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f35f8bd
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You have heard the expression 'love is blind'" "I think it's bullshit. Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the vision. You see better, sharper, because you feel more that you did before"
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in-death
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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d4e29d1
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The doll, Dallas. You know, Barbie doll. Jeez, didn't you ever have dollies?" "Dolls are like small dead people. I have enough dead people, thanks."
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jd-robb
nora-roberts
peabody
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J.D. Robb |
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69b3b83
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It's Major Ketchup in the bathroom with the laser scalpel." "Hmm." He sliced a delicately herbed spear of asparagus. "Obviously we were meant for each other as I can interpret that as you meaning something more like Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the candlestick."
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J.D. Robb |
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0497f3d
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Roarke: "I'll drop you." Eve: "No, better I catch a cab or take the underground. This guy sees me show up in a hot car with a fancy piece behind the wheel, he's not going to like me." Roarke: "You know how I love being referred. to as your fancy piece." Eve: "Sometimes you're my love muffin. He managed a strangled laugh.She could, at the oddest times, surprise him."
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love
couple
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J.D. Robb |
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10feb0f
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If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.
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J.D. Robb |
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05adbb7
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She would be a sparkling accent on his arm. She speaks flawless French and Italian, and has a limitless supply of charm when she wishes to dispense it. And'd she'll use him. She'll take, take more. If it was necessary, or if she simply had the whim, she'd toss him to the wolves to see who'd win." He finished the whiskey. "You, Lieutenant, are often crude, you are certainly rude, and have very little sense of how to be the wife--in public--o..
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love
summerset
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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3f249eb
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You can't go back. Can't fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference." She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. "From where I'm standing, you're the best step I ever took."
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J.D. Robb |
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dc30e42
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Man. God. Roarke. An interesting and flattering lineup.
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J.D. Robb |
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9380035
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If somebody doesn't call me a bitch once a day, I figure I'm not doing my job.
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J.D. Robb |
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cb61eb1
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Damn it all to hell and back again, you know very well that was a setup. You bloody well know I couldn't put my hands on her." "Yeah, yeah, sure, sure." Eve shrugged off her coat, tossed it aside. "I know a setup when I see it, and I know your face, ace. I didn't see desire on it, I saw annoyance." "Is that so? Is that bloody well so? Well, if you knew it was just what it was, why did you sucker punch me?" "Mostly?" She turned, cocked a hip..
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eve-dallas
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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c4458c0
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Vending Machine: "This product has no known nutritional value and may cause irritability or wakefulness in some individuals. Please enjoy your selection and your day." Eve: "Up yours." --
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J.D. Robb |
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0a1314b
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Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male dogs, Roarke showed his teeth.
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J.D. Robb |
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1cfc399
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It's more than you think it can be," she heard herself say. "It changes everything, and fixes everything that matters. Maybe you're never going to be the same, and maybe part of you is always afraid of what will happen if...but he's always going to be there. All you have to do is reach out, and he's going to be there."
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J.D. Robb |
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db3a77b
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He Sipped his coffee, watched the flames. "You gave me my life, you did," He insisted when Summerset made a protesting sound. "And I worked-in my fashion- to build this place. I asked you to tend it for me. You've never let me down. But I needed her. The one thing, the only thing that could make this place home." "She's not what I would have chosen for you" "Oh, that I know" "But she's right for you. The one for you." Despite, or maybe due ..
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J.D Robb |
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dfa71a2
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What about your crepe?" "Stuff It." "She's crazy about you," Mavis commented. "It's almost embarrassing, the way she fawns."
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fawns
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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b739a84
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Every minute with you, Darling Eve, is a minute to treasure." She slid a glance toward him as she uncoded the seal. "You really do want sex." "I'm still breathing, so that would be yes."
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eve-dallas
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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8f4c140
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But Eve had already scented it, already--despite herself--begun to smile. "It's coffee," she murmured, unaware of the way her voice softened as she reached for the simple brown bag Mavis held. "Coffee." Illusions shattered, Mavis stared. "The man's got more money than God, and he sends you a bag of coffee?" "Real coffee." "Oh, well then." In disgust, Mavis waved a hand. "I don't care what the damn stuff costs a pound, Dallas. A woman wants..
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J.D. Robb |
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8b8335a
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An eye for an eye." "That's a revenge thing, right? From some play." "The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays."
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revenge
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J.D. Robb |
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f8e53ce
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Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.
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J.D. Robb |
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ad62ddd
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Eve, we're going to be married in a few days." The jittering started again, big time. "Yeah." "If he keeps looking at you like that, I'm going to have to hurt him."
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hurt-him
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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634d830
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You don't need to diet, She-Body. You are a just-right female." "McNab?" Eve said. "Yes, sir." "Shut up." "It's all right, Dallas. We're a couple." "A couple of what? No, don't tell me. Don't talk to me. Don't talk to each other. Let there be silence across the land."
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mcnab
peabody
silence-across-the-land
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J.D. Robb |
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6563a38
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Summerset, don't you ever sleep?" "It's Lieutenant Dallas. She's--" Roarke dropped his briefcase, grabbed Summerset by the lapels. "Has she been hurt? Where is she?" "A nightmare. She was screaming." Summerset lost his usual composure and dragged a hand over his hair. "She won't cooperate. I was about to call your doctor. I left her in her private suite." As Roarke pushed him aside, Summerset grabbed his arm. "Roarke, you should have told m..
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summerset
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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836346d
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Do you think you're walking out on me, on your life, because you defended yourself against a monster?" "I killed my father." "You killed a fucking monster. You were a child. Are you going to stand there, look me in the face, and tell me that child was to blame?" She opened her mouth, closed it. "It's not a matter of how I see it, Roarke. The law--" "The law should have protected you!" With visions dancing evilly in his head, he snapped. He ..
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the-law
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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06a36e6
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She doesn't like you, McNab. "I knoooow. I find that really attractive in a woman."
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J.D. Robb |
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5597b0c
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What other thing, Eve?" "I love you. Sometimes it makes my stomach hurt, but I kind of like it. Tired now, come to bed. Love you."
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J.D. Robb |
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b5e2329
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Roarke, what's going on here?' 'Lieutenant.' He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. 'Indications are we're having a romance.
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naked-in-death
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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12ed3ce
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Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy."
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humour
summerset
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J.D. Robb |
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33fa673
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I couldn't fall out of love with you if I fell all the way to hell.
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love
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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74bae07
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Our engines don't run at the same speed." "What the hell does that mean?" "Just that." "It sounds like something that ought to piss me off. But I can't figure out exactly why. When I do, I might have to pop you one." "I'll look forward to it. If you don't sleep, eat. You need something in your stomach. And what are you grinning at?" "You. You're such a wife." "Now, I'm pissed off."
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J.D. Robb |
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2486819
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Eve: Anyway, thanks for riding to the rescue. You need a white hat. Good guys wear white, right? Roarke: I look better in black.
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J.D. Robb |
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6cf4b19
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What's the point of playing if winning isn't the goal?
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J.D. Robb |
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be0a815
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How is he in bed? Gladiator or poet? - Hmmm... A poetic gladiator.
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J.D. Robb |
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51f2b07
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There's an oatmeal cookie in there. I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.
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oatmeal
in-death
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J.D. Robb |
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239b4be
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I once stood in a field in Ireland, alone, a little lost, and wishing for you more than I wished for my next breath. And you came, though I never asked you, you came because you knew I needed you. We don't always do what's right, what's good. Not even for each other. But when it counts, down to the core of it, I believe we do exactly that. What's right and good for each other. There's no rule to that. It's just love." Just love, she thought..
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J.D. Robb |
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d7a2d4a
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you know, I'm only marrying you for sex and food.
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J.D. Robb |
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411fa4c
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Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping toward her, but she cut through them as if they weren't there. "I like your style, Lieutenant Dallas," he said when they'd fought their way to the car. "I like it a lot. And by the way, I don't think I'm in love with you anymore. I know I am."
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J.D. Robb |
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bc382e9
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Didn't people consider what could happen if armies of farm animals united in revolt?
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humor
farm-animals
revolt
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J.D. Robb |
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76abbec
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Eve (to Roarke): "Whatever happened to me back in Dallas, I came out of it. I'm standing here because of it. Maybe I have everything that matters to me, including you, because of it. If that's true, I'd go through it all again. I'd go through every minute of the hell to have you, to have my badge, to have this life."
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J.D. Robb |
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30cc6bf
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How white is an Irishman's ass?" Eve wondered out loud. "You should know, darling."
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J.D. Robb |
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59e3644
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I can handle it. But it stinks, if you ask me, really stinks, that you get to go out somewhere drinking beer while I'm stuck at Baby Central. Just because you have a penis." "We'll think fondly of you over beer, me and my penis." She ate a little more, then smiled slowly. "You've still got to be in the birthing room when she pushes it out." "Shut up, Eve." "Your penis won't save you then, Pal."
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penis
eve-dallas
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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f32644d
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Get out of the lab occasionally, Stiles." "Why? There are people out there. Nothing fucks things up faster than people."
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J.D. Robb |
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821ffa7
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You're almost as good as Peabody." He stopped at the door, grabbed her up in a steaming kiss. "You can't get that from Peabody." "I could if I wanted." But it made her grin as he uncoded the locks. "But I like you better for sex."
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sex
peabody
roarke
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J.D. Robb |
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cb1d55c
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Peabody, you're an investigative slut.
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J.D. Robb |
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3c7e8b9
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Fuck him." Feeney made a sound like a man who'd been pinched. "Christ Jesus, Dallas, you're in St. Pat's." "If God's going to make little weasels like him, she's going to have to listen to complaints."
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feeney
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J.D. Robb |