tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24854013439773933902024-03-13T16:33:27.343-05:00Bookgirl Knitting: The Eclectic Book BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319964154749498505noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485401343977393390.post-22605555627966855082018-02-21T18:07:00.002-06:002018-02-21T18:07:34.825-06:00All Hands on Pet by Susan E. Davis, PT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is your “How-To Guide on Home Physical Therapy Methods for Pets”, outlining safe and effective actions pet owners can apply through the animal’s entire life spectrum. The book covers canine, feline, avian, exotic and farm animal species, and is designed to fill the gap where the demand for therapy services outweighs the availability of qualified providers. Tips, techniques and advice typical of that given to author’s own clients are revealed, along with real stories of courage form author s actual patient caseload.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grab it on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Hands-Pet-How-Physical-ebook/dp/B075KNJ1WB/">Amazon</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This book has a wealth of information, most of which the average pet owner will never have to encounter. From physical therapy to wound care, there is a treasure trove of information that I am glad I have in my library. Recently I did have the need to research wound care and the information in this book was very helpful. So, while you may not use everything, it is a great resource to have.</span></span></div>
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After six years away, Elizabeth Mackenzie has arrived home for a visit. The tomboy of Ryan’s Ranch is now a lawyer who aims to open a practice back in Illinois. But as she reconnects with old friends during her stay she’s surprised to find not all relationships are as she left them.</div>
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For Jacob Fitzpatrick, the return of his best friend is something he’s looked forward to for years. When he sees Elizabeth again he’s shocked to discover the headstrong spitfire from his youth has matured into a desirable woman – one he has every intention of claiming as his own.</div>
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Convinced they should become more than friends, Jacob sets out to find a way to keep her in Hidden Springs. But obstacles such as a current beau and Elizabeth’s aversion to ranching soon interfere with his plans. It’s only after the town is struck by tragedy that each discerns what is most important to them.</div>
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For Jacob, it’s love and family. And for Elizabeth, it’s coming home.</div>
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<span style="color: #ff005c;"><strong>Coming Home</strong></span><br />by Kristine Raymond<br />
<span style="color: #ff005c;"><strong>Series</strong></span><br />Hidden Springs #8<br />
<span style="color: #ff005c;"><strong>Genre</strong></span><br />Adult<br />Contemporary Romance<br />
<span style="color: #ff005c;"><strong>Publisher</strong></span><br />Independent<br />
<span style="color: #ff005c;"><strong>Publication Date</strong></span><br />May 9, 2017<br />
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<a href="https://puretextualitypr.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/kristin-raymond-logo.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6451" height="250" src="https://puretextualitypr.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/kristin-raymond-logo.jpg" style="float: left;" width="250" /></a>Hi! I'm Kristine Raymond. I didn’t figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up until later in life. If you haven’t guessed, it’s being an author. I've spent the past two and a half years writing, and learning how to navigate the publishing and promotional side of the business. When I'm not writing, I enjoy spending time with my husband and furry family.</div>
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I'm the author of the Hidden Springs series - Here to Stay, Hearts on Fire, Abby’s Heart, A Chance on Love, A Will of Her Own, Dancing in the Dark, and Worth the Gamble -, a contemporary novella called By Dawn’s Early Light, and a non-fiction book titled ‘write words’ A Year in the Life of an Indie Author.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319964154749498505noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485401343977393390.post-304200751024308222016-09-19T03:00:00.000-05:002016-09-19T03:00:36.719-05:00The Christmas Cookie Shop Blog Tour and Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Romance writer Ginny Baird has published novels in print and online and received screenplay options from Hollywood for her family and romantic comedy scripts. Whether writing lighthearted romantic comedy or spine-tingling romantic suspense, she delights in delivering heartwarming stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Liana Brooks writes science fiction and sci-fi romance for people who like fast ships, big guns, witty one-liners, and happy endings. She lives in Alaska with her husband, four kids, and giant mastiff puppy. When she isn’t writing she enjoys hiking the Chugach Range, climbing glaciers, and watching whales.</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #333333;">Readers of Blake Crouch's DARK MATTER and Wesely Chu's TIME SALVAGER will love Liana Brooks' DECOHERENCE--the thrilling, time-bending conclusion to the Time & Shadow series!</span></strong></span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Samantha Rose and Linsey MacKenzie have established an idyllic life of married bliss in Australia, away from the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation, away from mysterious corpses, and—most of all—away from Dr. Emir’s multiverse machine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">She knows Jane Doe’s true name, but Sam never discovered who killed the woman found in an empty Alabama field in spring of 2069. She doesn’t even know which version of herself she buried under a plain headstone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">When Mac suddenly disappears, Sam realizes she is going to once more be caught up in a silent war she still doesn’t fully understand. Every step she takes to save Mac puts the world she knows at risk, and moves her one step closer to becoming the girl in the grave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A quick head count was all it took to confirm that the einselected nodes she’d been sent to assassinate were where they belonged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Every iteration had nodes, people or events that kept that variation of human history from collapsing. Dr. Emir had created a machine that allowed people not only to move along their own timeline, but at critical convergence points, it allowed them to cross between realities. But the Mechanism for Iteration Alignment’s greatest ability was the one that allowed Dr. Emir and Central Command to steer history by erasing futures they didn’t want.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">One look at the version of herself watching this iteration’s Emir with rapt fascination was enough to make Rose want to snip this future in the bud.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Cameras locked. Security is deaf and blind, ma’am”Logan’s voice was a soft whisper in her earpiece. He was a genius with computer systems, a fact that had saved him when they collapsed I-38 three years ago. “We have a fifteen-minute window.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“If I knew how, I would love you.” She whispered, the words foreign on her tongue. “You made me want to believe impossible things. But, I’m a mess, Jack. You deserve so much more.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tell us about your new release:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> Convergence is the third contemporary romantic suspense in the Long Shot Series. While each book can be read as a stand-alone (from a plot perspective), there are minor characters that overlap. Convergence is the story of troubled storm-chaser Tori Whitlock as she finds out that a serial killer has tagged her as his next victim. Jack Mathis (Garrett Staker’s best friend in Unspoken Bonds), is hot on the case, and sparks fly when these two meet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Name three things on your desk:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> My office is Paris-themed in gray/black/white/red. So on my desk is a cute little black reading lamp, a small bundle of red silk roses, and a rather large 30-minute sand timer (for when I need a deadline)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Michelle Grey is an avid lover of books, and had always thought that someday she would take up her pen and write romantic suspense. In 2009, Michelle was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer, and she realized that “somedays” aren’t guaranteed. This life changing event motivated Michelle to pursue her dream of becoming an author. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Now a cancer survivor, Michelle decided to use her platform to promote awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms. In January 2014 she published, Are You Listening: A Personal Journal of an Ovarian Cancer Survivor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Because it is so important to spread the word, one hundred percent of the proceeds from this $.99 ebook go directly to the Vicki Welsh Ovarian Cancer Fund to support their mission of fighting ovarian cancer through awareness, education, research and support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Michelle lives in the Midwestern US with her husband of twenty-eight years and has four amazing and unique children, a wonderful son-in-law, and two beautiful granddaughters. Michelle believes that any day that involves family, writing, or reading is a great day, indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Her eyes whipped to the cavern opening. Nothing but blackness, then…a rumble, quiet at first. Then another. The ground shook until each rumble became a boom. Tiny pebbles quaked, Draxa’s breathing shallowed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Andre’s mien had grown stony and tense. Ready to fight, ready to protect. Draxa wanted to reach out, to take his hand, even in view of the priest and guards. But that would not help him fight, so she stayed the urge, clasping her hands together beneath her red robe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then, as if some ghastly apparition from her most terrifying nightmares had come to life, a gigantic form slithered from the shadows, larger even than any of her imaginings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Julie A. Burns is a native Iowan born in Marshalltown, Iowa and raised in Davenport, Iowa. After her parent’s divorce at age 7, she took to writing, whether it was her diary or poems about people she met or situations that bothered her. After graduating from high school in 1983, she spent time working as a Nurse’s Aide in different nursing homes in Iowa. In 1989, she gave birth to a daughter, Brittany and raised her as a single parent. In the same year, she enrolled at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology in 1994. Since then, Julie has spent time working with developmentally disabled adults and the mentally ill throughout Iowa and also in Wyoming, where she lived for 6 years. Julie currently lives in Waterloo, Iowa with her spouse. When she’s not writing, she enjoys being a grandmother to 3 year old Sophie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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eaten supper before they said grace, as we said here in the South, because an unmistakable
bump appeared under her top. She looked to be about four months along, give or
take a few weeks, and I could see why her daddy wasn’t too happy with her right
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Sandra
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Her Missy DuBois
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319964154749498505noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485401343977393390.post-89795035957681722982016-02-08T01:30:00.000-06:002016-02-08T01:30:17.548-06:00Dancing With the Flame: Poems by Jamieson Wolf<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jamieson has been writing since
a young age when he realized he could be writing instead of paying attention in
school. Since then, he has created many worlds in which to live his fantasies
and live out his dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is a Number One Best Selling
Author (He likes to tell people that a lot) and writes in many different
genre’s. Jamieson is also an accomplished artist. He works in mixed media,
charcoal and pastels. He is also something of an amateur photographer, a poet
and graphic designer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in Ottawa Ontario Canada with his cat, Tula, who is
fearless. </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the Number One Best Sellers,
Talking to the Sky and Talking with the Earth, Dancing with the Flame contains
poems that are part memoir and part journey towards self-love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are Wolf’s attempt to not only find
balance but to love all parts of himself, even those that are most difficult to
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are a testament to the strength of
the human spirit. The poems show us that whatever life throws at us, with
courage anything is possible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With unflinching honesty, Wolf talks
about disease, sexuality, physical disability and the healing power of love. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I Had Become<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I looked into the
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw a reflection
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from long ago. I
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The veil between
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the past was
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stepped through
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one small light in
the room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even so, by that
light I saw<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who I used to be
lying<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the bed, my past
self,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my other self. He
regarded me,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I looked at
him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remembered that
day,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how the night
before the New Year<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my life had changed
forever,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">never to be the
same again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I knew just how he
was feeling<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I had been him,
he had been me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was weak and
disoriented,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unable to walk very
well at all,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his whole world
seeming to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">move around him,
unable to keep still.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He regarded me with
tired eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the fear in them so
total.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He knew that
something was wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“You forgot about
me.”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“You forgot our
anniversary.”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was true. I had
forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every year since
that day,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always wondered
if this<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">would be the year
that it happened,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the year where I
lost control<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of my body once
more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a while, I
lived in fear<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;">of December 31</span><sup><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">st</span></sup><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;">, of who I had been<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and of what I had
become on that day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I’m sorry,”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I did forget. I
did forget you.”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“Why?”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“Because I left you
behind. Because I’m so much stronger now. So much happier.”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He regarded me with
a blank expression,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the fear increasing
in his eyes until<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they were full of
tears.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I don’t know
what’s wrong with me. I’m so afraid.”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I know,”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I said kindly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sat on the bed
beside him and took his hand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in my own. It was
cool and sweaty and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remembered how
warm I’d been,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how nothing had
felt right,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and how my own body
had turned against me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“You’ll have to be
strong,”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“There is a lot
more pain coming, but you’ll have to be stronger than you’ve ever been. Can you
do that for me?”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I don’t know how.”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“You don’t, but
you’ll learn. There will come a moment when you’ll want to quit, where you’ll
want to give up and head towards the darkness. But I promise you, good times
are coming.”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He looked at me
with such<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an open expression,
one of yearning<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for something
better. I remembered<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wearing that look,
wishing and hoping<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so fiercely that it
was painful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“Okay,”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“Okay.”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard my partner
calling me from<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the other side of
the mirror,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his deep voice
making the liquid glass<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">move in ripples. I
took one last look<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at who I used to be
and patted his hand,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">leaned forward to
kiss him on the forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I have to go now.”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I know you do.
Don’t forget me, okay?”</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I won’t, I
promise.”</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With that, I stood
and moved towards the glass.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I stepped
through the glass,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I left behind what
I had been<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and into what I had<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">become.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ccoddhrSDk/VrgGisMSmMI/AAAAAAAAOTQ/dBT6NxEv6tA/s1600/Jamieson%2BWolf.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ccoddhrSDk/VrgGisMSmMI/AAAAAAAAOTQ/dBT6NxEv6tA/s320/Jamieson%2BWolf.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">How did you get
started writing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve always been a writer. I wrote as a child,
mostly stories, since I was eight or as soon as I was able to string words
together. I was nineteen when I decided to make it a profession. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on your desk right now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Tarot guidebook, my cup of coffee in a Harry
Potter mug and a statue of Buddha.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">3.<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">Hamburger or sushi?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Always sushi! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">4.<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">If I were your
favorite cookie I would be what flavor?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Macadamia and white chocolate without question! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">5.<span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;">Open your new
release to any page and tell us what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a poem called Floating on a Sea of Stars. Here
it is: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Floating
on a Sea of Stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I walked into<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the room and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tried not to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shiver. The hospital<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was cold, especially<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so in my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gown with my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">back exposed for<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all to see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The technician smiled<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">weakly at me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was late<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and who knew<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how many MRI’s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she still had<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">left to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She gestured to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the machine, sitting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">larger than life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the middle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“Here are your ear plugs. And you even get a little party hat.”</span></em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She handed me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a disposable cap<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that kept the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">machine sterile. She<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gestured again at<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the MRI machine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“I want you to lay down, putting your head here in this rest. I’m
also going to prop a pillow under your legs.”</span></em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I nodded and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hefted myself up<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">onto the table.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lay down<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as she helped<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me guide myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into the proper<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">position. She attached<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the camera that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">would take close<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pictures of my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">head and neck.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">moment I always<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">began to lose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it a little.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was being shut<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into a cage,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with no exit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“Try not to move while the MRI is on.”</span></em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She said. I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">knew I would<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be able to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hear her voice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">once I was<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the machine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I nodded and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the table slid<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">into the long<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">metallic tube. My eyes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were closed and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">despite whatever bravery<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I possessed, my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyes watered with<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a few tears.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I opened them<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and blinked a<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">few times to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chase the tears<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">away. It was<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then that I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">noticed the stars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone had stuck<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stars on the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">inside of the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tube. I looked<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at them and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">marveled at the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sight of such<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a happy thing<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here. I heard<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the clicks of<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the machine starting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">up and then<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the MRI started,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shaking the table<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I lay on<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the magnetic<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rings moved faster<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and faster around<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me. I closed<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my eyes and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">focused on my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">breathing. After a<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">few breaths, I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was able to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">breathe deeply. I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eased into<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my breathing, letting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">their rhythm compliment<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sounds of the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">machine as it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thrummed around me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After some time,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It began to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feel as if<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was sliding<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">out of the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">magnetic tube. I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">opened my eyes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and saw the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stars were still<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in front of<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me. I hadn’t<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">moved. I closed<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my eyes again<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and after a<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">moment, the sensation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of moving returned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was as if<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an unseen wave<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of water ran<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">beneath me, except<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it wasn’t water,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but stars. I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could feel their<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sparkle caress my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">skin. I was<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">still moving, sliding<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">out of the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">machine. I heard<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a voice speak<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in my ear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“You’re doing so well. We’re almost done. Just a few more
minutes.”</span></em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I opened my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyes and saw<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sky, filled<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with sparkling stars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They joined with<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the ones that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">held me aloft.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I floated there,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">held by a sea<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of stars. It<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seemed like I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could look into<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">them forever and<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">never see the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">end. Below me,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the machine began<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one last loud<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">round of thrums,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bumps and beeps<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It sounded like<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the music that<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stars would make,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unintelligible to my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">human ears. The<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the voice spoke<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">softly once more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">“You’re almost done. You better come back now. You’re almost
done.”</span></em><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I closed my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyes and relaxed,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">floating downward until<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt the press of<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the sliding table<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">against my back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tickling of<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the stars lessened<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as the machine<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">began to settle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">itself around me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stars leave from<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">beneath my body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They slide out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as if made<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of water. Then<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the machine gave<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one final click.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I opened my<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyes and was<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">once more looking<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the yellow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stars that someone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had stuck inside<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the machine. I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">said a silent<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">note of thanks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to that technician,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as those stars<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had given me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a way to<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">float amongst the<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stars that came<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from forever. As<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I walked out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the room,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I looked behind<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me and saw<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I left<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">behind a trail<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of stars, sparkling<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the air.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I almost reached<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">out to touch<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">them, to run<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my fingers through<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">them. Instead, I<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">made a wish<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on one of<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">them and hoped<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that it would<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">come true.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sneakers? (or nothing at all)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I would kill myself in heels, always sneakers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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would pass on to new writers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just keep writing. Is you have the will and want to
write, just do it. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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pantster?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pantser. Whenever I try to plot, I get writers
block. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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favorite movie or book and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Princess Bride, both book and movie. I just
love that, despite everything, true love always wins. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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writerly horizon?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m going to continue my current work in progress
called Boy Friends and hopefully put out a book of short stories. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">by K.L. Brady, J.L.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Each story features a
sweet romance, tender kisses and hugs, and precocious pets—all brought to you
by USA Today bestselling, national/international bestselling, and award winning
authors who have crafted heartwarming heroes and heroines that will make you
laugh, cry, swoon, and sigh. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Candy and canines.
Flowers and felines. Celebrate this Valentine's Day with your sweethearts of
the human and fuzzy varieties! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Nothing is more
heart-warming than kisses from the pet who adores you and the man who loves
you, so snuggle up with VALENTINE PETS & KISSES and strike the perfect mood
for moonlit walks and candlelight dinners with your pet and sweetheart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- Rachelle Ayala <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fashion icon Jenna
Hart, along with her basset hound puppy, tries to convince a burned former
fireman that beauty is never skin deep and love's arrow strikes not only the
beautiful, but the bold. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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babysitting her two nephews and a puppy was supposed to be fun. Sweating to
death at a baseball game while getting gum in her hair, soda down her shirt,
and an ice cream pedicure wasn't part of the deal. Neither was finding out the
best guy she'd ever missed a blind date with had witnessed it all. Longest.
Weekend. Ever. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Matthias Laing has
snagged the woman of his dreams, but his job as a vet keeps getting him into
trouble. The situation is past complicated because of the growing assortment of
animals in Toni's house and to top it all, the conflict between Matthias and
her ex-husband. Can Matthias and Toni's budding romance survive their
challenges and if it doesn't, will Jade, her precocious five-year-old find a
way to play Cupid and fix things by Valentine's Day? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sports writer Melanie Vincent needs a miracle when her dream of running a
nationally recognized blog hits a snag due to low readership. After Mel is
gifted a pair of Super Bowl tickets for years of faithful dog sitting, she has
a chance encounter with her favorite football player that leads to the inside
scoop on the biggest story of her career...and maybe the love of a lifetime. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Debra Martinez
doesn’t believe in happy endings, until Sean Orr, Havre de Grace’s newest
firefighter, shows her and her son, Aidan, a new and beautiful kind of
“normal.” But the happiness can’t last—not for Sean who is on the run from his
own past. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really tried to make their marriage work, but in the end, it just wasn't meant
to be. Or was it? When they meet to discuss joint custody of their Akita, they
discover they have much more to talk about other than the dog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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women, who only seem to want him for his fame and his money. Callie James is
such a big Noah Patrick fan, she named her energetic Chihuahua after the man of
her dreams. When they find themselves hiding out in the same Brooklyn
Brownstone, a crazy blizzard, a never-ending supply of spaghetti, and a dog
with identity issues bring them together even though they both have secrets
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Constable Callum Forde on the worse day of her life, makes cat lover and
scientist Wendy Wilde question all that she values, her cat’s loyalty and the
role science plays in love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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living in rural Virginia after an accident leaves him physically scarred. While
taking a stroll and minding his business, the spunky Lezlie Sharpe literally
crashes into his life, stealing the heart of his beloved pooch, Trooper. Now,
forced to share living quarters, will Lezlie capture Jason’s heart too? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thrilled when a neighbor moving out of the country asks if she'll consider
taking in her teacup Yorkie, Valentino, but there are a few strings attached.
When she finds out a man she can't stand is the other caretaker, she's forced
to deal with the arrogant jerk until they decide who gets the pampered pooch
permanently . . . or risk losing the dog to a heartbreaking fate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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distraught after long-time boyfriend, Josh, dumps her, she takes a leave of
absence from her teaching job. Josh leaves behind the puppy he bought for her
just before things fell apart even though she’s not a dog person. Lexie
contemplates giving it away but decides keep the little mischief-maker and get
her some training. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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obedience school, Lexie meets Tommy, the happy-go-lucky type she could give her
heart to if only she was ready. But Lexie gives Tommy the brush off and they
lose touch. However, a series of events, some unfortunate, bring them together
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Newland accepts a job in San Francisco and runs away from her small-town
Illinois life, she expects things to change for the better. What she doesn’t
expect is to lose her job, adopt a cat she hit with her car, and fall for a
sexy and seemingly unavailable veterinarian. Suddenly, going back to the
Midwest seems better than surviving San Francisco.
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off the bus and greets Hollywood with high expectations and a smile. Two months
later, she’s broke, hungry and rethinking her dream. An offer to house sit
provides her with too much time alone, an adopted family of kittens and a sexy
postman waiting at her gate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stop thinking of the beautiful, mysterious woman who just moved into his
hometown. She meets him each day at the mailbox, waiting for a letter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her husband, a grieving widow, Violet, and their beloved bichon frise visit
their favorite place the day before Valentine's Day. While they are there,
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grabbing their robes. She followed closely on her husband’s heels. Her fingers
fumbled at tying the thin fabric belt around her waist. A sickening feeling
formed in the pit of her stomach. Who in the world could be at their door at
this hour? And why would they travel so far up the rural road leading to their
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her husband’s hand. In the dark, the sorrowful look in the sheriff’s blue eyes
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Rachelle Ayala</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> From romantic suspense to sweet
contemporaries, I write from my heart and love to include children and pets in
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">J.L. Campbell</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> is an award-winning author who writes
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Snow doesn’t believe in fairy tales, but as a devoted mother she’s determined
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foreclosed trailer she once called home. Her menagerie of rescue animals travel
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But can she resist
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">And can she surrender
her insecurities and accept the true gift of Christmas, finally feeling worthy
of unconditional love?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once upon a time they’d planned to celebrate the Christmas
after high school graduation as husband and wife. A Christmas wedding, her
resplendent in a white velvet gown and carrying a bouquet of deep red roses, a
tiara in her hair. Sure, he’d done most of the planning, but she had agreed,
hadn’t she? She’d called him Prince, adding a different name depending on the
circumstances of the day—Prince Polite, Prince Pleasant, he’d heard them all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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across the face, when in reality the hurt hadn’t set in immediately. He’d been
a damn, besotted fool. The first letter he’d written her after she’d left him
cold was filled with outraged pride. The others had been demanding and then
pleading, something he never thought he’d do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his hockey buddies to clear tires and debris from her front lawn one Saturday
afternoon. When he’d stepped into her trailer’s run down foyer and inhaled the
smell of stale cigarettes, he’d had to push unexpected tears from his eyes. She’d
been furious, shouting at him to be a man, not a baby. Her life didn’t bother
her, so it shouldn’t bother him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had realized the humiliation she must have felt. And he knew, even then, that
she was extraordinary and he didn’t deserve her. She was as precious as a rare
diamond, and he’d wanted to keep her close and safe. Otherwise, he might lose
her. And she’d left. He’d lost her. A year passed before he’d placed his feet back
on the ground and decided to move forward without her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Texas Twister (Blue Moon Chronicles) by Dana Wright -
Romance>Fantasy<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometimes love finds you in the darkest places.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Magdalay Rousseau is having a bad day. She can't find the
charging cable to her laptop, and when she goes into her husband's office to
look for it, she discovers he's been cheating on her. She decides to hire a
private investigator to dig into her husband's secrets, but what the detective
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Carter Zusak is a private detective--and a cat shifter. When
a new client shows up, he's almost certain she's a flake. What kind of woman
writes romance novels and owns a shop selling supplies for witches? He's sure
she's got a bat or two loose in her belfry--until he delves deeper into her
case. No one in her life is what they seem, and Magdalay has just put herself
in danger more insidious than he ever imagined. Something about this witch sets
his heart on fire. But he'll have to figure out a way to save her before they both
get burned...<o:p></o:p></div>
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blue moon chronicles, cat shifter, cisgender, dana wright,
etopia press, fantasy romance, ghost, heterosexual, magic, male / female,
paranormal, paranormal / horror, paranormal romance, private detective, private
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CHAPTER ONE<o:p></o:p></div>
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Magdalay Rousseau stared at her lifeless laptop and groaned.
It wouldn’t turn on. Again. So much for a lasting battery. Already irritated
from lack of sleep, she pressed the on button one more time and tried to recall
where she’d left the charger. It should be in the little plastic bag she
usually kept next to her laptop, but it wasn’t.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Great. I can’t believe this. I ought to just spell you and
be done with it.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She growled and pushed herself up from the small space at
the kitchen table. Perhaps it was in her work bag in the foyer. She hated
resorting to magic when real world solutions worked just fine. It had been a
point of contention with her mother for years. Besides, she wasn’t very good at
it. Wish for rain and get a flood in her kitchen. That was her life right now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Magdalay peered into the bag.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nothing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh. This is just getting better and better.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Magdalay spun on her heel and considered her next move. She
had a deadline for her publisher, and today would be her only day off with no
distractions until next week. Not that she could focus anyway. Not with the
antics Russ was pulling lately. Her mind kept circling him like a dog with a
bone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He’d been out with the boys from the club, but something in
the back of her mind kept digging at her. Their poker games didn’t last that
long. Neither did their dinners at the club, which she now refused to attend.
Not after the last time with his uppity friends and their equally unpleasant
wives. She didn’t fit in with the country club scene, and that was more than
all right with her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Russ hadn’t come home—again—by the time her head hit the
pillow last night at midnight. It was becoming par for the course. Magdalay
couldn’t concentrate on anything and that included leaving her damn charging
cable someplace. She could swear it was next to her workstation last night when
she went to bed, but she could have been dreaming. She couldn’t remember, and
that just pissed her off, making her already foul mood even more noxious.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Did you wash my pants?” Russ called out from the bedroom,
his voice lacking any of the warmth she used to receive from him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes,” she ground out, barely containing her urge to demand
where the hell he’d been all damned night. It didn’t do any good. He never
answered her anyway. “They’re folded on the dryer.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her husband, Russ, clad in a blue pullover shirt and
tighty-whities bolted from their bedroom down the short hall toward the laundry
room. The door opened and shut, and she caught a streak of blue out of the
corner of her eye but no acknowledgement or thank you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next time she ought to let his clothes just pile up and see
what happened. Well…she took that back. A week ago, she’d been too busy to keep
up with the laundry and he’d shaken her awake after a long day at the shop and
writing, demanding to know when she would get around to it. The icy stare was
enough to motivate her into preemptive action. She’d never been afraid of her
husband before that night, but things had changed between them at an alarming
rate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She poured the water into the coffeepot and flipped on the
switch, sighing as the rich aroma of the Columbian blend pervaded the kitchen.
It was still early, and she’d spent a sleepless night tossing and turning and
imagining his car wrapped around a pole or worse. The man hadn’t come home
until after two. At least that was the last time she recalled on the blinking
clock on the nightstand. Russ hadn’t even had the decency to let her know where
he was or if he was OK. Magdalay didn’t remember him sneaking in. She’d tried
to stay awake so she could talk to him or at least give him a piece of her
mind, but she must have drifted off in a wave of jittery exhaustion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last night had just been the latest in a long line of
whatever was happening in their marriage and fixing it was becoming a pipe
dream. He’d grown more and more distant over the past three months and she
didn’t know what had gone wrong. Well…except for her working. He hated the
hours she spent away from home, but with her mother’s passing, Broomstix had
become hers. The irony wasn’t lost on her. A witch who didn’t want to be, or
worse yet, was terrible at it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You need a familiar, love. Sometimes having someone at your
back and by your side is the most powerful magic in the world.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Magdalay’s lips twisted and she sighed. It wasn’t like she
hadn’t tried. Every cat she’d gotten went missing in a matter of days. When
she’d gone to Russ about the missing animals, he’d had nothing to say.
Frustrating wasn’t even half the word for it. Perhaps she wasn’t cut out for
animals. Then she thought all she needed was her soul mate. That would have to
be enough. She’d always thought Russ was that person, but more and more, she
sensed a tremendous gulf between them, and it left her hollow inside.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last month she’d been at the stitching circle and each of
the ladies was practicing poppet magic. The little cloth dolls danced and
frolicked in anticipation of whatever task they were intended for. Hers lay
there, looking still and unresponsive. It was to be a creative muse for her
magic. She figured if she could cast a spell and have a poppet work on some of
her overdue plot lines and synopses, she’d be ahead of the game. No such luck.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The stitching circle, full of her mother’s old friends,
thought it was hilarious. Now on top of her writing schedule, it was her
responsibility to keep Broomstix going. People depended on her, and she was
trying to learn as much as she could. Gaining the knowledge she needed wasn't
going as smooth as she’d like.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her gaze raked the cluttered counter where her husband paid
bills and recoiled. No way was she touching that. “Not a chance.” Then she
remembered Russ had the same model laptop she did. She could borrow his charger
and pick hers up tomorrow when she went back into work. Problem solved.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’m out. See you tonight,” came the clipped response from
the front hallway followed by the slamming of the decorative lead glass door.
He hadn’t even come into the kitchen. Not even for coffee.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Wow.” Now she knew he was avoiding her and likely hiding
something. Magdalay shook her head, the bitterness of her new reality sliding
down her stomach like a Ping Pong ball. His behavior stung, and she didn’t know
what to make of it. She moved down the hall, her linen nightgown floating
around her legs. In the Texas heat, it helped to have something comfortable and
the Eileen West nightgowns were her guilty pleasure. Goddess knew she needed
something.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She paused in the doorway to his office and sighed. Goddess,
she hated invading his space. Maybe the charger was right out in the open and
she could snap it up and be out before she disturbed anything of importance.
Then she saw it. Propped on a pile of paperwork next to his computer was her
small, holiday design-covered Ziploc bag with her cord dangling off the desk
over the top of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“What the heck?” Her lips slid into a frown and she
unclenched her hands. He took it. Probably to do the same thing she’d been
about to do, but at least she would have replaced his where she found it as
soon as she was done. She reached down to pick up the bag and wind up the
charging cord, and her hand brushed the mouse on his desk, the darkened screen
erupting to life. His e-mail was up. She wouldn’t have stopped save for the
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read. She hadn’t meant to intrude on his privacy. They’d always respected each
other enough to be honest. At least she’d always thought so. But with every
line she read, the trust she believed her marriage was based on was revealed to
be nothing more than a lie.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She hated wives who resorted to sneaking into their husband’s
phone records and all of those things to find out what they’d been up to. Now,
here she was, and she didn’t have a clue what to do about it. What was done was
done and couldn’t be taken back. One e-mail turned into two. Two turned into a
dozen, and at that point she had to stop, the contents of her stomach churning
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Fuck me. Fuck me like you did in your office.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I want it all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You motherfucker.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tears stung her eyes. There was no other explanation was
there? It was all laid out in black and white. The only thing missing was a
frigging video of them fornicating. Her stomach lurched.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The lump in her throat threatened to overtake her, and she
had to pause and take a deep breath. Her mother’s absence was a raw and gaping
wound. Eleanor would have known what to do, but Magdalay was frozen with
indecision. Her thoughts turned to the ladies in her stitching circle. They met
once a month but it wasn’t scheduled until next week. Goddess, but she sure
could use some comfort now. Or at least, a sounding board for her fury. Her
fingertips itched to zot the fucker but no…not yet. Not that she was fully
capable, but her circle was. She’d seen it time and again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I want to run my fingers down your long, long legs and part
your… She had to stop. Nausea threatened to overwhelm her once again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You cheating bastard,” she whispered. She had to be sure.
It was possible it was only emails. In her heart, she knew that was a lie.
Magdalay stood, her knees shaking and made her way out of Russ’s office to her
work space in the kitchen. She hooked up the laptop to the charger and shoved
the plug into the wall.<o:p></o:p></div>
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him when he got home. Whenever that would be.<o:p></o:p></div>
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No.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Or she could hex him where he stood and watch as his dick
shriveled up and fell off. A tiny smile twitched at the corner of her lips at
the idea. If only. With her luck, she’d turn him into an overlarge piece of
beef jerky and have to explain that one to the police.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not a good idea. Her magic was unpredictable at best. She’d
hid it from him, not wanting to go there. It wasn’t her fault she was born a
witch. It was her choice whether or not to use it. If something needing a spell
came up, she waited until her hubby was off doing engineer things or sleeping
in front of the television. Proof. She needed more proof. The laptop whirled to
life and she pulled up her search engine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What about a private detective? She had a little mad money
put aside for the dress she wanted for the romance writer’s convention in a few
months. Magdalay had no idea what the detective would cost, but she had to
know. With unblinking eyes she typed, private investigator Spinnaker, Texas
then she closed her eyes, rolled the mouse, and clicked on the Blue Moon
Detective Agency.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dana Wright has always had a fascination with things that go
bump in the night. She is often found playing at local bookstores, trying not
to maim herself with crochet hooks or knitting needles, watching monster movies
with her husband and furry kids or blogging about books. More commonly, she is
chained to her computers, writing like a woman possessed. She is currently
working on several children's stories, young adult fiction, romantic suspense,
short stories and is trying her hand at poetry. She is a contributing author to
Ghost Sniffer’s CYOA, Siren’s Call E-zine in their “Women in Horror” issue in
February 2013 and "Revenge" in October 2013, a contributing author to
Potatoes!, Fossil Lake, Of Dragons and Magic: Tales of the Lost Worlds, Undead
in Pictures, Potnia, Shadows and Light, Dark Corners (upcoming), Wonderstruck,
Shifters: A Charity Anthology, Dead Harvest, Monster Diaries, Holiday Horrors
and the Roms, Bombs and Zoms Anthology from Evil Girlfriend Media. She is the
author of Asylum, The Invitation and Texas Twister. Dana has also reviewed music for
Muzikreviews.com specializing in New Age and alternative music and has been a
contributing writer to Eternal Haunted Summer, Massacre Magazine, Metaphor
Magazine, The Were Traveler October 2013 edition: The Little Magazine of
Magnificent Monsters, the December 2013 issue The Day the Zombies Ruled the
Earth. She currently reviews music at New Age Music Reviews and Write a Music
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicole
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Debut Romance Novel * 250 pages
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YA / NA. Mild swearing. No explicit sex.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062418418/the-jock-and-the-fat-chick">http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062418418/the-jock-and-the-fat-chick</a>
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Nicole Winters:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Born into a literary family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Could write before speaking.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Spent childhood in sunshiny green meadows devouring highbrow
literary works.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">More like she was told that C-average, learning disabled students
couldn’t possibly grow up to be writers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">English B.A. from the University of Toronto. Loves cats, books, horror
films, globe hopping and home-baked cookies. Had once been spotted wearing a
sundress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-ZA">Nicole is
currently at work on her third book involving magic called, The Conjurer.</span><span lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Media Links:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-ZA">Website: </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://nicolewintersauthor.com/blog">http://nicolewintersauthor.com/blog</a></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><br />
Twitter: </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="https://twitter.com/NicoleWintersYA">@nicolewintersya</a></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><br />
Facebook: </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/The-Jock-And-The-Fat-Chick-1611190429158255/timeline/">The Jock and the
Fat Chick</a></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><br />
Facebook: </span><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NicoleWintersAuthor?ref=hl">Nicole Author Page</a></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-ZA">No one ever said high school was easy. In this hilarious and heartwarming
debut, one high school senior has to ask himself how much he's willing to give
up in order to fit in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kevin seems to have it all: he's popular, good
looking, and on his way to scoring a college hockey scholarship. However, he's
keeping two big secrets. The first is that he failed an assignment and is now
forced to take the most embarrassing course ever--domestic tech. The second is
that he is falling for his domestic tech classmate, Claire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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all: she's funny, smart, beautiful, and confident. But she's off-limits.
Because Kevin knows what happens when someone in his group dares to date a girl
who isn't a cheerleader, and there's no way he is going to put himself—or
Claire—through that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lot harder than Kevin thought…especially when a cooking project they are paired
together for provides the perfect opportunity for things to heat up between
them outside the classroom….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I
raise an eyebrow, letting her know I’m listening, but I’m not sure where she’s
going with this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“I
tell you what to do and say around Mrs. A, and that way I keep my A and you can
pass this class.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I
consider Claire’s offer. On the one hand, I don’t like her calling me a dumb
jock. On the other, she’s amazingly good at cooking and needs to keep her
grades high, which means if I do what she says, I’ll pass too. I’ve got nothing
to lose, so I nod.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Okay,”
I say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She
gives me this big warm smile, like I’ve made her day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Good.”
She motions to the fish. “Keep flaking.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I
respond with a “Yes, Coach,” as a lighthearted way of sealing our deal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When
I’m done flaking, Claire adds the fish to the thick rice mixture and then
stirs, making my mouth water. It looks and smells incredible. There must be a
million grams of carbs in there. If I ate all that, I’d slip into a carb coma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Claire
pulls a large wooden spoon from the drawer and then offers it to me. “Want to
taste?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She’s
surprised when I shake my head, like I have no clue what I’ve turned down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Ugh,”
she says. “Don’t tell me you’re one of those carb-counting gym rats.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I make
a face. “I hate the term ‘gym rat’; it makes me sound greasy.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“True.”
Claire sizes me up and then adds, “And you’re definitely not greasy.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hey, did
she just check me out?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Okay,
how’s ‘don’t tell me you’re one of those carb-counting fitness bunnies’?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I
grunt, amused.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“I bet
you work out twice a day,” she goes on, stirring the risotto, “and you eat
nothing but skinless chicken and steamed broccoli.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I
shrug.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She
bobs her head, like she’s confirming something. “Yeah, you look like a guy who
denies himself pleasure....”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">An
unexpected rush of heat spreads across my face. “Well, if you want six-pack
abs, there’s got to be sacrifices.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Claire
glances at my stomach, and even though she can’t see anything under my shirt
and apron, she turns her gaze away and smiles, big.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That
was definitely a check-me-out move.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. How did you get started writing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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so when I was a student at the University of Toronto, I joined Hart House’s New
Filmmaker’s Club. There were roughly thirty of us at our first meeting, sitting
at this huge Harry Potter dining hall style table. The other students were
vying for the director’s position in the club, so while they chatted, I used
the time to write my first ten-minute short film. When I finished, something
just hit me. It was like a horrible cliché; it felt as if the clouds parted and
a ray of sun shone down upon me. I just knew storytelling was what I wanted to
do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. Name three things on your desk right now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Camera that needs charging, two empty pint sized
mugs of tea, and jewellery: four silver rings and a bracelete. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3. Hamburger or sushi?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Definitely sushi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">4. If I were your favorite cookie I would be what
flavor?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I’d be one of the cookies I get at the <a href="http://www.thechocolateria.ca/#/HOME-01-00/">The Chocolateria</a>. He
makes them with high quality real ingredients — good chocolate, butter, etc.
along with leftover ingredients from his other chocolate goodies, which is the
real secret. You don’t snarf this cookie down, no-no. It’s a put on a pot of
tea and sit in your favourite chair with a good book by your side kind of
cookie.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">5. Open your new release to any page and tell us
what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Claire’s teaching Kevin how to properly hold a
knife, but he’s not paying attention because she’s just laid her palm overtop
his hand and his heart is thumpity-smashing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6. Heels, flats or sneakers? (or nothing at all)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Motorcycle boots.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7. Tell us one tip you would pass on to new
writers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If it’s in your heart to tell stories, don’t let
anyone stop you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">8. Plotter or pantster?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Definite plotter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">9. What is your favorite movie or book and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is a tough one as there are just so many. I
love ALMOST FAMOUS as I used it as a tool to help me understand Joseph
Campbell’s work on the hero’s journey. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">10. What's next on your writerly horizon?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">THE CONJURER, a story involving stage magic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">11. (for YA) What do you think makes your book
connect and resonate with teen readers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There is a raw honesty to it. My characters aren’t
know it all’s. They’re trying to navigate and make sense of the world, just as
much as my readers are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">12. (horror/zombie) Do you write about things that
scare you? If so, what and (gasp) why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes. I like to write about characters
who sometimes question the existence of God. What if it’s true? Also, what if
it’s not true? Either scenario is terrifying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319964154749498505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485401343977393390.post-77449772678920026082015-10-05T00:00:00.000-05:002015-10-05T00:00:03.564-05:00The Chemist's Shop Book Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smnwbEBtSL4/VgtV-VQ-RSI/AAAAAAAANuo/VbQayI8B-Gg/s1600/The%2BChemist%2527s%2BShop%2BFront%2Bcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-smnwbEBtSL4/VgtV-VQ-RSI/AAAAAAAANuo/VbQayI8B-Gg/s320/The%2BChemist%2527s%2BShop%2BFront%2Bcover.jpg" width="244" /></a></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Book Mistress Tours Presents<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*****<br />
<br />
The Chemist's Shop<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard
Brumer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">Stand
Alone or Series:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA"> Stand
Alone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">Length
of Book:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA"> Approx
68,000 words/ 300 pages<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">Genre:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA"> Suspense
thriller wrapped around a tender love story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">Buy
Links:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Limitless Publishing: <a href="http://www.limitlesspublishing.net/product/the-chemists-shop/">http://www.limitlesspublishing.net/product/the-chemists-shop/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Chemists-Shop-Richard-Brumer/dp/1680581791">http://www.amazon.com/The-Chemists-Shop-Richard-Brumer/dp/1680581791</a><br />
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Barnes and Noble: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chemists-shop-richard-brumer/1122123227">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chemists-shop-richard-brumer/1122123227</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBkjiDwLzzU/VgtWdNc8x2I/AAAAAAAANu4/cXRKieiXumY/s1600/Author%2BPic%2B-%2BRichard%2BBrumer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBkjiDwLzzU/VgtWdNc8x2I/AAAAAAAANu4/cXRKieiXumY/s1600/Author%2BPic%2B-%2BRichard%2BBrumer.jpg" /></span></a></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author
Bio: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Brumer grew up in the Bronx and now
lives in Florida with his wife Carol. For many years his passions were skiing,
sports car racing, and sailing, including sailing solo in the South Pacific. As
a retired pharmacist, he turned his hand to writing and has written several
novels and short stories. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Information about his work can be seen on
his website: http://www.richardbrumer.com <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-ZA">Social
Media Links:</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA"> Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/RichardBrumerAuthor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Website:
http://www.richardbrumer.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter:
@rxrich<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
Blurb: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>First
they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out... </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Because
I was not a Socialist. </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Then
they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out... </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Because
I was not a Trade Unionist. </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Then
they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out... </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Because
I was not a Jew. </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="Default">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Then
they came for me...and there was no one left to speak for me. </i><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">—Martin Niemoller, Protestant pastor<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
Chemist’s Shop, a novel by RICHARD BRUMER. It is a gripping psychological
suspense thriller wrapped around a tender love story.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pharmacology
professor Michael Ross retires from the world of academia in 1970 and opens a
community pharmacy in a peaceful upstate New York town. He puts the horrific tragedies
of his past behind him and finds serenity in his new life. That is, until he
recognizes a customer as former Nazi SS officer, Hans Stern.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael looks into
Stern’s cold steel-blue eyes, clenches his fists and boils inside, remembering
how his three young daughters were taken from him and gassed, and his wife,
Ilona, was tortured, raped and stripped of all dignity by Stern, twenty-five
years earlier in Auschwitz.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Face to face with
this evil being, Michael forces himself to stay calm. In that moment, he
experiences two opposing but related feelings. One is anger, the other
exhilaration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael could not
protect his family then, but he can avenge their deaths now. It isn’t just
about killing Stern. That would be too easy. His death has to be slow, painful,
and diabolical, and it begins with a game of chess.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Available online
from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Goodreads, and in Palm Beach County, FL public
libraries<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excerpt:
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dearest, <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.2in;">
<i><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m sorry I wasn’t able to
be with you for the past few days. The court case consumes me but being in jail
doesn’t take me away from you, When I lost you and later learned you were in
Paradise, I felt cursed by the distance between us. But now I feel blessed that
I can enjoy the finer parts of our love that others with the privilege of
nearness fail to notice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our minds and hearts are
joined for all eternity, a gift perhaps few can share. Thank you so much for
loving me and being my wife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*****<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miklos and Ilona protected their daughters from worry and harm so
they could live in their sweet world of innocence. He was delighted to see his
girls play dress-up as they danced around the house, like little ballerinas, to
the music of Swan Lake. Little Eva was the best dancer of them all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Go, go, Eva,” he shouted and clapped with his hands over his
head.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She turned and spun, like a prima ballerina, the star of the show.
She had her own graceful style and expressed her emotions with her small,
delicate hands, dancing and turning, with her arms arched above her. In his
mind’s eye, Miklos saw her grown-up, in her ballet costume, on point and on
stage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA">The twins skipped and danced until they were breathless. They were
all dressed up and fancy, painted with their mother’s makeup and wearing
colorful outfits sewn together by Ilona from scraps of material. Roza and Magda
had their own sense of grace. They lived in the moment, </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA">their
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA">moment, as they twirled their young bodies, attempted pirouettes,
and leaped into the air. <br />
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Ilona turned toward Miklos and whispered in his ear, “When the girls are
finished dancing, remind me to tell you something.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Tell me now.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“No, it’s a surprise for the whole family.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Magda’s excited cries interrupted them. “Look at me, look at me!”
She skipped barefoot along the hardwood floor, spinning, turning and bowing to
her audience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Wonderful!” Miklos shouted as he clapped in rhythm to the music.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Look at me, too,” Roza yelled as she jumped up and down on the
sofa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then little Eva caught her breath and performed her solo. “Look at
me, Papa. I’m the swan queen.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She twirled her young body around until she was dizzy, but
continued to dazzle her audience. At the end of her dance, her black curls were
wet with perspiration and she bowed to everyone as they applauded. Her eyes
widened and sparkled when Miklos presented her with a red rose he had taken
from Ilona’s birthday bouquet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Oh, Papa, thank you!” she said, taking in the delicate scent of
the rose.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You’re welcome, Eva. Every ballerina should have flowers when she
takes her bows at the end of her performance.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miklos squeezed his wife’s hand. “Did you ever think that when our
girls were born, they would provide us with so much entertainment?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Never,” Ilona said with tears of delight. “We were given a gift,
a wonderful present,” she said, her dark-brown eyes glistening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We’re blessed,” he said with a deep sigh, but his thoughts were
troubled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> “Will we be all right,
Miklos?” Ilona asked. “I’m worried about the girls. They’re so young, just
babies.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Everything will go well. I was a professor. The Nazis will show
respect and find some use for me. We will be safe, Ilona. I promise you.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA">Little Eva was out of breath. She sat on the couch, her chest
heaving in and out, but Roza and Magda continued to dance with the little
energy they had left. They loved each other in a special way, as twins do, but
had distinctive personalities. Magda was a bit of a complainer, but
good-natured. At the dinner table, she would scrutinize the food carefully and
either eat it or give it a “yuck.” Her dream was to be a singer, and she
constantly hummed and whistled her tunes. Roza was the resident introvert. She
read books and loved to write poetry. She was sensitive, like her mother.
Miklos thought that when his girls grew up, they would be a gift to the
artistic world. They had so much ahead of them and were lucky to be at the
beginning of their lives. The dancing and music continued. </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA">Everything
will work out all right. </span></i><span lang="EN-ZA">He and Ilona continued to be an enthusiastic
audience. They clapped and sang through their daughters performances.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA">The sound of marching boots and loud banging on the door brought
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stopped sailing in the South Pacific and skiing
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I were your favorite cookie I would be what
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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what is happening. Reading my back cover blurb on The Chemist’s Shop—a novel:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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professor Michael Ross retires from the world of academia in 1970 and opens a
community pharmacy in a peaceful upstate New York Town. He puts the horrific
tragedies of his past behind him and finds serenity in his new life. That is,
until he recognizes a customer as former Nazi SS officer, Hans Stern.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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into Stern’s cold steel-blue eyes, clenches his fists and boils inside,
remembering how his three young daughters were taken from him and gassed, and
his wife, Ilona, was tortured, raped and stripped of all dignity by Stern
twenty-five years earlier in Auschwitz.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with this evil being, Michael forces himself to stay calm. In that moment, he
experiences two opposing but related feelings. One is anger, the other
exhilaration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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protect his family then, but he can avenge their deaths now. It wasn’t just
about killing Stern. That would be too easy. His death had to be slow, painful,
and diabolical, and it begins with a game of chess.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://amzn.to/1Ke77wf<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lawrence of Arabia—Historical---beautifully filmed<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always wrote as a child, but as an adult I didn’t
get started until I was on maternity leave, and even then it was several years
before I decided to aim for publication. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My planner so I know what I’m doing monthly and
daily. My phone…because I like to have it nearby—although sometimes I put it at
the other end of the house so I can work without the distraction. Chocolate,
leftover from my morning tea :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Hamburger or sushi?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It depends on how I’m feeling. Sometimes there is
nothing better than a nice gourmet beef burger with salty fries. But I do love
California rolls with smoked salmon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. If I were your favorite cookie I would be what
flavor?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Donna Hay’s chocolate brownie cookies with
peanut butter frosting. They are so good! https://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/sweets/biscuits-cookies/brownie-cookies-with-peanut-butter-frosting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Open your new release to any page and tell us
what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hero and the heroine are getting intimate, or
trying to, but they are also negotiating boundaries. She knows that he has a
bit of a raunchy past and she doesn’t want to be a statistic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flats or sneakers. I only wear heels for special
occasion or conferences. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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writers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read widely and write often. That’s kind of two
tips but they are equally important.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Plotter or pantster?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plotter without a doubt. I like to get to know my
characters before I jump in and have an idea about what the main turning points
will be in the story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. What is your favorite movie or book and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m really enjoying the Natural History of Dragons
series by Marie Brennan at the moment and the Dresden files by Jim Butcher.
They both have excellent world building that sucks you into the story, even
though the two series couldn’t be more different in other ways. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a paranormal romance, Taming the Assassin,
just come out and in October my first m/m romance, Kelly, is out as part of the
Secret Confession: Backstage mini-series. I also have a new sci-fi romance
series starting with Desire to Fall which I’m super excited about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fabulous New Adult series from Shona Husk continues: he wants to
shut out the world; she wants to invite it in…<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike Peterson has learned the hard way that the
good really do die young. He and his mum only have each other, and now she’s
losing her second battle with cancer. He wants to stay with her; she wants him
to keep following his dreams. He doesn’t have long to decide and the rest of
the band is waiting on him. Whatever choice he makes, he will lose.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living at home has become impossible for Ava Brand.
Her very religious, very traditional grandmother would like to see her married
off to a nice Indian boy. But Ava wants to make her own choices. Meeting Mike
gives her a chance to rebel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What starts off as easy rapidly becomes
complicated, as their problems expand and emotions bubble to the surface.
Neither has time for complicated, as Ava’s family discovers her
extra-curricular activities and Mike has to make incredibly hard choices. But
love never waits for the perfect time, and Mike and Ava are going to have to
decide if they’re playing for fun, or playing for keeps.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;">Shona Husk </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;">lives in Western Australia at the edge of the Indian Ocean. Blessed with
a lively imagination she spent most of her childhood making up stories. As an
adult she discovered romance novels and hasn’t looked back. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With over forty published stories, ranging from
sensual to scorching, she writes contemporary, paranormal, fantasy and sci-fi
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--oOo--<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘I don’t know why I texted you.’ Her lips curved into
a small smile before she pinched her lower lip between her teeth, as if to stop
it from spreading. ‘I just wanted to get out and thought that if you were close
by …’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘And here I am.’ This wasn’t awkward at all. What were
they doing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She nodded and her gaze skimmed over him. ‘And here
you are.’ She took a step closer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He could reach out and touch her, yet he didn’t. He
hadn’t been this hesitant in a very long time. But Ava wasn’t some random chick
whose name he didn’t know or couldn’t remember. Her name was etched inside his
skull. ‘Did you want to go for a walk?’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Why not.’ She flicked him another little smile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not indeed, he wasn’t sure what else they were
going to do. This was outside their usual activities. They walked down the road
a bit toward the foreshore. He was aware of her arm when it brushed his. And
while they had sat close after a ride, this felt different.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How different did he want it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He wasn’t sure. He liked what they had and that they
could talk and there were no complications. But his fingers brushed her hand
and then her fingers were linking with his and then they were holding hands
before they reached the grassed foreshore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around them people moved, walking from wherever they’d
parked their car or jumped off the bus. She wouldn’t want to be down here when
the show started, not when she could be watching from her balcony with her
friends, plus they’d wonder where she was. He glanced back up the road toward
the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Guess I should go back.’ She didn’t sound entirely
convinced.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘I’ll walk you.’ He didn’t care if he missed the whole
thing. They went back the way they’d come.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were almost there when she stopped. In that
heartbeat, he knew this was about to get complicated and he wasn’t going to do
a damn thing to stop it. He’d wanted her the first time he’d seen her. The heat
of the evening was on his skin and her touch was under his skin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Fuck.</span></i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> He had no condoms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe she did … but the thought brought him up short.
He liked her. He didn’t just want to sleep with her. If he did that, then what
happened next? Did they go back to just being friends … is that what had been
happening, or had she wanted more from the start?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was complicated already. He’d been pretending
otherwise because Ava was a very pretty distraction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A quick screw never brought this headache, neither had
making love with a girlfriend. He wasn’t sure he remembered how to do that. It
had been too long.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She looked up at him and stepped closer. ‘I remembered
why I texted you.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Uh-huh.’ He’d kind of got that. He was sure his heart
was about to self-destruct in a frenzy of lust and anticipation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He put his hand on her waist. He knew she was all
lithe muscle. Her riding gear had given him plenty to think about in the
shower. She probably wouldn’t find that flattering. After giving her a moment
to pull away—she didn’t—he drew her a fraction closer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her fingers were locked around his. He drew in a breath. If he crossed the
line, he wouldn’t be able to uncross it. He didn’t need this. His life was a
mess that he couldn’t afford to screw up further. His dick pulsed. It had only
been a month, not even a full month. It wasn’t going to drop off if it didn’t
get used.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Kiss me,’ she whispered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any resistance he’d had was shattered by those two
words. He leaned down and brushed his lips over hers. All other thoughts
melting away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She wanted him and he needed her. But he didn’t rush
the kiss and neither did she. It slowly deepened from first kiss to more. Her
free hand slid over his chest to land on his shoulder. He closed the last few
centimetres between them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were too many people around to do more here. But
he moved against her, leaving no doubt about what he was thinking. She gasped
then swayed her hips.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He wanted to pick her up and have her against the
nearest wall—which had been his first thought the first time he’d seen her. Her
hotel was only metres away. He was pathetic, drawing boundaries, only to ignore
them when he changed his mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her tongue found his ring. Then her teeth gave it a
gentle tug. She gave a little laugh as he growled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘You like that one?’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Mmm. Do you have any more?’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, he didn’t, and this is where things usually took a
dive. But he wasn’t drunk and neither was she. And they weren’t strangers. But
he didn’t want to give up all his secrets too soon. ‘Maybe, maybe not.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her again. Harder this time; then drew back, knowing there wasn’t going to be
anymore tonight. It was better this way. No sex to make a mess of things. It
was fairly obvious that it was on both their minds. ‘Enjoy the fireworks.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by Mia
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Aidan
Brook has spent months living with the horror of what happened when she lost
control of her magic. Now she is searching for a way to manage her immense
power, but she only hits one dead end after another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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council intent on her death, Aidan, the bear shifter Mac, and the rest of her
friends find themselves on a desperate chase across deserts and oceans in
search of answers. Along the way, they encounter a living myth and a dual magic
with secrets of his own—and they learn that the cure may be more deadly than
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“This may not be the best time for a heartfelt apology.”
Sera’s tone was dry, but her dark eyes held no hint of humor. They weren’t
focused on me, either. All her attention was reserved for the tall man with a
gun standing before us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I knew little about guns. They were one of the few ways to
instantly kill any elemental, even an old one, so we tended to be big believers
in gun control. It was a handgun, rather than a shotgun, and it didn’t look
like one of the modern blocks of metal I saw in most action movies. If
anything, it looked more like the six-shooters from old westerns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The stranger slid his eyes to me, though the gun never
wavered. He was outnumbered, and my appearance only tilted the scales further
in our favor, but he showed no sign of nerves. “Come on, then. Join your
friends.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A growl rumbled through the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“You’re weighing the odds right now, aren’t you? Figuring out how fast you can
move versus how fast I can pull the trigger. I’ll give you a hint.” He swung
the gun to his right until the barrel pointed straight at me. “Not fast
enough.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fantasy series. Before she started writing about imaginary worlds, she worked
as a high school teacher, script supervisor, story editor, legal secretary, and
day care worker. She has lived all along the US west coast and throughout the
UK, where she collected an unnecessary number of degrees in literature,
education, and film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Liana Brooks<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1. How did you get started
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">In grade school, in the suburbs of Chicago, there was a yearly Young
Authors Competition. Writing a story was a requirement from kindergarten on.
That sparked the idea that not only could I make up my own stories, but that I
should. I scribbled down ideas off and on for years and finally started writing
regularly after I graduated college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Rocket Racoon (lego) – a stack of books about writing – a glass of water<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sushi as often as I can afford it. I'm in heaven! P.S. – buy my books so I can
afford sushi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Triple chocolate chip, there are dark, semi-sweet, and white chocolate
chips in there. It's delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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page and tell us what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Page 74... the older sister of a missing college student talks the
heroine about her sister and the heroine learns that the missing girl put the
wrong address on her work application<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Hiking sandals when it's warm enough. Fuzzy, funky coloured socks for
indoors. Hiking shoes for everything else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Evanovich. Stephanie is a funny, fun to read about, and the storyline is
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Liana Brooks once read the
book GOOD OMENS by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and noted that both their
biographies invited readers to send money (or banana daiquiris). That seems to
have worked well for them. Liana prefers strawberry daiquiris (virgin!) and
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after bouncing around the country she's settled (temporarily) in the great
wilderness of Alaska. She can be found on Twitter (@LianaBrooks), on FaceBook,
and on the web at <a href="http://www.lianabrooks.com/">www.lianabrooks.com</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A body is found in the Alabama wilderness. The question is:</span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Agent
Samantha Rose has been exiled to a backwater assignment for the Commonwealth
Bureau of Investigation, a death knell for her career. But then Sam catches a
break—a murder—that could give her the boost she needs to get her life back on
track. There's a snag, though: the body is a clone, and technically that means
it's not a homicide. And yet, something about the body raises questions, not
only for her, but for coroner Linsey Mackenzie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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they dig, the more they realize nothing about this case is what it seems … and
for Sam, nothing about Mac is what it seems, either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A
thrilling new mystery from Liana Brooks, The Day Before will have you looking
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With an asthmatic wheeze the
engine died. It figured. Stuck in a man’s craw, it did. This truck had been his
daddy’s and his pappy’s, and before the Commonwealth government forced him to
replace the diesel engine with the newfangled water doohickey, he was certain
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of trucks since he was six and now he was stranded. Embarrassing, that’s what
it was. He climbed out of the cab to check the engine out of habit. The ice
blue block of modern fuel efficiency stared back. Three hundred bucks it’d cost
him, straight from his pocket.<o:p></o:p></div>
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subsidy, all right. A priority list. Major Population Centers, they said. Unite
the countries of the Commonwealth on a timeline, they said. And what did all
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upgraded cities and free cars before the ink was dry on the Constitution and
what about the little man? Nobody thought about the working class. No one cared
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prosperity. He’d hoof it. There was a little town about five miles down the
road where he could call Ricky to bring a tow truck. It would have been cheaper
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call from nature, then he’d see if there weren’t a shortcut through to town. A
meadowlark sang. Not a bad day for a hike. Would’ve been better if it weren’t
so dammed hot, but at least the humidity was low. He wouldn’t like to walk in a
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"Are you drunk?" The
quiet field that looked so peaceful only moments before was now eerily
sinister. He nudged the hand with his foot. It was swollen and pale and crusted
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Andalus, serif;">When eighteen year old Alex’s little sister’s pony goes missing,
he sets out to look for her and finds himself in a strange gypsy camp
in the middle of a forest. The pony is being cared for by a young girl
called Faith. When Alex accepts a drink from Faith’s grandmother, he wakes
up later to find himself transported into 2038 to a technologically-advanced,
very colourful world inhabited by humans and robots. Alex soon
discovers that he is now twenty, married and has a magical little baby girl. A
magic he only seems to notice. He soon finds out that he will have to defend
his little girl from the half-breeds with everything he has. He travels back
through the magic pages of books to try and save her before it is too late and
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">One
sunny day I decided to join a short online course on creative writing. And ever
since I just haven't been able to stop writing. I still have my very first
short story that at the time inspired me to want to write more. Then my novel just grew from one of the short
story's I completed there and turned into Finding Destiny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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right now.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I don't
really sit at a desk, but the three things that I often have around me when I
write is: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">1)</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;"> A little door with the title of my
book on it that a dear friend made me when I was writing my novel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">3)</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;"> My Yankee candles because they help
me get into the writing mood at times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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honest I don't like either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would be what flavour?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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or strawberry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and tell us what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<pre style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">After the help of their robot servant, Flicker, Alex and Faith visit the centre of the world, Quill City. When they enter the bookshop, the owner, Gwendolyn, seems fascinated by Destiny and she gives Alex a copy of </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">The History Of One Girl's Magic Feather.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;"> She </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">tells him 'to open when the moon highlights Destiny.' <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">6. Heels, flats or sneakers? (or nothing
at all)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">7. Tell us one tip you would pass on
to new writers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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writing and following your characters and never give up, because everything you
have written even if at first it doesn't feel great, you can go back and fix
until it reads just as you want it to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I never really plot while writing, mainly because I don't really want to know
what happens until it happens. It would be like seeing your future to the end
before living it to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">9. What is your favourite movie or
book and why?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I have
so many favourite books, but one I read not so long ago and really enjoyed was
called The Forest King's Daughter by Kendra Olson. I really enjoyed following
her main character through her journey. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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horizon?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Andalus, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I'm working on polishing my second novel 'The lost Town of
Man's Crossing' And writing some short stories at the moment. I also have a
third first draft hiding in my bookcase waiting for me to come back and look at
it again. </span><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">11. (for YA) What do you think makes
your book connect and resonate with teen readers?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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with my book it's the journey and all the different characters in the book that
would likely resonate with teen readers. As well as the adventure that Alex
goes through after he met Madam Moonfighter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext;">1</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Andalus","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Finding
Destiny<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Destiny!
Destiny!" I yelled, walking the dark forest alone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Broken branches crunched
beneath my feet. Black, shadowing trees loomed over me, following my every
move. Owls hooted and flapped in every direction. I proceeded, calling the
girlie-named pony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I walked till my feet burned.
It had been hours with no sign of Destiny, when the forest seemed to come alive
before my eyes! Classical music hummed around a circle of purple gypsy tents,
which surrounded a huge pink camp fire. I rubbed my tired eyes in disbelief. I
opened them again and saw Destiny being cuddled lovingly by a pale girl with
black hair flowing like a never-ending river. I walked over to the girl and
Destiny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Hey miss, you found my
sister’s pony." I looked down at them both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Mister, she is my
pony!" She held Destiny closer in a protective grip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I was about to argue my point,
but a cold hand pushed on my shoulder, stopping me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Grandma! He wants my
pony." The girl pointed in my direction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Faith, don’t point it’s
rude!" The old woman scolded her like she was a child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Where the hell did you
come from!" I shouted and jumped to look her in the face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"My tent, just this
way," the grandma said as she walked inside her purple tent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I followed, outraged. I just
wanted my sister’s pony back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Enter," the old
woman croaked, coughing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Are you okay!" I
whispered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Yes! Yes! Don’t worry
yourself, now what can I do for you, sir?" She coughed again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"I need my sister’s pony
back. It’s her everything," I pleaded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"My Faith loves her
too," the old lady coughed again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"I will do anything, I
need that pony!" I tried again, staring into the old lady’s purple eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Her wrinkled, transparent face
and white long hair, tied in a bun tight above her head, made her look frail.
She sat down behind a crystal ball. "Anything?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I nodded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Let me see your
future," she coughed, rubbing her crystal ball and looking inside its
clear dome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">The silence dragged on like an
unspoken question in a crowded room. Sadness crossed her face. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"It’s done!" she
shouted; her eyes seemed to turn black.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Thank you." I
smiled, a little confused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"My pleasure." She
coughed, handing me a blue drink in a clear glass. "Please drink, it will
bring you good luck on your way home. It’s a tradition, you know," she
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I didn’t want to seem rude, so
I drained the glass. My head spun and everything became unfocused. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I fought to
see through the darkness. Crying, and the smell of hay surrounded me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Hello! Who’s there?
Where am I?" I whispered, following the cries of what sounded like a girl
being murdered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Hello!" I yelled
over her cries. I feared for us both. A light danced on of its own accord.
Straw was everywhere. Pink, blue and red horses wandered about, leaving their
stalls empty. The barn looked steel, unlike anything I had seen before. A computer
was flat-attached to the wall, but there was no keyboard to type on. Had I been
drinking? Or dreaming? I wasn’t sure, but this barn looked far too advanced for
my time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">The girl’s cries turned to
screams. The sound was deafening; my heart thumped. I stood beside the
screaming stable door, sliding it open with a loud squeak. Peering inside, her
gaze met mine; her black flowing hair lay upon the straw, sticking to her
sweat-covered forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Faith? Is that you? What
are we doing here?" I rushed to her side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"I’m screaming and you
are late!" she said blowing out a breath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"I don’t even know where
we are, do you?" I retorted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Faith screamed, grabbing my
hand like a vice then relaxing once more. She placed an old folded piece of
paper into my hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Read it!" Her
breath came out raggedly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">The note read …<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Dear Alex,
and Faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Destiny had
many lovely years with your little sister, as promised Alex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I saved
your lives. You are in 2038 on the morning that bound your futures together. I
saw it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Don’t hate an
old Gypsy for sending you on your way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">Good luck
both of you!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Andalus, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">The note
fell from my hands, "We are in 2038, hell!" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Isn’t it?" Faith
screamed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">I tried to get Faith to let go
of my hand. Then her body went stiff and I began to panic; she needed a doctor
or midwife right now. But a cry split the air and a robot computer handed her a
screaming baby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">On the computer screen,
fireworks announced Faith had a baby girl <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"We," she whispered,
as the robot computer walked away. I kissed Faith softly on the lips, and a
weird deja vu came over me. Love flooded my heart, sending warm shivers
coursing through my body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"Shall we call her
Destiny?" Faith asked, gazing into my eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">"That’s perfect," I
smiled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Andalus","serif"; mso-hansi-font-family: Andalus;">This was the first moment of
my new life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">KISS OF THE INCUBUS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by C.J.
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incubus who feeds off the sexual desires of others, Roth de Lis has never been
denied the pleasure of a woman’s body...until now. Lilah, once a warrior maiden
in the service of a goddess, languishes on Earth after being cast out from the
slopes of Mount Olympus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lilah will do
anything to return home to Olympus, including betraying Roth. As she spins her
web of lies, Roth begins a slow, wicked seduction that eventually threatens to
consume them both. But when Lilah’s deceit comes to light, will their torrid
love affair be able to overcome a pact with the darkest of gods?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Roth made his way back through the VIP room and into the
dance area. Half a dozen women had approached him before he could make it to
the door, slipping him phone numbers he’d never use and telling him names he
didn’t care to know. One in particular got a little too frisky, trying to
corral him into a kiss before he gently set her aside and continued making his
way out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He was only interested in one woman’s kiss, but Lilah had
decided he wasn’t worth her time. And she’s right. Roth knew he didn’t have
anything to offer one such as her, but he wanted her all the same. Want her.
The incubus echoed his thoughts back to him, as if it were puzzling over the
same riddle—how to make her… What? Make her love me? Impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The hope at such a fairy tale died in his breast as he
remembered how she’d turned from him after he revealed his terrible secret.
He’d done so much to so many that he would forever be tainted. The incubus
would never leave. To do so meant death for the both of them. She was repulsed
by his evil, as she should be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He would have sighed had he been the sort, but instead he
pushed out the front doors, nearly breaking them off their hinges. He noted his
empty car with a total lack of surprise. Lilah had a problem following
directions, as he well knew. Her bullheaded nature made him smile to himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The he saw her. She stood as if frozen, somehow dumbstruck
as a male slung his arm around her and groped her ass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In an instant, Roth decided he would kill the male for
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">C.J. Harwin
is an author of steamy romance novels that spring from myth and imagination.
Accompanied by her family and an embarrassing number of pets, she lives in a
Southern town watched over by the god of the forge. An attorney by day, she
spends her nights crafting tales of ghouls and gods, mortals and minions, and
heroines and the heroes who love them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alpena, MI (August 18, 2015) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <b>World Weaver Press</b> (Eileen Wiedbrauk, Editor-in-Chief) has announced the anthology <b><i>Sirens</i></b><span>, </span>volume four of <b><i>Rhonda Parrish’s Magical Menageries</i></b><span> is open to</span> submissions <u>through<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1339716626" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">November 15, 2015</span></span>.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“Rhonda Parrish has assembled a stellar collection that runs the gamut of Urban Fantasy to Weird Fiction. Easily the most consistently satisfying anthology I've read in years.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">K.L. Young, Executive Editor, <i>Strange Aeons Magazine</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“With fifteen talented writers and a theme subject that is both evocative and memorable, Rhonda Parrish’s new anthology <i>Scarecrow</i>, is no straw man. Like any good scarecrow, this anthology is truly outstanding in its field. Don’t be scared to pick this up and give it a read.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Steve Vernon, author of <i>Tatterdemon</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Delightfully refreshing! I should have known that editor Parrish (who also edits the cutting edge horror zine, Niteblade) would want to offer something quite unique. I found it difficult to stop reading as one story ended and another began – all fantastic work by gifted writers. Not for the faint of heart, by any means.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Marge Simon, multiple Bram Stoker® winner</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“What an amazing group of stories!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Greek mythology describes the Sirens as being charismatic monsters; part bird, part woman, with enchanting voices whose songs either lure men to, or foretell, their deaths. In Roman mythology they play a similar role but shift their domain to the sea and take the form of mermaid-like creatures. Mythological Sirens such as these come with a capital ess; there are only a small number of them, they have names, Godly parents and occupations. Those Sirens are welcome within the pages of this anthology, but so are their lower-case sisters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">In <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sirens</span></em>, we will honor and share stories of historical Sirens, but we’ve equal room for modern re-imaginings and will be giving matching space to both avian and aquatic varieties.</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Whether from the sea or sky, sirens are beautiful, dangerous and musical, and we’re open to works that exemplify as well as those which defy those expectations. <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sirens</span></em> will be a book full of tales that evoke a vast spectrum of emotions toward these maidens, empathy, disdain, sorrow, awe and anger. I want stories of wretched and cursed sirens who fight against the roles imposed upon them and tales of those who revel in them. I’m hoping for pieces re-telling or playing upon the traditional myths and others which create their own mythologies, and all the little niches in between.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhonda Parrish</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> is a master procrastinator and nap connoisseur but despite that she somehow manages a full professional life. She has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Niteblade Magazine</span></em> for over five years now (which is like 25 years in internet time) and is the editor of the benefit anthology <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Metastasis, </span></em>as well as the World Weaver Press anthologies </span><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/fae.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fae</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, </span></em><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/scarecrow.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Scarecrow</span></i></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, and </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/corvidae.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Corvidae</a></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">. In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast </span></em>and<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing</span></em>. Her website, updated weekly, is at </span><a href="http://www.rhondaparrish.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">rhondaparrish.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Lynn Burke is a full time mother, voracious gardener, and scribbler of spicy romance stories. A country bumpkin turned Bay Stater, she enjoys her chowdah and Dunkin Donuts when not trying to escape the reality of city life.</span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;"></span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Her current work, the Risso Familly Novellas, revolves around four siblings from Boston’s North End.</span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;"></span><br style="line-height: 20px;" /><span style="line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Find Lynn on her </span><a href="http://lynnburke.weebly.com/" style="line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="">website</a><span style="line-height: 20px;">, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Lynn-Burke/555282497937461?ref=hl" style="line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="">Facebook</a><span style="line-height: 20px;">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorLynnBurke" style="line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">Twitter</a><span style="line-height: 20px;">, </span><a href="http://authorlynnburke.tumblr.com/" style="line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">Tumblr</a><span style="line-height: 20px;">, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lynn-Burke/e/B00TGC9SJW" style="line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">Amazon</a><span style="line-height: 20px;">, and </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/38758632-lynn-burke" style="line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="">Goodreads.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: 'Liberation Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Emma Banciu dreams about her novels taking on a life of their own. Thanks to a centuries old Gypsy curse, they tend to do just that. Writing with pen and paper she brings things to life, and hell hath no fury like an antagonist scorned. Now she's on the run from Kyrin, an evil demon warlord who surfaced from one of her first manuscripts. And the only way to get rid of him is to destroy the manuscript. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jake
lead </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">room</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">where</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">baby</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">grand</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">piano</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sat</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sideways,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
he </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sat</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">back</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Liberation Serif";">and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">motioned</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sit</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">in</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">front</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">him.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">arms</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> slid alongside her shoulders as he </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">reached</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">out</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ivory</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">bars, and he
tightened his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">legs</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">against</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">outer</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">thighs. The heat radiating off him surrounded Emma
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">against</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">chest</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">chest</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">pressed</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">back,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">rising</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">falling</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sang</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
out the verses </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">wrote</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">just</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">simply</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Emma's</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Song</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">words</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">took</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">breath</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">away</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">how</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">spoke</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">so</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">lovingly</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">through</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">song.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Each</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">refrain</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">more</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">passion</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">filled</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">than</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">one</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">before,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">pouring</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">heart</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">out</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">each</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">note.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
The emotions </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">welling</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">up</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">inside</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">confused</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">as</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">she</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">let</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">herself</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">become</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">entranced</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">by</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
baritone </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">voice.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Fear and happiness pooled in her eyes, releasing in tears that slid over her
cheeks.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">They</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">met</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">first</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">time</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">tonight</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">in</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">person</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">yet</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">felt</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">like</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">they</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">had</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">known</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">each</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">other</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">all</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">their</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">lives.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Their</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">electronic</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">relationship</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">manifesting</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">into</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">something</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">real</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">tangible</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">excited</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">but</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">also</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">scared</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">death.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">keys</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">stopped</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">dancing,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">room</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">held</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">a</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">silence</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">marred</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">only</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">by</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">heaving</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Jake's </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">breath.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Reopening</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">eyes,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Emma </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">turned</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">head</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">toward</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">him.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">fingertips</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">pressed</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">against</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">jaw</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">line,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">guiding</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">head</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
as </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">leaned</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">in.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Their</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">lips</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">met</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">a</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">cautious</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">tenderness.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">swung</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">body</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">around</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">on</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">seat,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">raising</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">hands</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">encompass</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">neck.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">pulled</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">closer</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">parting</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">lips</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">as</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">swept</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">tongue</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">over</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">hers.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">An</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">innate</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ache</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">pulsed</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">through</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">taking</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">over</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">self-control.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">very</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">touch</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">tingled</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">every</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">nerve</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">along</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">fingers</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">through</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">back</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">grew</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">heavier,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">keys</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">baby</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">with</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">never</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">seen.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">this</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">a</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">thousand</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">times,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">but</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">nothing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">compares</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">actual</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">as</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">back,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">brushing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
the chestnut </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">locks</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">hair</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">face.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">neck,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">delicate</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">skin</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">down</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">plunging</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">neckline</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">dress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Words</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">made</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">no</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sense. They</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">circulated</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">head,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">jumbled</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">by</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">emotions</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">coursing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">through</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">body</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ached</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">for</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">him</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">to</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">take</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">completely</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">as</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">hands</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">caressed</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">length</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">body,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">exploring</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">every</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">inch</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">memorizing</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">every</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">curve.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
dreamed about this moment. He wanted her as much as she wanted him. Her head
screamed no, she'd only hurt him. But her heart shouted louder as she let her
fingers ride up the length of his forearms, pressing against the hard muscle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“As
breathtaking as you look sprawled across my piano, I have a better idea,” he
whispered. <span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pulling her to him, h</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">e</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">slid</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">off</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">piano.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">wrapped</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">arms</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">legs</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">around</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">him</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">as</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> carried her to the sofa, laying her </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">beneath</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">him.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carefully,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">slid</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">silken</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">dress</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">above</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">hips,</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">exposing</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">stomach</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">where</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">he</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">decorated</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">skin</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">with</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">warmth</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">of</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">his</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">tongue</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">lips.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">shiver</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">climbed</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">her</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">spine</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">releasing</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">itself</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">in</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">a</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> vocal aching of want
and need</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Vodou stole her life. A gay ghost stole her boots. And the man who stole her heart stole her memories. Kena plans to get it all back.
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">“SCARECROW”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">EDITED BY RHONDA PARRISH</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alpena, MI (August 4, 2015) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">– <b>World Weaver Press</b> (Eileen Wiedbrauk, Editor-in-Chief) has announced the anthology <b><i>Scarecrow</i></b>, volume three of <b><i>Rhonda Parrish’s Magical Menageries</i></b>, is available in trade paperback and ebook <u>today, Tuesday, August 4.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Praise for <i>Scarecrow</i> and <i>Rhonda Parrish’s Magical Menageries</i>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“Rhonda Parrish has assembled a stellar collection that runs the gamut of Urban Fantasy to Weird Fiction. Easily the most consistently satisfying anthology I've read in years.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">K.L. Young, Executive Editor, <i>Strange Aeons Magazine</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“With fifteen talented writers and a theme subject that is both evocative and memorable, Rhonda Parrish’s new anthology <i>Scarecrow</i>, is no straw man. Like any good scarecrow, this anthology is truly outstanding in its field. Don’t be scared to pick this up and give it a read.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Steve Vernon, author of <i>Tatterdemon</i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Delightfully refreshing! I should have known that editor Parrish (who also edits the cutting edge horror zine, Niteblade) would want to offer something quite unique. I found it difficult to stop reading as one story ended and another began – all fantastic work by gifted writers. Not for the faint of heart, by any means.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Marge Simon, multiple Bram Stoker® winner</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“What an amazing group of stories!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— <i>Tangent</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">“There’s no Disney-esque flutter and glitter to be found here — but there are chills and thrills aplenty.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">— M</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">ike Allen, author of <i>Unseaming</i> and editor of<i>Clockwork Phoenix</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hay-men, mommets, tattie bogles, kakashi, tao-tao—whether formed of straw or other materials, the tradition of scarecrows is pervasive in farming cultures around the world. The scarecrow serves as decoy, proxy, and effigy—human but not human. We create them in our image and ask them to protect our crops and by extension our very survival, but we refrain from giving them the things a creation might crave—souls, brains, free-will, love. In Scarecrow, fifteen authors of speculative fiction explore what such creatures might do to gain the things they need or, more dangerously, think they want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Within these pages, ancient enemies join together to destroy a mad mommet, a scarecrow who is a crow protects solar fields and stores long-lost family secrets, a woman falls in love with a scarecrow, and another becomes one. Encounter scarecrows made of straw, imagination, memory, and robotics while being spirited to Oz, mythological Japan, other planets, and a neighbor’s back garden. After experiencing this book, you’ll never look at a hay-man the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Featuring all new work by <b>Jane Yolen</b>, <b>Andrew Bud Adams</b>, <b>Laura Blackwood</b>, <b>Amanda Block</b>, <b>Scott Burtness</b>, <b>Virginia Carraway Stark</b>, <b>Amanda C. Davis</b>, <b>Megan Fennell</b>, <b>Kim Goldberg</b>, <b>Katherine Marzinsky</b>, <b>Craig Pay</b>, <b>Sara Puls</b>, <b>Holly Schofield</b>, <b>Laura VanArendonk Baugh</b>, and <b>Kristina Wojtaszek</b>.</span><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scarecrow </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">is</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> available in trade paperback and ebook via</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0131FXD3Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0131FXD3Q&linkCode=as2&tag=worweapre-20&linkId=ROVILJJMVJAM3FIY" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Amazon.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Barnesandnoble.com</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><a href="https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/scarecrow-16" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kobo.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/scarecrow.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">WorldWeaverPress.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, and other online retailers, and for wholesale through Ingram. You can also find <i>Scarecrow </i>on</span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25360944-scarecrow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Goodreads</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rhonda Parrish</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> is a master procrastinator and nap connoisseur but despite that she somehow manages a full professional life. She has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of <em>Niteblade Magazine</em> for over five years now (which is like 25 years in internet time) and is the editor of the benefit anthology <em>Metastasis, </em>as well as the World Weaver Press anthologies </span><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/fae.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fae</span></i></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, </span></em><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/scarecrow.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;">Scarecrow</span></i></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, and </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"><a href="https://www.worldweaverpress.com/corvidae.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Corvidae</a></span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">. In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including<em> Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast </em>and<em> Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing</em>. Her website, updated weekly, is at </span><a href="http://www.rhondaparrish.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">rhondaparrish.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 9pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;">World Weaver Press</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> is an independently owned publisher of fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction. We believe in great storytelling.</span></div>
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