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“The world was a glorious place this morning. The birds were particularly noisy in their greeting to the day. The sky was a cloudless blue, the color of delphiniums. He'd never before equated the color of the sky to a flower. This morning he would show Ellice some of the rare volumes in the Forster collection. He hoped she would be impressed at the illuminated scrolls or the Bible he suspected was one of the first Gutenberg volumes. Would she be interested in the Latin poetry he'd found? One of his ancestors had evidently collected erotic poetry.”

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Book:The Virgin of Clan Sinclair
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The Virgin of Clan Sinclair

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Karen Ranney
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Karen Ranney is a renowned American author known for her romance novels. Her works are diverse and well-received by readers. more

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