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ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY
SOMMER MARSDEN
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Mischief
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For Jim. You never felt the need to rescue me, but were always there when I was ready to rescue myself. I love you. For ever and ever. Amen.
Contents
August glanced out of the front window just in time to see him fall in. The new lawn man was tall and walking briskly one moment, his right knee deep in a hole the next. She