">This
story is told in alternating POV’s between Suzette, the mother, and Hannah, the
seven-year old girl. Hannah chooses not
to speak, but her ‘voice’ is loud when it comes to the hatred she has toward
her mom. As a mom myself, I really felt
sorry for Suzette. She wanted to love Hannah so much, but it is hard to love
evil…..and trust me, Hannah is pure evil.
It was hard for me to connect with Hannah’s character because she seemed
older than her young seven years. It was
difficult for me to comprehend that a young child would even contemplate such
adult behavior. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">While
this psychological thriller started out strong, I felt it fizzled out in the
middle and the flame totally died out at the end. I wanted to know more, but the story just ended
without any real conclusion and left this reader feeling unsatisfied. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
audio version of this book is narrated by Gabra Zackman and while her voice of
Suzette was great, I had a really hard time with her portrayal of Hannah. I felt as though Hannah was a seventy-year
woman instead of a young girl. Perhaps
that is why I could not connect with Hannah, other than the fact that she was a
psychopath. The production quality was
great and the narrator spoke clearly and concisely.</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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2 stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-46491873973559305252018-07-04T06:00:00.000-05:002018-07-04T06:00:10.294-05:00Spotlight Tour and Giveaway ~ Copycat by Hannah Jayne<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 18pt;">Copycat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">by Hannah Jayne<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">ISBN: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">9781492647393</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Release Date: July 3, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">From the author
of <i>The Escape</i>, <i>Twisted</i>, and <i>Truly, Madly,
Deadly</i> comes a chilling new thriller that asks: what happens if your
real life became stranger and deadlier than fiction?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Everyone is dying to
read the latest book in the popular Gap Lake mystery series, and Addison is no
exception. As the novels biggest fan, she’s thrilled when the infamously
reclusive author, R.J. Rosen, contacts her, giving her inside information
others would kill for.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Addison’s always
dreamed of what it would be like if the books were real…. But then she finds
the most popular girl in school dead. Murdered. And realizes that life
imitating fiction is more dangerous that she could have imagined. As other
terrifying events from the books start happening around her, Addison has to
figure out how to write her own ending—and survive the story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Praise for<i> Copycat:</i></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“A twisty
rollercoaster ride that mixes fiction with reality and truth with
misconceptions...lovers of mysteries will certainly enjoy this fast-paced page
turner.” —<b><i>Library Media Connection</i></b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Addie and Maya feel
authentic; their charming interpersonal dynamic and the escalating pace of the
plot result in a quick read.” —<b><i>Kirkus</i></b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 3pt;">One<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">There was something inordinately creepy about being at
school after dark. The place was deserted—the benches and picnic tables in the
quad looked ominous and foreboding under the flickering yellow lights. Crystal
Lanier shivered and pulled her jacket tighter against an imaginary chill. The
weather was mild at Gap Lake in September; the days still sunbaked, the nights,
like this one, a gentle mix of fading summer and impending fall. But the bare
bones of the deserted campus had put a chill in the air, and shot a blast of
cold right through Crystal.</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I’m creeping myself out,” she muttered shifting her books from
one arm to the other.</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">A wisp of wind cut through the quad. Crystal was almost sure she
heard someone laughing—a weak, choked giggle, like someone was trying to
swallow it down.</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Hello?”</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">She spun, her long black hair fanning over
her shoulders. “Is someone there?” She knew she sounded like every horror movie
victim ever, and her heart hammered in her throat as her skin prickled with
beads of sweat.</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">This was Gap Lake, she reminded herself. It
was a tiny town where everyone knew everyone else, and nothing bad ever
happened. She was thinking that when the shadow approached. When he reached out
for her long black hair. She was thinking what a nice, safe place Gap Lake was
when he clamped a hand over her mouth. When he strangled her scream and drove
the needle straight into her throat.</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Addison!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addison glanced up and blinked, feeling redness stain her cheeks
and ears. She closed the book slowly, looking around at the two dozen sets of
eyes staring back at her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I’m sorry.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mrs. Lea took two steps forward and held out her hand. Addison
cleared her throat and shifted in her seat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The book, Addison.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reluctantly, Addison handed over the dog-eared book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Can I get it back after class, please?” she asked, her voice
meek.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya
Garcia hiked her backpack over her shoulders and stepped into the junior
hallway. “Okay, how many times has Mrs. Lea taken that thing from you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addison shrugged, falling into step with her best friend. “Let’s
see, I’ve read it about fifty-seven times so…fifty-six?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“You are the biggest, nerdiest R. J. Rosen fan ever.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Hey, I’m president of his fan club. It’s mainly research.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya shook her head sadly. “It’s borderline obsessive.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Who you calling borderline?” Addison flashed a wide grin. “It’s
not entirely my fault. Rosen needs to write faster. If he could keep up with the
public’s rabid love for the Gap Lake mysteries, I wouldn’t need to constantly
reread—”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">“And reread and reread. And write massive
amounts of fan fiction.”</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addison rolled her eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Don’t get me wrong, Adds. I love the books too, but you’re a
teenager. You need a more destructive hobby to fit in.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addison nodded sagely. “I see where you’re coming from. What do
you suggest?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Drinking, drugs, reckless driving.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“First of all, to drive recklessly, I’d have to drive, which I
will not. And as for the other stuff, what am I? A stereotype?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya narrowed her eyes, crossed her arms in front of her chest. “I
feel like you’re not taking me seriously.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addison stopped at locker 221 and spun the lock, pulling open the
metal door. “I like to read. So what?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya yanked a handful of books out of Addison’s locker before
dumping them back in again. “So, you should shelve a few hundred of these books
and live in the here and now with the rest of us who have boyfriends who don’t
live only on paper.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Number one, have you read the first Gap Lake book? Not only is
Crystal’s boyfriend, Declan Levy, not a one-dimensional paper product, he may
or may not be responsible for her murder—I vote not. But if that doesn’t make
a rounded character, I don’t know what does.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Character,” Maya enunciated. “That’s the magic word. A character
is not a real person.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“And speaking of not real people, who’s this boyfriend of yours
you seem to be referring to?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">A fierce blush crept across Maya’s olive cheeks. “I didn’t say
that I had a boyfriend. But there are possibilities. Men in the wings. Plans
afoot and so forth and…stuff.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“‘Plans afoot’? ‘So forth and stuff’? Who are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya put her hands on her hips. “I’m your best friend, Addie.
Remember me? I’m not a mystery novel, but I’m pretty damn fantastic if I say so
myself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addie pulled the book back. She gave it a quick kiss, before
stashing the book in her backpack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya gaped. “Did you just kiss a book? Seriously?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“It’s my lifeblood.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya cocked an eyebrow and Addie shrugged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Okay, so it’s research.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Tell me you still want to be a writer and haven’t decided on
serial killing as a career goal.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“According to my father, the latter pays better.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“How is the wolf of Wall Street?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addie blew out a sigh. “Buying low, selling high, still wishing
his disappointing daughter had a penis or a power tie.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Well, I know what to get you for Christmas.” Maya stopped dead in
her tracks. “Don’t look, but you’re being ogled. Possibly even being fantasized
about in weird and uber-sexual ways.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addie immediately crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Now I
feel skeevy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I’d pay a thousand bucks if Spencer Cohen was staring at me that
way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addie shrugged, trying to play it off like she didn’t care. “You
need a life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya groaned and shook Addie’s arm. “And you need two feet in
reality or you’re going to prom with a cardboard cutout.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“If it’s a cardboard cutout of Declan Levy, sign me up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“So you <i>are</i> into serial killers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Declan didn’t do it!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya rolled her eyes. “Declan totally did it. He killed Crystal,
then did Andy and Rhodes. It’s textbook. I know because I am the daughter of
cops, times two.” She held up two fingers a half inch from Addie’s nose. “He
had motive, opportunity—all those other <i>CSI</i>words.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“That’s what the author <i>wants</i> you to think. And
you totally fell for it! You are so R. J. Rosen’s target audience!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“And you’re his secret side chick.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addie snorted. “I prefer biggest fan.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Well, it seems like Spencer Cohen is your biggest fan, and he’s
coming over here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Hey, Addie.” Spencer grinned, one of those three-point grins
that hit his dark-brown eyes, chin dimple, and Crest-white smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’m not in love with Spencer,</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> she
told herself. <i>Infatuation. Puppy love, maybe. He’s just so cute…</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Hey, Spencer.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya stepped forward. “Addie was just telling me how much she
loves water polo. And dancing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Addie blinked. “I was?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">“I play water polo.” Spencer brightened and
Addie gritted her teeth. She had been to nearly every one of his matches. True,
she was usually up on the last bleacher with her nose in a book, but she
watched whenever Spencer was in the pool. He never even noticed her.</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">“Yeah,” she said with a slow nod. “I’ve
seen. I mean I know. I know because I’ve seen you. Not in a weird way, like in
a fan way. Not, like, a weird mega fan or anything but, like, a Hornets fan.
You know.” Addie fisted her hand and punched at the air. “Go team!”</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maya threaded her arm though Addie’s and gave it a yank. “We have
to go.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Why did you do that?” Addie hissed once they were out of earshot.
“Spencer and I were having a conversation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Have you ever heard the term <i>dead in the water</i>?
Because that’s what you were. ‘Go team’?” She shook her head sadly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Did I sound that bad?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Yes, yes you did.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hannah Jayne
decided to be an author in the second grade. She couldn’t spell and had
terrible ideas, but she kept at it. Many (many) years—and nearly twenty
books—later, she gets to live her dream and mainly does it in her pajamas. She
lives with her rock-star husband, baby daughter, and their three overweight
cats in the San Francisco Bay area. She is always on the lookout for a juicy
mystery, an exciting story, or a great adventure.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Website: <a href="http://www.hannah-jayne.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.hannah-jayne.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">By Jill Shalvis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Following the <i>USA Today</i> bestseller, <i>Lost
and Found Sisters</i>, comes <i>Rainy Day Friends</i>, Jill Shalvis’
moving story of heart, loss, betrayal, and friendship.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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husband’s death, it’s hard to imagine anything could deepen her sense of pain
and loss. But then Lanie discovers she isn’t the only one grieving his sudden
passing. A serial adulterer, he left behind several other women who, like
Lanie, each believe she was his legally wedded wife. Rocked by the
infidelity, Lanie is left to grapple with searing questions. How could she be
so wrong about a man she thought she knew better than anyone? Will she ever be
able to trust another person? Can she even trust herself?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Desperate to make a fresh start, Lanie
impulsively takes a job at the family-run Capriotti Winery. At first, she feels
like an outsider among the boisterous Capriottis. With no real family of her
own, she’s bewildered by how quickly they all take her under their wing and
make her feel like she belongs. Especially Mark Capriotti, a gruffly handsome Air
Force veteran turned deputy sheriff who manages to wind his way into Lanie’s
cold, broken heart—along with the rest of the clan. Everything is finally going
well for her, but the arrival of River Green changes all that. The fresh-faced
twenty-one-year old seems as sweet as they come…until her dark secrets come to
light—secrets that could destroy the new life Lanie’s only just begun to build.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rainy Day Friends</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> is a heartfelt and funny
novel that warmed my heart with its story of friendship, love, and family. The story flowed so naturally, never feeling
rushed or slow - just perfectly paced. Right
from the very first page, I was instantly captivated and my interest never
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
simply loved the Capriotti family, but the characters that stole the show were Mark’s
absolutely darling twin daughters, Samantha and Sierra. They were just to stinking cute! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the <i>Wildstone</i> series and it can be
read as a stand-alone without being completely clueless. This
was my first experience with reading Ms. Shalvis’ books, but I loved this one
so much, I am going to read the first book in this amazing series very soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher for review, in
the interest of time, I purchased the audio version so that I could ‘read’ in a
timely manner. Karen White narrates this
book, and she did an amazing job with all the characters – each one sounding
unique. Her voice really brought the story
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day read, and is definitely one you need to add to your reading list. Grab your wine, some cupcakes, have some
tissues ready, and be prepared to spend all day in Wildstone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Anxiety Girl, able to jump to the worst conclusion in a single bound!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Most
of the time Karma was a bitch, but every once in awhile she could be
surprisingly nice, even kind. Lanie Jacobs, way past overdue for both of those
things, told herself this was her time. Seize the day and all that, and drawing
a deep breath, she exited the highway at Wildstone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> The
old wild-west California town was nestled in the rolling hills between the
Pacific Coast and wine/ranching country. She’d actually grown up not too far
from here, though it felt like a lifetime ago. The road was narrow and curvy,
and since it’d rained earlier, she added tricky and slick to her growing list
of issues. She was already white-knuckling a sharp turn when a kamikaze
squirrel darted into her lane, causing her to nearly swerve into oncoming
traffic before remembering the rules of country driving. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <i>Never leave your lane; not for weather,
animals, or even God himself. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Luckily
the squirrel reversed direction, but before she could relax a trio of deer
bounded across the road. “Run, Bambi,” she cried, hitting her brakes, and by
the skin of their collective teeth, they all missed each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Sweating,
nerves sizzling like live wires, she finally turned onto Capriotti Lane and
parked as she’d been instructed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took a moment for her pulse to come down from stroke level. She’d been taught
anti-anxiety techniques, but she’d never quite figured out how to make any of
them work while in the actual throes of an anxiety attack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <i>It’s all good</i> she told herself but
because she wasn’t buying what she was selling, she had to force herself out of
the car like she was a five year old starting kindergarten instead of being
thirty and simply facing a brand new job. Given all she’d been through, this
should be easy, even fun. But sometimes adulthood felt like the vet’s office
and she was the dog excited for the car ride -- only to find out the real
destination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Shaking
her head, she strode across the parking lot. It was April, which meant the
rolling hills to the east were green and lush and the Pacific Ocean to the west
looked like a surfer’s dream, all of it so gorgeous it could’ve been a
postcard. A beautiful smoke screen over her not-so-beautiful past. The air was
scented like a really expensive sea-and-earth candle, though all Lanie could smell was her forgotten hopes
and dreams. With wood chips crunching under her shoes, she headed through the
entrance beneath which was a huge wooden sign that read: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <i>Capriotti Winery, from our fields to your
table…</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Her
heart sped up. Nerves, of course, the bane of her existence. But after a very
crappy few years, she was changing her path. For once in her godforsaken life,
something was going to work out for her. <i>This</i>
was going to work out for her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> She
was grimly determined. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">New York Times</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> bestselling author Jill Shalvis lives in a small town in the
Sierras full of quirky characters. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in
her books is, um, mostly coincidental. Look for Jill’s bestselling,
award-winning books wherever romances are sold and visit her website, <a href="http://www.jillshalvis.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.jillshalvis.com</span></a>,
for a complete book list and daily blog detailing her
city-girl-living-in-the-mountains adventures.</span><br />
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<br />Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-61153973015555190372018-06-28T10:12:00.001-05:002018-06-28T10:16:01.231-05:00Book Review ~ Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris<br />
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">Published June 19th 2018 by St.
Martin's Press<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Finn
and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the
highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He
hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he
returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to
the police. But it is not the whole story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ten
years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over
what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together.
Still, there’s something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His
heart wants to believe that she is the one for him...even though a sixth sense
tells him not to trust her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Then,
not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone
from his past has seen Layla—hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences:
Long-lost items from Layla’s past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen’s
house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues,
warnings. If Layla is alive—and on Finn’s trail—what does she want? And how
much does she know?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A tour
de force of psychological suspense, Bring Me Back will have you questioning
everything and everyone until its stunning climax.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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While I did not hate this book, I did not love it either. My maw maw
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<br />Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-15574978102344433432018-06-21T15:06:00.004-05:002018-06-21T15:06:58.555-05:00Book Review ~ Law of Attraction (Tangled in Texas #3) by Alison Bliss<br />
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 20.0pt;">(Tangled in Texas #3)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 20.0pt;">by Alison Bliss<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: book antiqua, serif; font-size: large;">Expected publication: June 25th 2018 by Entangled Publishing, LLC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">For single mom Bobbie Jo Weston, finding a husband is
not on her to-do list. She's focused on turning a run-down chicken farm into a
Bed & Breakfast. She agrees to let a friend’s nephew stay with her in
exchange for his handyman skills, but she wasn’t counting on the super sexy
Seth Landry being that guy.<br />
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Seth has a special skill-set, all right, but it has nothing to do with
hammering nails. As a retired member of The Resistance—an elite group of
ex-military soldiers—his dark, unsettling past haunts him. He needs a place to
lay low, and an out-of-the-way B&B is nothing short of perfect. The blonde
beauty doesn’t trust men, and he doesn't plan on sticking around long enough to
change her mind.<br />
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The closer they get, the more they can't seem to keep their hands off each
other. And while Bobbie holds on to her fear of watching another man walk out
of their lives, Seth's mere presence has put them all in jeopardy. The only way
to ever be free of his dangerous past is for him to accept one last mission...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Law of Attraction</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">
was everything I expected from the talented Alison Bliss plus so much
more. Right from the very start, this
story had me hooked and I found it impossible to put down. I absolutely adored
Seth and Bobbie Jo's story so very much.
Funny, sexy, and thoroughly captivating, <i>Law of Attraction</i> has every possible element needed to make this a
truly amazing read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Although this is the third book in the <i>Tangled in Texas</i> series, it can be read
as a complete stand-alone. With
exceptional writing and an engaging plot line that flowed seamlessly, <i>Law of Attraction </i>is a book I would
highly recommend to any reader of this genre.
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Alison Bliss is a best-selling, award-winning author of
humorous, contemporary romances. A born and raised Texan, she currently resides
in the Midwest with her husband, two kids, and their dogs. As the youngest of
five girls, she has never turned down a challenge or been called by the right
name. Alison believes the best way to find out if someone is your soul mate is
by canoeing with them because if you both make it back alive, it's obviously
meant to be. She writes the type of books she loves to read most: fun, steamy
love stories with heart, heat, and laughter. Something she likes to call,
"Romance...with a sense of humor."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-71703015854571032812018-05-31T06:00:00.000-05:002018-05-31T06:00:04.365-05:00Virtual Book Tour with Giveaway ~ What Happens in Summer (At the Shore #2) by Caridad Pineiro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"One Summer Night is the perfect escape! It's tender, funny
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wrong with Caridad Pineiro."—RAEANNE THAYNE, USA Today bestselling author<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As the only daughter of a single mom, Connie Reyes swore she
would never put herself or her child in a similar position. But when she runs
into oh so tempting Jonathan Pierce at a wedding, she knows she must stay away.
She'll fall for him—hard. And he's not the type to stick around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ever since he left town after their teenaged fling, Jonathan
hasn't been able to forget about Connie. He can't wait for the wedding—to show
her the man he's become. And when the night finally comes, their mutual desire
will lead to unexpected consequences neither of them were prepared for…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Sea Kiss, New Jersey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Playing it safe was far worse than
taking a risk on what you wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Jonathan Pierce knew just what he wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He grabbed hold of the gnarly branch of the decades-old
wisteria vine that climbed the side of the Sinclair mansion and boosted himself
up. He’d made the journey so many times this past summer, he could do it
blindfolded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He scrambled up the vine, finding the familiar foot and
handholds until he vaulted up and over the second floor railing, and landed
silently as a cat burglar on the balcony. It ran the length of the immense
oceanfront mansion, with elegant french doors offering views of the sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The first darkened doorway was Maggie Sinclair’s room. He
rushed past it quietly; Maggie belonged to his older brother, Owen. Not that
Owen had acted on it yet, but Jonathan had known for years that the two were
meant to be together, family feud be damned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The next doorway was usually Maggie’s dad’s, but the old
man had stopped coming down to the Shore as often as he once had, so it was a
good bet that room was unoccupied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Reaching the third room, he saw the curtains wafting in
the summer breeze and the dim light from behind the partially closed french
doors. He smiled and his heart raced with pleasure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Connie was waiting for him. Ever-responsible, ever-loyal
Connie had broken her own rules to fall in love with him. Or at least he
thought it was love. It definitely was on his part. With barely a week left
before the girls all went back to school, he intended to let her know just how he
felt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He slipped carefully through the open doors and shut them
behind him. He’d gone no more than a step when she launched herself at him,
laughing and kissing him as she said, “What took you so long?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I missed you, too,” he said, knowing it was more about
the separation to come in a week and not about the long hours since last night.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He bent his head and kissed her, his touch tender and
caring, and she answered in kind, her lips soft and coaxing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Although Maggie had been bringing her friends to the
Jersey Shore every summer since they’d met freshman year in college, he’d never
really paid much attention to Connie at first. He’d had his share of girls from
his high school class fawning over him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But when Maggie and her friends had come back the next
year, he had finally, gratefully, noticed what a real woman should be. Like
Connie: all luscious curves; also proud, smart, and independent,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As impatient as he might be to make love to her tonight,
he wanted her to know how much this meant to him. How this wasn’t only a summer
romance for him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He leaned over her, his gaze locked on her face. He
wanted to say the words—Lord, how he wanted to—but they stuck in his throat and
so he let every kiss and touch tell her what he couldn’t voice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Connie’s heart thudded almost
painfully in her chest as she wondered how, in a week’s time, she could leave
him. The ache deepened beneath her breastbone and she put her hand there and
rubbed to assuage the hurt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">What had started as a summer fling with a funny, smart,
and beautiful boy had turned into something so much more, with an incredibly
amazing man. Falling in love with Jonathan hadn’t been in her game plan, but he
was just too hard to resist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She <span class="i"><span style="border: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="border: none;">should</span></span></span> have resisted.
He was a Pierce. She wasn’t a Sinclair, but Maggie was like a sister and that
stupid family feud was still going strong, as far as she knew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He was going back to Villanova in a week and she’d be
returning to Princeton. The colleges were not all that far apart, but if she
was to execute her game plan, she had to stay in the game, which meant studying
and more studying. Not nights spent in bed making love and days spent
daydreaming about the nights. But like Adam with Eve, now that she’d had a bite
of such delicious forbidden fruit, she didn’t know how she could go on a
Jonathan-free diet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">At the moment, she could just admire his sun-streaked
light brown hair waving wildly around a masculine face with chiseled features.
A sexy dimpled grin was on his lips and his eyes glittered with a blue as
enchanting as a Sea Kiss summer sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That ache in her heart rocketed to life again together
with an almost unbearable lightness in her soul. For so much of her life she’d
been driven to accomplish more and more, but with Jonathan, she could just be
herself. No goals or responsibilities. Just…happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And so, in the blink of an eye, her game plan altered.
She could see it all so clearly, only now Jonathan was there beside her at each
step. Finish college. Head to law school. Pass the bar. Get a job in a big New
York City law firm so she could help her family financially, as well as others
who had legal problems and couldn’t afford representation. Become a partner.
Marry Jonathan. Or maybe marry Jonathan and then become a partner. She didn’t
want to wait too long to be with him forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Not that she’d ever pictured getting married to anyone
before, since her home life hadn’t been anything great. But for Jonathan, she’d
make an exception.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Absolutely unputdownable, delivers all of the feels! Roni Loren
is a new favorite. <i>Loved</i> this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">—<b>COLLEEN HOOVER</b>, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most days Rebecca Lindt feels like an imposter…</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The world admires her as a survivor. But that impression would
crumble if people knew her secret. <i>She didn’t deserve to be the one who
got away.</i> But nothing can change the past, so she’s thrown herself
into her work. She can’t dwell if she never slows down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wes Garrett is trying to get back on his feet after losing his
dream restaurant, his money, and half his damn mind in a vicious divorce. But
when he intervenes in a mugging and saves Rebecca—the attorney who helped his
ex ruin him—his simple life gets complicated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Their attraction is inconvenient and neither wants more than a
fling. But when Rebecca’s secret is put at risk, both discover they could lose
everything, including what they never realized they needed: each other<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She laughed and kissed him. This morning she'd melted down. But
somehow this man had her laughing and turned on only a few hours later.
Everything inside her felt buoyed.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She felt…light.</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wes parked the van in front of the
house and cut the engine. “Well, I’ll take it as a good sign that your car is
still here. If those guys showed up with your keys, they would’ve taken your
ride.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rebecca frowned. “No. I didn’t have my
car keys with me since I walked today, but at least everything looks the same
as how I left it. Plus, my car keys are hanging on a peg in the kitchen. They
wouldn’t be hard to find.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wesley eyed her. Her voice was
confident, but she kept smoothing the leg of her scrubs, her hands like nervous
birds not knowing where to settle. He had the weirdest urge to hug her and tell
her it was going to be all right, to take that fear from her. But a sure way to
freak her out even further would be for some strange dude she’d just met to hug
her. He was freaked out enough for both of them that he even <span class="i"><span style="border: none;"><span style="border: none;">had</span></span></span> that
urge. “Hey, why don’t you tell me where your spare key is hidden, and I’ll go
in and check the house for you first.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There. That was a reasonable, not
weird way to help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She glanced his way, frowning. “If the
alarm’s on, I need to turn it off, and I don’t want to sit out here. That’ll
stress me out more than going in with you. I’m the only one who will be able to
tell if anything’s been moved anyway.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Fair enough. Whatever makes you feel
most comfortable is fine. But the minute something seems off or out of place,
we bail and call the cops. Pinch my arm or something to signal me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Her frown deepened, a little line
appearing between her brows, as if she couldn’t quite figure him out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He couldn’t stop his smile. “What’s
wrong? You look like you’re trying to figure out a really hard math problem.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I wouldn’t make this face for math.
I’m good at math.” She let out a breath. “I guess I’m just trying to figure out
why you’re being so nice to me. You don’t…know me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Does that matter? If I knew you,
would I not want to help you out?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She stiffened. “What?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He tilted his head. “I mean, are you
secretly some evil comic-book villain who’s about to take over the city? Or do
you have plans to kill me and store my body in your basement when we get
inside?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Her pinched expression flattened into
something droll. “Austin houses don’t have basements.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Whew.” He wiped his brow. “I’m safe.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She snorted and then covered her nose
and mouth like she was surprised the sound had escaped. “You’re kind of
strange, Wesley Garrett.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He shrugged. “I get that a lot.” And
that was a helluva lot better than what most people probably called him these
days. “Now, are we going to bravely search your house like two TV detectives?
Because I am so down for that right now. I need to bang open doors and yell,
‘Clear!’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She laughed, the soft, husky sound
filling the space between them and sending a pleasant ripple through him. The
feeling was so unfamiliar that it stalled his breath for a second. How long had
it been since he’d been around someone he could simply joke with and relax
around? Someone who wasn’t looking at him like he was damaged goods? Or who
wasn’t checking him for signs of a backslide?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He didn’t get clean-slate
conversations like this anymore. Not with his family. Not with friends. Not
even with himself. Rebecca felt like a gulp of clean, fresh air. He wanted to
close his eyes and inhale. In this moment, he could be a man with no past. He
could be whoever he wanted to be. And right now, he wanted to be the guy who
was making this woman laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She cocked her head. “You say that
like you’ve been planning to do this TV detective routine for a while.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“It’s a life goal,” he said solemnly.
“I mean, I’ve done it at home alone, but that really isn’t as fun. Plus, it
pisses off the neighbors. All those banging doors.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She laughed again, and he felt like
he’d won some kind of prize. She seemed like someone who didn’t give those
laughs away easily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Now all we need are weapons,” he
declared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She reached into the bag of takeout
and pulled out the eco-friendly cornstarch forks Dev used in place of plastic
cutlery. “How’s this?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Perfect. We can go for the eyes.” He
took his fork and grabbed the keys. “Let’s do this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“I’m ready.” Some of their playing
around must’ve distracted her from her nerves because when Rebecca got out of
the van, her shoulders seemed looser and there was a tentative smile on her
face. She nodded toward the house and set her fork on the hood. He followed suit,
since if he really had to take action, he’d need his hands free. “My extra key
is by the back door.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">They headed around the house and into
the small backyard. She hunched near an overgrown herb garden and fished
around, finally coming up with one of those fake rocks. She flipped it over and
keyed in a three-digit code on a spinner combination lock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wes snapped a leaf off one of her
plants and inhaled the scent. “Mmm, lemon thyme. You’ve got quite a collection
out here. Cilantro. Oregano. Italian parsley. I’m a little jealous.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She glanced over her shoulder at him.
“I honestly have no idea what most of them are or what to do with all of them.
I had the house landscaped when I moved in, and I guess the gardeners picked
the perfect spot because they grow like crazy. Except the basil, which was the
one I actually knew how to use. That one was a goner during the first
hundred-degree day of summer.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“Basil is a sensitive soul.” It was on
the tip of his tongue to tell her he could show her how to use the herbs, but
he held the offer back. His brother had been right. Making her laugh was like
some weird sort of drug to his starved system, but she didn’t need a guy
flirting with her right now. It couldn’t go anywhere anyway. He didn’t date,
for one. And even if he was doing the casual hookup thing these days, she
didn’t strike him as the type who’d be down for that, especially with someone
like him. He had nothing to offer her besides garden-care tips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">Cowboy SEAL Redemption</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">Navy Seal Cowboys #2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">By Nicole Helm<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Three former Navy SEALs</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Injured in the line of duty</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Desperate for a new beginning…</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Searching for a place to call their
own.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jack Armstrong’s been slowly piecing
his life back together after a career-ending injury bounced him from the SEALs.
The only trouble is, his family’s on their way to his new haven in
Montana...and Jack refuses to let them know he’s still hurting. Desperate, he
makes a deal with local bad girl Rose Rogers: in exchange for some extra
security, she’ll play the perfect loving girlfriend.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rose doesn’t trust any man, much less
some tough-as-nails former SEAL. But the more they settle into their ruse, the
more things start to feel real, and the more Rose’s true fear surfaces—that
she’ll never be good enough for love. But Jack isn’t about to lose Rose. He’s
done running when things get tough, and he’s determined to prove—once and for
all—that even the most troubled hearts can find their way to redemption.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“</span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Come inside.</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">”
</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Default" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 31.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Remember
when you said you weren’t any country I swore to protect? Well, I’m not some
sob story you need to soothe your conscience with,” Jack said. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“That’s
not what I’m doing,” Rose returned through gritted teeth, because maybe he wasn’t
too far off the mark. She didn’t exactly see him as a sob story, but there
might have been a flash of truth she recognized in the whole <i>soothe your
conscience </i>bit. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Default" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 31.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Then
what are you doing?” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Default" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 31.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
don’t know,” she threw back at him, frustration and guilt and some other thing
that felt a whole lot like panic fluttering in her chest. What was there to
panic over? What did she care if Jack took off? They were maybe friends at
best, and he’d just made it clear he was coming back. Panic was nonsensical.
Frustration was pointless. Guilt was… </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Default" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 31.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Well,
inevitable. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Seems
to be a theme,” he murmured, his voice suddenly soft. “Not used to that, are
you?” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She
wanted to tell him he didn’t know her, but she couldn’t form the words, couldn’t
push them out of her mouth. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Me
neither,” he said, as if she’d agreed instead of remained silent and still. She
felt his fingertips on her cheek, hot and rough against the cool of her skin. A
gentle caress. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">He
was touching her like something delicate and precious, and her breath got all
tangled in her lungs. She swallowed, trying to find some sense of power, some
sense of her usual cool detachment. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Default" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 31.7pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“W-what
are you doing?” Had she just </span><i><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">stuttered </span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">that question?
Unacceptable. Rose Rogers didn’t stutter. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
thought we established I don’t have a clue what I’m doing, so it might as well
be this,” Jack returned, his voice a dark rumble. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
in the dark night, like so many of her dreams lately, Jack’s mouth was on hers.
Hot and somehow demanding. None of the timid, only-been-with-one-girl stuff she
might have imagined. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">His
beard was a rough scrape against her chin and his tongue a velvet whisper
across her lips, and no matter the little voice in her head telling her to stop
this before it hurt them both, she opened her mouth for him. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">His
tongue swept in, and everything inside her shut up and hummed with a pulsing
life. It might have been dark around her, but she felt like a beacon of light,
like the center of something. And when Jack’s warm hand slid behind her neck,
cupping it firmly, as if she was somehow <i>his </i>to cherish and protect,
everything inside her simply loosened and relaxed in a way it never, ever had. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
was quickly followed by a bolt of panic so hard and so potent, she pushed him
away. It was only then she realized she was shaking, maybe shaking <i>apart</i>,
against the brick wall of her bar. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Her
bar. Her power. She was in charge. She was… </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Broken,
just like me</span></i><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.
</span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She
pushed away her father’s voice, pushed away everything except the feel of the
cool, rough brick behind her back. This was her center, this rough-and-tumble,
hole-in-the-wall bar she’d worked her ass off for the past few years. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She
took a deep breath in and a deep breath out, almost able to laugh at the fact
that she could hear Jack doing exactly the same thing. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Calming
himself. Finding center. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I’m
not going to pretend I didn’t… Well, that was a hell of a kiss, Jack.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Okay,”
he replied, his voice frustratingly devoid of any readable emotion. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
imagine sex would be great too.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
would imagine,” he replied blandly. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
need you to understand something, okay? You’re not disposable, but I’m not…good
guy material. I’m attracted to you, God knows, and I’d even break a few
personal rules and sleep with you, but that’s all it would be.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Did
you think that kiss was me asking for a pity fuck?” And <i>there </i>was a hint
at some emotion—rage or wounded pride or both. </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“No.
No, that’s not what… Look, guys like you do not have <i>relationships </i>with
foul-mouthed, tattooed bar owners.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Guys
like me.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Yes.
Good, upstanding—for heaven’s sake, you were a Navy SEAL, engaged to the girl
next door that your family expected you to marry. You’re like an American fairy
tale. Let me tell you, a princess gets that guy. Not me.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Did
you mistake me kissing you for a marriage proposal?” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">She
blew out a breath and something almost like a laugh. “No. But… One woman. You’ve
had one lifelong relationship, and I just need to be clear that this ain’t
going to be that. This can be something temporary and fun, but nothing like a <i>relationship</i>.
That’s not what I’m after.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
see.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“So
you can take it or leave it.” </span><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The aftermath of what happened in the capital has shaken Torien to the core. Battling self-doubt and bitterness, he must find his resolve as he is sent back to Tasso to quell a violent uprising on the Road.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A great depression has gripped the city of St. Louis in 1934. Stanley, an orphaned newsy, lives in a poor part of town hit especially hard by the economic downturn. One night, Stanley runs into Hazel, a restless debutante in waiting who has begun to question her posh lifestyle in the midst of the suffering she sees. She’s out and about without an escort and against her father’s wishes.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">ONE NAUGHTY NIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">by Shelly Bell<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Contemporary Romance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Novella, stand-alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Date of publication: May 17, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A cancer survivor.<br />
A guest on his storm chasing tour.<br />
Completely forbidden.<br />
She's too innocent for a man like him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For five torturous days, he's followed the rules and kept his hands to himself.<br />
But now that he's read her naughty list, all bets are off.<br />
He's going to fulfill every dirty fantasy on that list.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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All except the one-night stand.<br />
Because if he has his way, they'll last longer than one naughty night...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #385723; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #385723; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">“I understand you’re afraid. You created a bucket list of risks.
Chasing tornadoes. Sky diving. Mountain climbing. But those are physical. It’s
much harder to risk your heart. To fall in love.”</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">One Naughty Night</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> by the talented and very
awesome Shelly Bell was everything I expected plus so much more. From the very first page I was hooked and
found myself furiously flipping the pages, desperate to know what happened
between Drake and Allie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Despite
being a short story, this novella packed a punch and was deliciously naughty
with scorching hot sexual chemistry. I
loved all the characters and truly hope that Ms. Bell continues their stories
in future works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Well
written with an engaging plot, <i>One
Naughty Night</i> is one book that I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone
who enjoys this genre.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Benediction and Forbidden Lovers series. Her book, Blue Blooded, received a Top
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Selena Flood is a fighter of preternatural talent. But not even her quick fists and nimble feet could save her parents from the forces of New Canaan, the most ruthless and powerful of the despotic kingdoms populating America-that-was.
Forced to flee the tyrannical state with her younger brother Simon in tow, Selena is now the last chance for peace in a continent on the verge of complete destruction.
In her pocket is a data stick, the contents of which cost her parents their lives. Selena must now ensure it reaches the Republic of California—a lone beacon of liberty shining across a vast and barren wasteland—before it’s too late.
Between New Canaan and California stretch the Middle Wastes: thousands of desolate miles home to murderers, thieves, and a virulent strain of grass called yellow locust that has made growing food all but impossible. So when Selena and Simon stagger into Fallowfield, an oasis of prosperity amidst the poisoned plains, everything seems too good to be true—including the warm welcome they receive from the town’s leader, a peculiar man known only as The Mayor.
As Selena delves deeper into the sinister secrets of this seemingly harmless refuge, she soon learns there is a much darker side to Fallowfield and the man who runs it. Before long, she must call upon the skills she honed in the fighting pits of New Canaan to ensure not only her own survival, but that of her brother, in whom the Mayor has taken far too keen an interest.
And she’d better act fast, for an all-out war inches ever closer, and New Canaan is never as far away as it seems.</span></blockquote>
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start going right. Though she has a case of first-day nerves teaching art at
the local community college, she knows it isn’t anything a few snuggles from her
rescue puppy won’t cure. Until she sees Dylan Scott again, her one-time BFF and
first love sitting in the front row. Dylan knows he should’ve left well enough
alone, but when he sees Tilly living her dream, he can’t help but make contact.
Ten years ago, he left Wildstone and everything in it behind, including Tilly.
He had his reasons, but now he wants her back in his life, anyway he can get
her. When Tilly agrees to design the logo for Dylan’s new helicopter touring
company, it’s business only . . . until she finds herself falling into his arms
once again. Can she possibly open her heart back up to the only man who’s ever
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Dr. Janet Lyons smiled. “I think Leo
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> All six pounds of him smiled up at
her. About a month ago, she found him on a street corner hiding beneath a bus
bench; wet, dirty, cold, hungry and matted. He’d been Dobby meets Gremlin meets
neglected, abused Care Bear. Tilly had looked around for an adult, and then had
to remind herself that at twenty-five years old, she was legal herself. So then
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> So she’d scooped the little guy up and
had brought him to the SPCA, who’d said he was about five weeks old, a possible
Maltipoo, which meant he came by his care bear look naturally. He was
malnutritioned and suffering from mange. They’d said they’d do what they could,
and Tilly had turned to go. That had been when she’d seen all the eyes on her
from an endless row of cages … and she’d realized her care bear would soon be
sitting in one too. Then she’d heard herself offer to foster him until they
found him a forever home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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signed the adoption papers last weekend in spite of the fact that just that
morning he’d escaped his crate, eaten her favorite sneakers, destroyed her
favorite pillow, and then yakked up the stuffing from the pillow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> He was a destructo of the highest
magnitude, and something else too. He had no idea how small he was. He went
after her sister Quinn’s twenty-plus pound cat and her neighbor’s hundred pound
black lab with the same fierce, fearless gusto. Turned out, the little guy had
a bad case of small-man syndrome, which was how he’d earned his name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chewing skills, his escape artist skills, and his ability to get up on her bed
and yet still not understand why stepping in his own poop was annoying, he had
a new skill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> He’d faked being sick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her. Smiled. An hour ago he’d been coughing and limping and acting all sorts of
odd. Now he just kept smiling up at her while sending her meaningful glances at
the open dog biscuit bin between her and the doctor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Leo inhaled the biscuit whole before licking the floor to make sure he got all
the crumbs. “Can they?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a kiss on his adorable snout. “Yours did.”<br />
Tilly sighed. It was too early
for this. She’d had a crazy late night. Not hanging at Whiskey River, the local
bar and grill. Not at a club with friends. Not working on her designs for he
upcoming graphic art showing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Nope, she’d been on a serious stress
bender -- a marathon of Game Of Thrones. She hadn’t fallen asleep until after
two and her alarm had interrupted her in the middle of a really great dream
starring Jon Snow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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immediately snuggled into the crook of Tilly’s neck and dammit, her cold heart
melted on the spot and she hugged him close. “You’re sure he’s okay? He was
coughing. And then he limped funny. And then he wouldn’t eat.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> “But he hasn’t coughed once that I’ve
seen. And he’s not limping either. And you said all his food vanished while you
took a quick shower.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> “Yes,” Tilly said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Tilly sighed. “He really did fake me
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It’s been two years since Ellison defeated her stepsisters and sent her evil stepmother back into the Abyss.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 20pt;">by Julia Whelan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 16pt;">American Ella Durran has had the same plan for her life since she
was thirteen: Study at Oxford. At 24, she’s finally made it to England on a
Rhodes Scholarship when she’s offered an unbelievable position in a rising
political star’s presidential campaign. With the promise that she’ll work
remotely and return to DC at the end of her Oxford year, she’s free to enjoy
her Once in a Lifetime Experience. That is, until a smart-mouthed local who is
too quick with his tongue and his car ruins her shirt and her first day. When
Ella discovers that her English literature course will be taught by none other
than that same local, Jamie Davenport, she thinks for the first time that
Oxford might not be all she’s envisioned. But a late-night drink reveals a
connection she wasn’t anticipating finding and what begins as a casual fling
soon develops into something much more when Ella learns Jamie has a
life-changing secret. Immediately, Ella is faced with a seemingly impossible
decision: turn her back on the man she’s falling in love with to follow her
political dreams or be there for him during a trial neither are truly prepared
for. As the end of her year in Oxford rapidly approaches, Ella must decide if
the dreams she’s always wanted are the same ones she’s now yearning for.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">CHAPTER 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">In England – now!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Home-Thoughts, from Abroad</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> – Robert Browning,
1845<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Next!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The customs agent
beckons the person in front of me and I approach the big red line, absently
toeing the curling tape<s>,</s> resting my hand on the gleaming pipe railing.
No adjustable ropes at Heathrow, apparently; these lines must always be long if
they require permanent demarcation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">My phone rings. I
glance down. I don’t know the number. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Hello?” I answer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Is this Eleanor
Durran?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Yes?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“This is Gavin
Brookdale.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">My first thought is
that this is a prank call. Gavin Brookdale just stepped down as White House
Chief of Staff. He’s run every major political campaign of the last 20 years.
He’s a legend. He’s my idol. He’s calling me? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Hello?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Sorry, I-I’m here,”
I stammer. “I’m just – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Have you heard of
Janet Wilkes?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Have I heard of –
Janet Wilkes is the junior senator from Florida and a dark horse candidate for
President. She’s 45, lost her husband twelve years ago in Afghanistan, raised
three kids on a teacher’s salary while somehow putting herself through law
school, and then ran the most impressive grassroots senatorial campaign I’ve
ever seen. She also has the hottest human-rights-attorney boyfriend I’ve ever
seen, but that’s beside the point. She’s a Gold Star wife who’s a progressive
firebrand on social issues. We’ve never seen anyone like her on the national
stage before. The first debate isn’t for another two weeks, on October 13, but
voters seem to love her: she’s polling third in a field of twelve. Candidate
Number Two is not long for the race; a Case of the Jilted Mistress(es). Number
One, however, happens to be the current Vice-President, George Hillerson, who
Gavin Brookdale (if the Washington gossip mill is accurate) loathes. Still,
even the notoriously mercurial Brookdale wouldn’t back a losing horse like
Wilkes just to spite the presumptive nominee. If nothing else, Gavin Brookdale
likes to win. “Of course I’ve heard of her.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“She read your piece
in The Atlantic. We both did. ‘The Art of Education and the Death of the
Thinking American Electorate.’ We were impressed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Thank you,” I gush.
“It was something I felt was missing from the discourse –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“What you wrote was a
philosophy. It wasn’t a policy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">This brings me up
short. “I understand why you’d think that, but I –” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Don’t worry, I know
you have the policy chops. I know you won Ohio for Janey Bennett. The 138<sup>th</sup>
for Carl Moseley. You’re a talented young lady, Eleanor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Mr. Brookdale –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Call me Gavin.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Then call me Ella.
No one calls me Eleanor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Alright, Ella, would
you like to be the education consultant for Wilkes’ campaign?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Silence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Hello?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Yes!” I bleat. “Yes,
of course! She’s incredible –” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Great. Come down to
my office today and we’ll read you in.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">All the breath leaves
my body. I can’t seem to get it back. “So… here’s the thing. I-I’m in England.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Fine, when you get
back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“… I get back in
June.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Silence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Are you consulting
over there?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“No, I have a… I got
a Rhodes and I’m doing a –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Gavin chortles. “I
was a Rhodie.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“I know, Sir.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Gavin.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Gavin.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“What are you
studying?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“English Language and
Literature 1830 to 1914.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Beat. “Why?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Because I want to?”
Why does it come out as a question?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“You don’t need it.
Getting the Rhodes is what matters. Doing it is meaningless, especially in
Literature from 1830 to 19-whatever. The only reason you wanted it was to help
you get that life-changing political job, right? Well, I’m giving that to you.
So come home and let’s get down to business.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Next!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">A customs agent –
stone-faced, turbaned, impressive beard – waves me forward. I take one step
over the line, but hold a finger up to him. He’s not even looking at me.
“Gavin, can I call –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“She’s going to be
the nominee, Ella. It’s going to be the fight of my life and I need all hands –
including yours – on deck, but we’re going to do it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">He’s delusional. But,
my God, what if he’s right? A shiver of excitement snakes through me. “Gavin –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Listen, I’ve always
backed the winning candidate, but I have never backed someone who I personally,
deeply, wanted to win.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Miss?” Now the
customs agent looks at me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Gavin chuckles at my
silence. “I don’t want to have to convince you, if you don’t feel –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> “I can work from here.” Before he can argue, I
continue, “I will make myself available at all hours. I will make Wilkes my
priority.” Behind me, a bloated, red-faced businessman reeking of gin, moves to
squeeze around me. I head him off, grabbing the railing, saying into the phone,
“I had two jobs in college while volunteering in field offices and coordinating
multiple city council runs. I worked two winning congressional campaigns last
year while helping to shape the education budget for Ohio. I can certainly consult
for you while reading books and writing about them occasionally.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Miss!” the customs
agent barks. “Hang up the phone or step aside.” I hold my finger up higher (as
if visibility is the problem) and widen my stance over the line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“What’s your date
certain for coming home?” Gavin asks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“June 11th. I already
have a ticket. Seat 32A.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Miss!” The customs
agent and the man bark at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I look down at the
red line between my sprawled feet. “Gavin, I’m straddling the North Atlantic
right now. I literally have one foot in England and one in America and if I
don’t hang up they’ll –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“I’ll call you back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">He disconnects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">What does that mean?
What do I do? Numbly, I hurry to the immigration window, coming face to face
with the dour agent. I adopt my best beauty-pageant smile and speak in the
chagrined, gee-whiz tone I know he expects. “I am so sorry, Sir, my sincerest
apologies. My Mom’s –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Passport.” He’s back
to not looking at me. I’m getting the passive-aggressive treatment now. I hand
over my brand new passport with the crisp, un-stamped pages. “Purpose of
visit?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Study.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“For how long will
you be in the country?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I pause. I glance
down at the dark, unhelpful screen of my phone. “I… I don’t know.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Now he looks up at
me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“A year,” I say.
Screw it. “An academic year.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Where?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Oxford.” Saying the
word out loud cuts through everything else. My smile becomes genuine. He asks
me more questions, and I suppose I answer, but all I can think is: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I’m here. This is
actually happening. Everything has come together according to plan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">He stamps my
passport, hands it back, lifts his hand to the line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Next!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">When I was thirteen I
read an article in Seventeen Magazine called, “My Once in a Lifetime
Experience,” and it was a personal account of an American girl’s year abroad at
Oxford. The classes, the students, the parks, the pubs, even the chip shop
(“pictured, bottom left”) seemed like another world. Like slipping through a
wormhole into a universe where things were ordered and people were dignified
and the buildings were older than my entire country. I suppose thirteen is an
important age in every girl’s life, but for me, growing up in the middle of
nowhere, with a family that had fallen apart? I needed something to hold onto.
I needed inspiration. I needed hope. The girl who wrote the article had been
transformed. Oxford had unlocked her life and I was convinced that it would be
the key to mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">So I made a plan: get
to Oxford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">After going through
more customs checkpoints, I follow signs for The Central Bus Terminal and find
an automatic ticket kiosk. The “£” sign before the amount looks so much better,
more civilized, more historical than the American dollar sign, which always
seems overly suggestive to me. Like it should be flashing in sequential neon
lights above a strip club. $ - $ - $. Girls! Girls! Girls! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The kiosk’s screen
asks me if I want a discounted return ticket (I assume that means round trip),
and I pause. My flight back to Washington is on June 11<sup>th</sup>, barely
sixteen hours after the official end of Trinity term. I have no plans to return
to the states before then, instead staying here over the two long vacations (in
December and March) and traveling. In fact, I already have my December
itinerary all planned. I purchase the return ticket, then cross to a bench to
wait for the next bus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">My phone dings and I
look down. An email from The Rhodes Foundation reminding me about the
orientation tomorrow morning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">For whatever reason,
out of all the academic scholarships in the world, most people seem to have
heard of The Rhodes. It’s not the only prestigious scholarship to be had, but
it’s the one that I wanted. Every year, America sends 32 of its most
overachieving, uber-competitive, social-climbing, do-gooder nerds to Oxford.
It’s mostly associated with geniuses, power-players, global leaders. Let me
demystify this: to get a Rhodes, you have to be slightly unhinged. You have to
have a stellar GPA, excel in multiple courses of study, be socially
entrepreneurial, charity-minded, and athletically proficient (though the last
time I did anything remotely athletic I knocked out Jimmy Brighton’s front
tooth with a foul ball, so take that tenet with a grain of salt). I could have
gone after other scholarships. There’s the Marshal, the Fulbright, the Watson,
but the Rhodies are my people. They’re the planners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The other finalist
selected from my district (a Math/Econ/Classics triple-major and Olympic archer
who had discovered that applying Game Theory to negotiations with known
terrorists makes the intel 147% more reliable) told me, “I’ve been working
toward getting a Rhodes since Freshman year.” To which I replied, “Me, too.” He
clarified, “Of high school.” To which I replied, “Me, too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">While, yes, the
Rhodes is a golden ticket to Oxford, it’s also a built-in network and the means
to my political future. It ensures that people who would have otherwise
discounted me – this unconnected girl from the soybean fields of Ohio – will
take a second, serious look. People like Gavin Brookdale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Going after things
the way I do, being who I am, has alienated my entire hometown and most of my
extended family. My mom hadn’t gone to college and my dad had dropped out after
two years because he’d thought it was more important to change the world than learn
about it, and there I was, this achievement machine making everyone around it
vaguely uncomfortable. <i>She thinks she’s better than everyone else</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Honestly, I don’t.
But I do think I’m better than what everyone, besides my dad, told me I
was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">#<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I wake up in a moment
of panic when the bus I’d boarded back at Heathrow jerks to a stop, sending the
book on my lap to the floor. Hastily retrieving it, I force my sleepy eyes to
take in the view from the floor-to-ceiling window in front of me. I chose the seat
on the upper level at the very front, wanting to devour every bit of English
countryside on the way to Oxford. Then I slept through it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Pushing through the
fog in my head, I peer outside. A dingy bus stop in front of a generic cell
phone store. I look for a street sign, trying to get my bearings. My info
packet from the college said to get off at the Queens Lane stop on High Street.
This can’t be it. I glance behind me and no one on the bus is moving to get
off, so I settle back into my seat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The bus starts up
again, and I breathe deeply, trying to wake up. I jam the book into my
backpack. I’d wanted to finish it before my first class tomorrow, but I can’t
focus. I was too excited to eat or sleep on the plane. My empty stomach and
all-nighter is catching up to me. The time difference is catching up to me. The
last twelve years spent striving for this moment is catching up to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Inside my jacket
pocket, my phone vibrates. I pull it out and see the same number from earlier.
I take a deep breath and preemptively answer, “Gavin, listen, I was thinking,
let’s do a trial period of, say, a month, and if you feel that I need to be
there –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Not necessary."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">My throat tightens.
“Please, just give me thirty days to prove that –”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“It’s fine. I made it
work. Just remember who comes first.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Elation breaks
through the fog. My fist clenches in victory and my smile reaches all the way
to my temples. “Absolutely,” I say in my most professional voice. “Thank you so
much for this opportunity. You won’t be disappointed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“I know that. That’s
why I hired you. What’s your fee? FYI: there’s no money.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">There’s never any
money. I tell him my fee anyway and we settle on something that I can live
with. The Rhodes is paying my tuition and lodging and I get a small stipend for
living expenses on top of that. I decide right then that what Gavin’s going to
pay me will go directly into my travel budget. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Now, go,” he says,
“Have fun. You’ve clearly earned it. There’s a pub you should visit in the
center of town. The Turf. See where one of your fellow Rhodes Scholars – a
young William Jefferson Clinton – ‘didn’t’ inhale.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Ha, got it. Will
do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Just take your phone
with you. Your phone is an appendage, not an accessory. Okay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I nod even though he
can’t see me. “Okay. It’s a plan.” Just as I say this, the bus rounds a bend
and there she is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Oxford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Beyond a picturesque
bridge, the narrow two-lane road continues into a bustling main street, lined
on each side by buildings with a hodge-podge of architectural styles, no room
to breathe between them. Like the crowd at the finish line of a marathon, these
buildings cheer me on, welcoming me to their city. Some are topped with sloped,
slate roofs, others with battlements. Some of the larger buildings have huge
wooden gates that look as if they were carved in place, a fusion of timeless
wood and stone that steals my breath. Maybe those doors lead to some of the 38
individual Oxford colleges? Imagining it, dreaming of it all these years,
doesn’t do it justice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I look skyward.
Punctuating the horizon are the tips of other ancient buildings, high-points of
stone bordering the city like beacons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“The City of Dreaming
Spires,” I murmur to myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Indeed it is,” Gavin
says in my ear. I’d forgotten he was still on the line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">That’s what they call
Oxford. A title well deserved. Because that means, before it was my dream or
Seventeen Magazine girl’s dream, it was someone else’s dream as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-14717000192086190202018-04-24T04:00:00.000-05:002018-04-24T06:21:37.728-05:00Cover Reveal with Giveaway ~ Superheroes Suck by Jamie Zakian<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Welcome to Gemini City, where super-battles disrupt rush hour, insurance claim adjusters rival rock stars, and villains stash the souls of murdered superheroes inside little children.
It’s been ten years since Shay Sinclair’s parents were murdered by a super villain, leaving she and her sister to fend for themselves. Now at age sixteen, Shay has something that villain wants. Something he needs. After a chance encounter with a superhero in a stairwell, something awakens in Shay, something that could get her killed.
Max Steel has spent the last ten years searching for one particular soul. Now, a coincidental run-in with Shay Sinclair leaves Max closer than he’s ever been to everything he’s ever wanted. But Max hits a brick wall when he goes after her. Unlike other girls her age, Shay isn’t into superheroes. So, if Max wants to win her over and be reunited with the soul inside her, he must get creative. He invites Shay into a seductive world of fame, glamour, luxury, and epic battles with villainous foes.
Now that Shay's in the mix with superheroes and crazed villains, everyone wants a piece of her. A super villain wants to devour her soul, a superhero wants to love her, and Shay just wants to go back to her normal life. It's not like in the movies. In real life, superheroes suck.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A great depression has gripped the city of St. Louis in 1934. Stanley, an orphaned newsy, lives in a poor part of town hit especially hard by the economic downturn. One night, Stanley runs into Hazel, a restless debutante in waiting who has begun to question her posh lifestyle in the midst of the suffering she sees. She’s out and about without an escort and against her father’s wishes.
When they discover the body of a girl with her head bashed in by a baseball bat, the very different and separate realities of the two teens inform their decision. Together they will figure out what happened to her and bring those responsible to justice.
But getting involved with each other and digging into the secrets behind this murder earns them some powerful enemies, including a secret group seeking to rid society of all they deem “undesirable.” They’ve put into motion “The Winnowing,” a plan seeking to take over the city and enforce their will.
As Stanley and Hazel’s forbidden feelings for one another grow, their investigation turns deadly. Now, it is up to Stanley and his gang of street kids to stop Hazel from becoming the next victim.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Jo Schaffer was born and raised in the California Bay Area in a huge, creative family. She is a YA novelist, speaker, writer at Patheos.com, works in film production and is a Taekwondo black belt.
She's a founding member of Writers Cubed and co-founder of the Teen Author Boot Camp, one of the largest conferences in the nation for youth ages 13-19. She and a crew of local and international bestselling authors present writing workshops to hundreds of attendees at the Utah-based conference as well as hundreds of others worldwide who view the conference online.
Jo loves being involved in anything that promotes literacy and family. She is passionate about community, travel, books, music, healthy eating, classic films and martial arts. Her brain is always spinning new ideas for books and sometimes she even gets around to blogging.
Jo is a mom of 3 strapping sons living in the beautiful mountains of Utah with a neurotic cat named Hero.
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Joey got separated from her twin brother Jesse when their luxury spacecraft broke apart halfway to Mars. The terrorists are dead, but so are most of the passengers who escaped a dying Earth for a new life on a new planet.
The remaining survivors, the future of humanity, are scattered across the lush planet of Mars. Joey and Kami are in a mountainous forest, and they’re locked in a power struggle to guide the people. Jesse and Rai landed on the coast, and are desperate to reach their sisters.
This new world can be a fresh start, where everyone is equal and class sectors are finally made obsolete, if only Kami would give up her self-appointed position as Commander of Mars. Both Joey and Kami are willing to die for their beliefs, even sacrificing the lives of those who’ve chosen to follow them, unless clearer heads can prevail before it’s too late.</span></blockquote>
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<br />Tamara Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489353701994081711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101481367090773102.post-41739891288260295482018-03-15T17:30:00.000-05:002018-03-15T17:30:01.812-05:00Book Review ~ How to Walk Away by Katherine Center<br />
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Margaret
Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job,
and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then,
suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life,
everything she worked for is taken away in one tumultuous moment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same
again, Margaret must figure out how to move forward on her own terms while
facing long-held family secrets, devastating heartbreak, and the idea that love
might find her in the last place she would ever expect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Walk Away is Katherine Center at her very best: an utterly charming, hopeful,
and romantic novel that will capture reader’s hearts with every page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let me start off by saying that this book was totally
unexpected and completely surprising! However, I am at a complete loss of words
when it comes to giving a synopsis of this story because I don’t want to give a
single thing away, so I won’t….just read the blurb as it really does sum up
this book to a tee. To say that I totally
loved this book seems so generic, but honestly, I really did love this emotionally
charged book and it is impossible to say anything negative about it. Not only was it an easy read, the story was
captivating and utterly charming. From the very first chapter, I was hooked and literally
could not put this one down for even a second.
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to Walk Away</span></i><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> is emotional and heartbreaking but it is
also funny and uplifting. It is such a
beautiful story about dealing with the hand that fate has dealt you and along
the way finding true love, happiness and acceptance of things you can’t change. Margaret was an easy character to connect to,
and I found myself wanting her to not only have the best life possible but to
also have a life full of love and acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her characters. I highly recommend this
beautiful story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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immortality is all-consuming—Lea must choose between her estranged father and
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Kirino is a “Lifer,” which means that a roll of the genetic dice has given her
the potential to live forever—if she does everything right. And Lea is an
overachiever. She’s a successful trader on the New York exchange—where instead
of stocks, human organs are now bought and sold—she has a beautiful apartment,
and a fiancé who rivals her in genetic perfection. And with the right balance
of HealthTech™, rigorous juicing, and low-impact exercise, she might never die.
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Lea’s perfect life is turned upside down when she spots her estranged father on
a crowded sidewalk. His return marks the beginning of her downfall as she is
drawn into his mysterious world of the Suicide Club, a network of powerful
individuals and rebels who reject society’s pursuit of immortality, and instead
chose to live—and die—on their own terms. In this future world, death is not
only taboo; it’s also highly illegal. Soon Lea is forced to choose between a
sanitized immortal existence and a short, bittersweet time with a man she has never
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first thing that really intrigued me about this book is the cover. It truly is a beautiful cover and beckoned me
to start reading immediately as soon as I received my copy. The premise of the book also lured me in and
seemed to promise an epic reading adventure, escaping into a future that
although seems highly unlikely now, could possibly come true. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most part, I enjoyed this story, but it just did not pack the punch I was expecting. I suppose I was hoping for more action, more
romance…just more. What I got was a
decent reading experience that did make me think, what if. One of the major issues I had was the abrupt
change from past and current scenes. I
would be reading along and then suddenly, the scene would be from a past memory
of the character. I think what would
have helped would be a change in font, or something letting me know that it was
a past event. This alone prevented a smooth
reading pace. My reading copy was an
Advance Readers’ Edition, so hopefully this will be corrected before
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this book would make an awesome movie and I definitely will be on the look out
for any future books written by this creative author.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rachel
Heng is a Singaporean novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Suicide
Club, will be published by Sceptre, Hachette (UK) and Henry Holt, Macmillan
(US) in July 2018. Translation rights have also been sold in Sweden, Portugal,
Italy, Czech Republic, Taiwan and China thus far. Suicide Club is available for
pre-order in hardcover, e-book and audiobook on Amazon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rachel's
short stories have appeared in The Offing, Prairie Schooner, The Adroit
Journal, the Minnesota review and elsewhere. Her fiction has received a
Pushcart Prize Special Mention, Prairie Schooner's Jane Geske Award, and has
been recommended by the Huffington Post. Rachel's non-fiction has been
published in AfterGLOBE and Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Rachel
was born and raised in Singapore. After graduating from Columbia University
with a BA in Comparative Literature & Society, she spent several years
working in private equity in London. She currently lives in Austin, where she
is pursuing her MFA in Fiction and Screenwriting at UT Austin's Michener Center
for Writers with the generous support of the James A. Michener Fellowship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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