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“...and still Angus drank her in---not ravenously, like the only thing that mattered was clawing off her clothes and devouring her, though the pang of desire to make love to her was always there; no, Angus looked at Jean-Louise like a jewel, like a polished, flawless work of art, fascinating and complicated and beautiful.”

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Children of Promise

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