Title: Daughters of the Bride Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: July 2016, Harlequin Audio / HQN Books Length: 12 hours 10 minutes / 416 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – Hardcover via Publisher Summary: With Joy, Love and a Little Trepidation, Courtney, Sienna and Rachel Invite You to the Most Emotional Wedding of the Year… Their Mother’s Courtney ~ The Misfit ~ As…
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Title: The Tuscan Child Author: Rhys Bowen Published: February 2018, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly…
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Title: The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Beverly A. Crick Published: Audio – January 2018, Tantor Audio / Print – February 2014, Sourcebooks Landmark Length: 10 hours 49 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: Inside Paris’s premiere chocolate shop, sometimes dreams really can come true. It’s true that Anna Trent is a supervisor in…
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Title: Mister Tender’s Girl Author: Carter Wilson Published: February 2018, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: How far are you willing to go for Mister Tender? At fourteen, Alice Hill was viciously attacked by two of her classmates and left to die. The teens claim she was a sacrifice for a man called Mister Tender, but that could never be true: Mister Tender doesn’t exist. His…
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Title: She Regrets Nothing Author: Andrea Dunlop Published: February 2018, Washington Square Press Format: Paperback, 400 pages Summary: In the tradition of The Emperor’s Children and The House of Mirth, the forgotten granddaughter of one of New York’s wealthiest men is reunited with her family just as she comes of age—and once she’s had a glimpse of their glittering world, she refuses to let it go without a fight. When…
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Title: Cemetery Girl Author: David Bell Published: February 2018, Berkley Books (First Published 2011) Format: Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A missing child is every parent’s nightmare. What comes next is even worse in this riveting thriller from the bestselling and award-winning author of Bring Her Home. Tom and Abby Stuart had everything: a perfect marriage, successful careers, and a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter, Caitlin. Then one day Caitlin vanished…
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Title: The Undertaker’s Daughter Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Ilka, #1 Published: February 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Already widowed by the age of forty, Ilka Nichols Jensen, a school portrait photographer, leads a modest, regimented, and uneventful life in Copenhagen. Until unexpected news rocks her quiet existence: Her father–who walked out suddenly and inexplicably on the family more than three decades ago–has died.…
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Title: Girl Unknown Author: Karen Perry Published: February 2018, Henry Holt & Co. Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: ‘I think you might be my father . . .’ When first-year student Zoë Barry walks into Professor David Connolly’s office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. But it is the lives of his family – particularly his wife Caroline – which are turned upside down by…
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Title: The Great Alone Author: Kristin Hannah Published: February 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 448 pages Summary: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they…
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Title: Look For Me Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective D.D. Warren, #9 Published: February 2018, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner’s latest twisty thrill ride, Detective D. D. Warren and Find Her’s Flora Dane return in a race against the clock to either save a young girl’s life . . . or bring her to justice. The home…
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Title: Twist of Faith Author: Ellen J. Green Narrator: Angela Dawe Published: February 2018, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length:9 hours 29 minutes / 332 pages Source: Audio – digital review copy via Brilliance Audio / Print – Hardcover via Thomas & Mercer Summary: When family secrets are unearthed, a woman’s past can become a dangerous place to hide… After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes…
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Happy February!!! It’s hard to believe we are already into the 2nd month of the year – it seems like these days are just flying by already! This year I have decided not to participate in a ton of reading challenges – instead, I am trying to focus on the unread books already sitting on my shelf. To that end, I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2018. I did pretty well this…
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Title: The Girlfriend Author: Michelle Frances Published: January 2018, Kensington Books Format: ARC Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A girl. A boy. His mother. And the lie she’ll wish she’d never told. The Girlfriend by Michelle Frances is a gripping and chilling debut psychological thriller, based on the fall-out following an unforgiveable lie. It looks at the potentially charged relationship between girlfriend, boyfriend and his mother, which most women…
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Title: Here We Lie Author: Paula Treick DeBoard Published: January 2018, Park Row Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Author Summary: A riveting novel about how the past never stays in the past, from the critically acclaimed author of The Drowning Girls and The Mourning Hours. Megan Mazeros and Lauren Mabrey are complete opposites on paper. Megan is a girl from a modest Midwest background, and Lauren is the…
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Title: All We Knew Author: Jamie Beck Series: The Cabots, #2 Published: January 2018, Montlake Romance Format: Paperback, 336 pages Summary: For Hunter and Sara, getting married was easy. It’s staying together that’s the true test of love…Hunter Cabot deeply loves two things: the international tea company he’s helped his father build, and his wife, Sara. From the moment he first saw her wide smile on their college campus years…
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Title: Still Me Author: Jojo Moyes Series: Me Before You, #3 Published: January 2018, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, a new book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new…
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Title: Copycat Author: Alex Lake Published: September 2017, HarperCollins Format: Paperback, 416 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Your stalker is everywhere. Your stalker knows everything. But the real problem is that your stalker is you. Sarah Havenant discovers–when an old friend points it out–that there are two Facebook profiles in her name. One, she recognizes: it is hers. The other, she has never seen. But everything in it is accurate.…
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Title: The Black Painting Author: Neil Olson Published: January 2018, Hanover Square Press Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: An old-money East Coast family faces the suspicious death of its patriarch and the unsolved theft of a Goya painting rumored to be cursed There were four cousins in the Morse family: perfect Kenny, the preppy West Coast lawyer; James, the shy but brilliant medical student; his seductive, hard-drinking…
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Title: After You Author: Jojo Moyes Series: Me Before You, #2 Published: September 2015, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him.…
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Today, Colleen Hoover’s latest novel, due out July 17, finally had it’s cover revealed, and I’m so happy to be able to share it with you. I may have come to the #CoHo fan club late, having only read, and loved, her last two books, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that I will be adding this book to my reading list. And let’s just take a minute…
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Title: Walking the Bones Author: Randall Silvis Series: Ryan DeMarco Mystery, #2 Published: January 2018, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC E-book, 464 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: When long-buried secrets come back to the surface…The bones of seven young girls, picked clean and carefully preserved, discovered years ago… that’s all Sergeant Ryan DeMarco knows about the unsolved crime he has unwittingly been roped into investigating during what is supposed to be a…
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Title: Match Made in Manhattan Author: Amanda Stauffer Published: January 2018, Skyhorse Publishing Format: Paperback, 320 pages Summary: After two intense, dead-end relationships, serial monogamist Alison finds herself confused, lonely, and drastically out of touch with the world of modern dating. Refusing to wallow, she signs up for a popular dating app and resolves to remain open-minded and optimistic as she explores the New York City singles’ scene. With the…
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Title: Anatomy of a Scandal Author: Sarah Vaughan Published: January 2018, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Sophie’s husband James is a loving father, a handsome man, a charismatic and successful public figure. And yet he stands accused of a terrible crime. Sophie is convinced he is innocent and desperate to protect her precious family from the lies that threaten to rip them apart. Kate…
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This year, I have decided not to partake in the many reading challenges I have in the past. The reason for this being that I rarely, if ever, end up linking my reviews to these challenges, nor participate in any of the other activities they may have. I have been using those challenges mainly as a way of tracking what I have been reading – How Many Books I’ve Read,…
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Title: Hardcore Twenty-Four Author: Janet Evanovich Series: Stephanie Plum, #24 Narrator: Lorelei King Published: November 2017, Random House Audio Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Source: Library Summary: Janet Evanovich’s #1 New York Times bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her twenty-fourth thriller as mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey…Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won’t let her take…
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In a little over a week, Paula Treick DeBoard’s latest novel, Here We Lie, comes out, and I’m pleased to offer you, my readers, a chance to win a copy! I’ve already read the book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review on publication day (January 30). You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: Here…
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Title: The Pearl Sister Author: Lucinda Riley Series: The Seven Sisters, #4 Narrator: Stephanie Racine, Rehanna MacDonald Published: November 2017, Whole Story Audiobooks / January 2018, Atria Books Length: 19 hours 54 minutes / 528 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From the breathtaking beaches of Thailand to the barely tamed wilds of colonial Australia, The Pearl Sister…
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Title: The English Wife Author: Lauren Willig Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Published: January 2018, MacMillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 14 hours 52 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Willig, comes this scandalous New York Gilded Age novel full of family secrets, affairs, and even murder.Annabelle and Bayard Van…
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Title: Just Between Us Author: Rebecca Drake Published: January 2018, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Four suburban mothers and friends conspire to cover up a deadly crime in this heart-stopping novel of suspense in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and Lisa Unger. Alison, Julie, Sarah, Heather. Four friends living the suburban ideal. Their jobs are steady, their kids are healthy. They’re as beautiful as their…
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Title: Private L.A. Author: James Patterson Series: Private #6 Published: February 2014, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 425 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Private Jack Morgan investigates the disappearance of the biggest superstar couple in Hollywood. Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect children. They maybe two of the biggest mega movie stars in the world, but they’re also great parents, philanthropists and just all-around…
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Title: A Map of the Dark Author: Karen Ellis Series: The Searchers, #1 Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Published: January 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A girl, missing A woman, searching A killer, planning… A thrilling new FBI series for fans of Tess Gerritsen and Karin Slaughter. FBI Agent Elsa Myers finds missing people. She knows how it feels to be lost… Though her father lies…
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Title: Now That You Mention It Author: Kristan Higgins Narrator: Xe Sands Published: December 2017, Recorded Books / HQN Length: 11 hours 6 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit…
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Title: The Immortalists Author: Chloe Benjamin Published: January 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: If you were told the date of your death, how would it shape your present? It’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will…
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Title: The Wife Between Us Author: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Published: January 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A novel of suspense that explores the complexities of marriage and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love. When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous wife and her obsession with…
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Title: The Woman in the Window Author: A.J. Finn Published: January 2018, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: What did she see? It’s been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside. Anna’s lifeline to the real…
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Title: The Stolen Angel Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #6 / The Camilla Trilogy, #3 Published: January 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: #1 internationally bestselling author Sara Blaedel returns with a captivating new suspense novel: Detective Louise Rick encounters her most troubling case yet as she goes up against an extremely wealthy-but psychologically twisted-sociopath targeting vulnerable young women. THE STOLEN ANGEL When…
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Title: The Running Girl Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #5 / The Camilla Trilogy, #2 Published: January 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: #1 internationally bestselling author Sara Blaedel is back with a powerful and twist-filled new suspense novel featuring detective Louise Rick. THE RUNNING GIRL Louise gets a call from her son, Jonas. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: A school party has…
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Title: The Night Women Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #4 / The Camilla Trilogy #1 Published: January 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher Summary: #1 internationally bestselling author Sara Blaedel delivers an electrifying, page-turning new novel in which detective Louise Rick confronts a case that will change her life forever. THE NIGHT WOMEN A journey to a new life or a prison of despair…
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Each year, Sheila over at Book Journey makes a big deal over what the first book she’ll read will be for the new year and once again she’s asked us to join her. I have joined in for the last 3 years and it’s always a lot of fun seeing what book everyone selects. Be sure to stop by Sheila’s post to see the collage she makes of everyone participating!…
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How is it that we are not only at the end of December already, but also at the end of 2017??? This year has flown by!!! This month ended up being busier than I anticipated, so the blogging/reading goals I had intended on reaching didn’t quite happen – oh well. Life happens, right? Here are my reading stats for December! Books read: 16 Books I read: Cold Blood — Robert Bryndza (audio…
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Title: Killman Creek Author: Rachel Caine Series: Stillhouse Lake, #2 Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith, Lauren Ezzo, Will Ropp, Dan John Miller Published: December 2017, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Every time Gwen closed her eyes, she saw him in her nightmares. Now her eyes are open, and he’s…
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Title: Her Last Day Author: T.R. Ragan Series: Jessie Cole, #1 Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: October 2017, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 8 hours 50 minutes / 316 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: In this page-turner of a thriller by bestselling author T.R. Ragan, unlikely partners PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison search for clues…
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Title: Keep Her Safe Author: Sophie Hannah Published: September 2017, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: She’s the most famous murder victim in America. What if she’s not dead? Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can’t afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is…
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Title: Little Fires Everywhere Author: Celeste Ng Published: September 2017, Penguin Press Format: ARC Paperback, 338 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned — from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle…
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Title: Christmas in London Author: Anita Hughes Published: October 2017, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 288 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A charming, glamourous love story set at Claridge’s in London during the magical week before Christmas starring a sweet NYC baker and the Cooking Channel Producer who could change her life. It’s a week before Christmas and Louisa Graham is working twelve hour shifts at a bakery on Manhattan’s…
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Title: The Christmas Gate 2 Author: T.A. Cline Series: The Christmas Gate, #2 Published: November 2017, Create Space Format: Paperback, 150 pages Source: Author Summary: “I became paralyzed with fear. Tears started to run down my cheeks as I sat motionless on the bed facing the locked door.” Patty had slowly opened up to Bob. She thinks she might be falling in love with him. Even so, he has gone…
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Title: A Bella Flora Christmas Author: Wendy Wax Series: Ten Beach Road, #5.5 Published: November 2017, Berkley Books Format: ARC E-copy, 87 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: A TEN BEACH ROAD NOVELLA The ladies of Ten Beach Road are home for the holidays in this brand-new novella. Although their lives have changed since their first desperate renovation of Bella Flora, friends Madeline, Avery, and Nicole have always been there for each…
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Title: One Good Thing Author: Wendy Wax Series: Ten Beach Road, #5 Narrator: Amy Rubinate Published: April 2017, Penguin Audio Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of Sunshine Beach, a story of four women trying to rebuild more than their lives… Before you can fix it up, you might have to tear it down… Embroiled in a battle to…
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Title: The Burning Girl Author: Claire Messud Published: August 2017, W.W. Norton Company Format: ARC Paperback, 247 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A bracing, hypnotic coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Emperor’s Children. Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town…
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Title: Enchantress of Numbers Author: Jennifer Chiaverini Published: December 2017, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace–Lord Byron’s daughter, the world’s first computer programmer, and a woman whose exceptional contributions to science and technology have been too long unsung. The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant,…
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