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636b412
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The house swallowed them. Dylan put his hands on Kim's and Liam's shoulders. "The Goddess bless you both." He kissed Kim's forehead. "Thank you Kim." He smiled and walked away. Liam watched him, his heart full. "Is he thanking me for getting pregnant?" Kim asked. "It wasn't difficult, with all the sex we kept having. You did as much as I did." --
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pride-mates
liam-morrisey
pregnancy
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Jennifer Ashley |
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445a1ef
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Never around when you needed them, heroes.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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fde22e6
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I'm not a bloodhound, your lordships." "Woof, woof," Cameron said, giving Fellows an evil grin. "Good dog."
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Jennifer Ashley |
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b17fb92
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Hart, you'd schedule Christ's second comimg and have Wilfred send him an itinery.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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b46c268
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This was too absurd, and at the same time dismayingly tempting.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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e6dfe7b
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The count said in careful English, "That was perhaps not, as you English say, very sporting." "Games are played to win," Cameron said. "And we're Scottish."
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scottish
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Jennifer Ashley |
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5425dfb
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A broken man learned to savor what he could when he had the opportunity.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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73d5d29
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He pulled her close. "Your being with me makes it stop. It's like the Ming bowls - when I touch them and feel them, everything stops. You are the same. That is why I brought you here, to keep you with me, where you can please make...everything...stop."
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Jennifer Ashley |
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eaf2e8a
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Kim sat up. "You all sound like you don't take this seriously, like you don't want me to get Brian free. Brian's mother is barely holding it together. You and Sean had to do the comforting sandwich with her, remember?"
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Jennifer Ashley |
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1c70a48
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She heard the echoes of Ian's screams in her head. Beth pressed her forehead to his hands, her heart wrenching. Ian's hands were large, sinews hard under his kid-leather gloves. Yes, he was strong. In the Tuileres Gardens, it had taken both Mac and Curry to pull him away from Fellows. That didn't mean others could try to tear at that strength, try to defeat him. The doctors in the horrible asylum had done it, and now Fellows was trying to. ..
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Jennifer Ashley |
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8cf04e2
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Marry in haste, Repent at leisure.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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024b3f6
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This was the Hart Eleanor had known years ago, the one she'd agreed without hesitation to marry. He'd had the body of a god, a smile that melted her heart, a sinful glint in his eyes that had been just for her and her alone.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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3ff2e19
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The smile, the look, tugged at Eleanor's heart. Even in the fleeting glance, she'd seen great love in Ian's eyes, his determination to finish this letter and send it to Beth so she could enjoy decoding it. A way to tell her sweet nothings that no one else could understand. Private thoughts, shared between husband and wife.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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d1e0fb6
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You've been in the mating frenzy before." Eric looked up at her, his eyes quiet. "Yes." "With Kirsten." "Yes." Iona touched her hands together. "You must have loved her very much." Eric nodded. "Yes. Very much." "Then why do you want another mate?" Eric pushed himself from the fireplace and came to her, the first flickers of fire shadowing his tall, naked body. He skimmed warm hands down her arms. "Because I saw you."
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love
second-loves
shifters
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Jennifer Ashley |
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1c5f89f
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If this person is a blackmailer, El, I want you to have nothing more to do with it. Blackmailers are dangerous." Her brows rose. "You've had dealings with them before, have you?" "Attempting to blackmail the Mackenzie family is a popular pastime," Hart said."
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humor
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Jennifer Ashley |
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a995da7
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Dearest Mac, I love you. I will always love you. But I can live with you no longer. I've tried to be strong for you, for three years I have tried. I have failed. You tried to remake me in your image, dear Mac, and I tried to be what you wanted, but I no longer can. I am sorry. I want to write that my heart is breaking, but it is not. It broke some time ago, and I have just now realised that I can leave me heartbreak behind and go on. The de..
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Jennifer Ashley |
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b684a94
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Wait a minute. You expect me to stay overnight in a house with four single men? Sean grinned. We're perfect gentlemen, Kim. Everyone knows that. Don't let us worry you. I'm not worried about my reputation, I'm worried about the state of the bathrooms.
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liam-morrisey
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Jennifer Ashley |
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2911772
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You are very cross tonight, Hart. Perhaps the lady disappointed you." Hart stared at her over the glass he'd started to raise. "What lady?" "The one whose perfume you positively reak of." His brows went up."You mean the Countess von Hohenstahlen? She's eighty-two and drenches herself in scents that would make a tart blush. "Oh."
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Jennifer Ashley |
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0d0ae99
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My past is no secret to anyone. I'm a blackguard and a sinner, and everyone knows it. These days, that's almost an asset to being a politician.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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10494d9
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You are in no position to make threats to me." "I don't have to be. Even if you shoot me, you can be sure you'll never get away from Hart. He's a fucking obsessed bastard, and he's touchy about people harming his sisters-in-law. You will be praying to have me alive once Hart is on your trail." --
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Jennifer Ashley |
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bb50ace
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But trust me, it's best to face something head on, smash it, and move on with your life. Lingering and wondering, waiting and worrying... that kills you.
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8b0ab74
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Hart pointed at the carriage. "Get in." Eleanor started, and the cake vendor, who'd been watching with evident enjoyment, looked worried. "No need," Eleanor said to Hart. "I'll find a hansom. I've brought Maigdlin an I have so many parcels." "Get into the carriage, El, or I'll strap you to the top of it." Eleanor rolled her eyes and took another bite of seedcake."
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humor
highland-pleasures-series
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Jennifer Ashley |
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ed5c636
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she liked to laugh that a young widow who'd just come into a good fortune must be, to misquote Jane Austen, in want of a husband.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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82c7177
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Love,you don't know what you do to me." "I have a pretty good idea.I make you stiff and hard,and when I touch you,you want to screw me." His eyes were slits."You're close." "You mean you don't want to screw me?" "I mean I want to screw you all the time,whether you're touching me or not.I want to lift your pretty skirt and do you right now." Excitement spiked through her."Right here on the wall?"she asked in an innocent voice. "Right here on..
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Jennifer Ashley |
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edbfa21
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What does that word mean?" Cassidy asked. Her voice was soft, sexy. Mind-blowing. " , or whatever you said? I don't speak Spanish." "It's a term of endearment. An Anglo might say or ." "What was the other one you used? Me ha? " . Short for . It's what you say to someone you care about." She smiled. "When you say that you sound ---I don't know---affectionate." "Maybe I like cats," Diego said. Cassidy rested her hand on his chest, and her..
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diego-escobar
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Jennifer Ashley |
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de870e4
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No one had explained to Cameron when he was twenty years old and proud as hell that he'd managed to get his wife with child, how difficult it would be to raise a son. Nannies and tutors and schools were supposed to do that, weren't they? But sons needed so much more than food, clothing, and tutoring. They expected fathers to know things, to teach them about life, to be there when needed.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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aefb59b
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You were light and life. You are heat, and I'm so damn cold.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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41f9a6c
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She isn't just any woman. She's different." "So every man has said since time immemorial." "Yes, that's true. I've met plenty of women, Mr. Sutton. From a young age, I have had mistresses whose beauty and skills would astound you. Skills they taught to a young man, because I was ever so rich. I also got to know them--courtesans are living, breathing women, you might be surprised to learn. With dreams and ambitions, some longing for a better..
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Jennifer Ashley |
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3532236
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You have to stop, sweetheart," Fellows said. "Because I love you so much, it's killing me."
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Jennifer Ashley |
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782476c
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You have to understand, and help him, dear. Not repair him.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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fe88aee
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You are the beauty I've been seeking all my life. My existence was dark, grim, full of struggle, until you. You are the light that pushes the darkness away. When I'm with you, I can see my way, and I can breathe again.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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2149059
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On her head perched a pillbox hat with an absurd little veil. She'd pulled the dotted veil up out of her eyes, but not completely - it hung lopsidedly, dangling over her right brow. Her dark brown dress was filmed with dust she'd raised, and dust caught on her damp cheeks. One lock of hair had escaped her coiffure, a red snake dancing down her bodice. She was delightfully mussed, and dear God, he wanted her.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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6228c34
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Love is for middle class", Fellows said."The poor can't afford it, and neither can the rich."
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Jennifer Ashley |
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bf83408
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I don't want to be friends with you, Ainsley Douglas. I want to be your lover. I want to bury myself inside you, I want to find out whether you taste as good all the way down, I want to feel you squeezing me, and I want to hear your cries as you take me inside you.
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cameron
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Jennifer Ashley |
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d123de8
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I have a question to ask you." Beth stretched one arm across the back of the seat, hoping she looked provocative. "And what is that, husband?" Ian leaned down, his body hemming her in. His large fists rested on the seat back behind her. "Do I love you?"
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Jennifer Ashley |
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3fbed0d
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In the past, Cameron, worrying about Ian, would go make sure that he wasn't sitting alone in a huddle, or staring for hours at a Ming bowl, or pouring over some endless mathematical exercise. These days, Cameron knew that Ian used the excuse of not liking crowds to spend more time alone with his wife - in bed.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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f0ec901
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Ian slid the pot of honey toward his plate. "We should go back upstairs," he said to Beth. "What?" Beth looked up from a list she was writing. "Why?" Ian rose and pulled back Beth's chair without answering. Ian had difficulty lying, so when he knew he shouldn't say what was on his mind, he'd learned to keep his mouth firmly closed. Beth knew him well, though. Without arguing, she let him take her arm and steer her from the table. Before he..
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honey
ian
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Jennifer Ashley |
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5ad5250
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He'd done everything in his power to make damn certain that Daniel never had to fear coming home. At that endeavor, Cameron knew he'd already surpassed his own father.
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father-and-son
daniel
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Jennifer Ashley |
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7475be7
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So, tell me, Guardian," she said, lowering her voice to a purr. "Is that where you carry your sword, or are you just happy to see me?"
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Jennifer Ashley |
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72017e9
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Andrea was never sure who leaned forward first, but she was melting toward him and, next thing she knew, felt the scalding pressure of Sean's mouth on hers. He kissed her with strength, barely masking his power, and Andrea closed her eyes and drank it in. His hand stole to the back of her neck, arching her up to savor more of her. "Come inside with me," he whispered against her mouth...."
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Jennifer Ashley |
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b7a53a0
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Andrea's breath hurt, but wit her fear came rage, a killing anger. They'd taken her A female defending her mate was the most fearsome of Shifters, and whoever had done this to Sean didn't yet know the meaning of terror.
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Jennifer Ashley |
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2a317c0
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Listen to yourself. Poor martyred Louisa. I predict that Fellows will solve this murder and then sweep you off your feet." Daniel shrugged. "Well, the sweeping-you-off-your-feet part might take a little nudge. But he wants to do it. It's a beautiful thing to watch the way he looks at you. Fellows glared at Gil tonight as though he wanted to find a claymore, learn how to use it, and finish him off. Or just pull out a pistol and shoot him."
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jealousy
love
louisa
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Jennifer Ashley |
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112b5f2
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Connor told me Dad and Aunt Myka are going to shag tonight.Great-grandma,what's shag mean?
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Jennifer Ashley |
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c03960e
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In Nvengaria we would not dream of doing this. We do not punish a woman for what a man has done, and if he dishonors her and she shoots him, it is regarded as justifiable and she is praised for her bravery.
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Jennifer Ashley |