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Authors: Kristen Callihan

Tags: #Fiction, #Historical, #Romance, #Paranormal, #Fantasy

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a
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sult
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l
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ee
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me
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d
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rk
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ngry
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v
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th
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t
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e
l
a
st
pl
ea
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e
wa
s
d
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ni
e
d
hi
m.
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n
it
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ll
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ee
d
e
d
h
e
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.

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ction
flick
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r
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d
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th
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l
a
rg
e
pictur
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w
indo
w
of
his
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a
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p
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ss
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e
r
c
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as
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w
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nt
through
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tunn
e
l
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d
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e
y
e
s
to
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sight
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me
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a
ck
to
me,
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e
r
.

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n
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d
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xt
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ct
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to
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th
e
thing
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t
h
e
’d
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e
co
me
?
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h
a
t
w
o
ma
n
wou
l
d
w
a
nt
a
m
onst
e
r?

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v
e
n
so
,
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e
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s
uns
e
ttl
e
d
a
nd
w
orri
e
d
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bout
h
e
r
.
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could
not
pl
a
c
e
e
x
a
ctly
why
,
only
th
a
t
h
e
f
e
lt
as
though
sh
e
w
e
r
e
in
p
a
in
,
th
a
t
sh
e
n
ee
d
e
d
hi
m,
too
.
W
ishful
thinking
,
a
nd
y
et
as
h
i
s
t
r
a
i
n
s
t
ea
m
ed
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l
o
n
g
on
t
h
e
pa
t
h
t
o
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ew
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o
r
k
,
h
e

 

p
e
nn
e
d
a
l
e
tt
e
r
to
his
ma
n
in
London
.
I
t
h
a
d
been
too
long
sinc
e
th
e
l
a
st
r
e
port
,
a
nd
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e
r
n
ee
d
e
d
to
know
how
his
unw
i
tt
i
ng
fi
a
nc
ée
wa
s
f
a
ring
.

London
,
Ma
y
20,
1879

T
h
e
y
s
a
t
tog
e
th
e
r
on
th
e
s
ma
ll
b
a
lcony
fronting
h
e
r
hous
e.
I
t
h
a
d
onc
e
been
th
e
h
e
ight
of
f
a
shion
to
h
a
v
e
a
littl
e
Juli
e
t
b
a
l
cony
,
b
a
ck
in
th
e
d
a
ys
wh
e
n
b
ea
utiful

or
at
l
ea
st
b
ea
utifully
dr
e
ss
e
d

l
a
di
e
s
a
nd
g
e
ntl
eme
n
wou
l
d
invit
e
th
e
world
to
s
ee
th
em
a
nd
th
e
ir
a
ntics
.
Nea
rly
a
c
e
ntury
ago.
N
ow
,
prop
e
r
soci
e
ty
pr
e
f
e
rr
e
d
to
hid
e
b
e
hind
h
ea
vy
dr
a
p
e
s
a
nd
conv
e
y
th
e
p
e
rf
e
ct
pictur
e
of
f
am
ili
a
l
h
a
r
m
ony
.
As
M
ir
a
nd
a
’s
ho
me
wa
s
no
long
e
r
a
nywh
e
r
e
n
ea
r
th
e
f
a
shion
a
bl
e
s
e
t
,
h
e
r
b
a
lcony
h
a
d
not
been
torn
do
w
n
in
th
e
n
ame
of
i
m
prov
eme
nt
.
S
h
e,
for
on
e,
wa
s
gl
a
d
of
it
.

Billy
r
e
clin
e
d
a
g
a
inst
th
e
w
a
ll
.
H
is
postur
e
wa
s
stiff
a
nd
unco
m
fort
a
bl
e,
but
h
e
wa
s
h
ea
ling
w
e
ll
.
We
ll
e
nough
to
insist
th
a
t
h
e
n
ee
d
e
d
a
br
ea
th
of
air.

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