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Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a time of peril, can they find the courage to confront their fears and embrace a love that lasts? When her husband becomes a casualty of the war in the Pacific, Helen Carlisle throws herself into volunteering for the war effort to conceal her feelings. But keeping up appearances as the grieving widow of a hometown hero is taking its toll. Soon something is going to give. Lt...Categorized as:
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![Miss Delectable by Grace Burrowes]()
Miss Delectable by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiss Ann Pearson has spent years learning the difficult art of the professional cook, and jealously guarding her position in the kitchen of the fancy Coventry Club. When Colonel Sir Orion Goddard asks her to take on a young apprentice, Ann would rather refuse... -
![Island in the East by Jenny Ashcroft]()
Island in the East by Jenny Ashcroft
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in 1890s and 1940s Singapore, the stunning Island in the East is a story of love, sisterly rivalry and the true cost of betrayal. Vivid, authentic and utterly beautiful, it's the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop, Fiona McIntosh and Kate Morton. 1897: twenty-year-old identical twins, Harriet and Mae, born from a scandalous affair, have spent their lives slighted by gossips...Categorized as:
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![The Liberty Girls by Fiona Ford]()
The Liberty Girls by Fiona Ford
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE COMPELLING LIBERTY GIRLS SERIES. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Elaine Everest, Nadine Dorries and Mr Selfridge. *** March, 1942: new mother Alice Milward is itching to return to her job as a shop assistant at Liberty’s. Despite her husband still being missing in action, Alice is determined to give baby Arthur the best possible start...Categorized as:
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![Winston Graham Poldark Series 12 Books Collection Set by Winston Graham]()
Winston Graham Poldark Series 12 Books Collection Set by Winston Graham
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinston Graham Polddark Collection 12 Books SetTitles in This Set: Ross Poldark, Demelza, Jeremy Poldark, Warleggan, The Black Moon, The Four Swans, The Angry Tide, The Stranger From The Sea, The Miller's Dance, Bella Poldark, The Twisted Sword, The Loving Cup...Categorized as:
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![Finding Gabriel by Rachel L. Demeter]()
Finding Gabriel by Rachel L. Demeter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsColonel Gabriel de Laurent departed for the war intending to die. After a decade of bloodstained battlegrounds while fighting in Napoleon's army, Gabriel returns to the streets of Paris a shattered and haunted soul. Plagued by inner demons, he swallows the barrel of his flintlock pistol and pulls the trigger. But fate has a different plan. Ariah Larochelle is a survivor...Categorized as:
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![The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White]()
The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRebecca Phillips, 22, is a nurse in Vietnam who has seen endless bloodshed, horror, and suffering. When her helicopter crashes in the jungle, she faces a brutal showdown for survival that will change her forever. Named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults... -
![Miss Dignified by Grace Burrowes]()
Miss Dignified by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLydia Lovelace has taken the housekeeper’s post in the London home of Captain Dylan Powell. The captain is short on charm, but he’s known for his rapport with, and support of, former soldiers trying to make a peacetime life in London...Categorized as:
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![Miss Delightful by Grace Burrowes]()
Miss Delightful by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiss Dorcas Delancey, vicar’s daughter and advocate for the less fortunate, has been guarding her heart from fortune hunters and fashionable fribbles for years. She’s completely unprepared for Alasdhair MacKay, former officer and all around grouch, to steal that heart... -
![Never Say Duke by Erica Ridley]()
Never Say Duke by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYes, Virginia, there is a Viscount…Miss Virginia Underwood cannot resist rescuing a stray. Her latest find turns out to be a surly, reclusive war hero trying to recover from his wounds in peace. He doesn't want her help—and Virginia definitely doesn't want to fall in love...Categorized as:
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![Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger]()
Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA journalist in modern New York stumbles across a story from a century earlier when the streets of Dublin were ablaze as men and women fought valiantly for liberation from the British Empire. This is the story of three women. Mary Doyle was reared by nuns and knows nothing of her parents, except that they were a source of shame...Categorized as:
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![Dusk's Darkest Shores (Regency Wallflowers) by Carolyn Miller]()
Dusk's Darkest Shores (Regency Wallflowers) by Carolyn Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can a meek wallflower help a returning war hero whose dreams are plunged into darkness?Mary Bloomfield has no illusions. Her chances for matrimony have long since passed her by. Still, her circumstances are pleasant enough, especially now that she has found purpose in assisting her father with his medical practice in England's beautiful Lake District. Even without love, it's a peaceful life...Categorized as:
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![A Perfect Weakness by Jennifer A. Davids]()
A Perfect Weakness by Jennifer A. Davids
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Civil War left its mark on Dr. John Turner. He turns his back on medicine and sees his unexpected inheritance in England as an opportunity to start over. But he never imagines how God intends to use his new role as lord of Ashford Hall or the beautiful woman he finds there to ease his troubled soul...Categorized as:
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![My Hellion, My Heart by Amalie Howard, Angie Morgan]()
My Hellion, My Heart by Amalie Howard, Angie Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe fought battles for crown and country. She waged war for his heart. Lord Henry Radcliffe, the scarred but sinfully sexy Earl of Langlevit, is a beast. The only way Henry can exorcise the demons of his war-ravaged past is through intense physicality. In and out of bed. An endeavor that has no shortage of willing participants... -
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![Going In Blind: Brotherhood Protectors World by Kris Norris]()
Going In Blind: Brotherhood Protectors World by Kris Norris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s spent his life preparing for every form of warfare—except the one against his heart. When in doubt, blow it up, has been Kent “Rigs” Walker’s motto—words he’s used to carve out a life. Until an encounter with an IED takes more than just his military career... -
![Zook by Bex Dane]()
Zook by Bex Dane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"She sucked in my kisses like she'd been underwater without air for hours and my lips were an oxygen ventilator. Whatever she needed, my mouth provided." Can the prisoner set the princess free? Zook My second chance at life is going better than I expected. Got a job doing construction where my boss doesn't care about my criminal record... -
![Yankee in Atlanta by Jocelyn Green]()
Yankee in Atlanta by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen soldier Caitlin McKae woke up in Atlanta after being wounded in battle, the Georgian doctor who treated her believed Caitlin's only secret was that she had been fighting for the Confederacy disguised as a man. In order to avoid arrest or worse, Caitlin hides her true identity and makes a new life for herself in Atlanta...Categorized as:
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![Berlin Butterfly: Ensnare by Leah Moyes]()
Berlin Butterfly: Ensnare by Leah Moyes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeath or Freedom? Hardly a choice. Aug 12, 1961, Berlin Germany. Nationale Volksarmee soldiers roll barbed wire across the war-torn city to create the first Berlin Wall. Families are separated, livelihoods destroyed, death comes easily as crippling fear paralyzes the occupants on both sides of the wall... -
![Miss Dauntless by Grace Burrowes]()
Miss Dauntless by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMatilda Merridew, former hoyden of the first water, finds herself widowed, weary, and in want of coin. Along comes Marcus, Lord Tremont, with an interesting–and decent–proposition. Tremont will provide Matilda a handsome salary and keep a commodious roof over her head if she will relieve him of the burden of managing a houseful of unruly former soldiers... -
![Whispers from the Shadows by Roseanna M. White]()
Whispers from the Shadows by Roseanna M. White
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis exciting and adventurous romantic spy novel is the second book in a new series from Roseanna M. White. Whispers from the Shadows combines fascinating cloak-and-dagger secrets with a tale of love and intrigue during the War of 1812. Treachery causes Gwyneth Fairchild's world to crumble...Categorized as:
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![In His Eyes by Stephenia H. McGee]()
In His Eyes by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer heart sought shelter. Her soul found home. Ella Whitaker rescues a newborn from the dying arms of a woman of ill repute and at long last she has someone to love. In need of a wet nurse, she arrives at Belmont Plantation just as Federal soldiers demand to speak to the owner...Categorized as:
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![The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick]()
The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIreland, 1160Aoife MacMurchada is just 14 years old when her father Diarmit, King of Leinster, is brutally deposed, and her family is forced to flee Southern Ireland into English exile. Diarmit seeks help from King Henry II, an alliance that leads him to the charismatic Richard de Clare, lord of Striguil, a man dissatisfied with his lot and open to new horizons... -
![The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch]()
The Lost Lieutenant by Erica Vetsch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe's doing what he can to save the Prince Regent's life . . . but can he save his new marriage as well? Evan Eldridge never meant to be a war hero--he just wanted to fight Napoleon for the future of his country. And he certainly didn't think that saving the life of a peer would mean being made the Earl of Whitelock...Categorized as:
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![Territory by Judy Nunn]()
Territory by Judy Nunn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA priceless 16th century locket threads two riveting stories together in this saga set in and around Darwin, Australia’s ultimate frontier town... -
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![A Crimson Frost by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
A Crimson Frost by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeloved of her father, King Dacian, and adored by her people, the Scarlet Princess Monet endeavored to serve her kingdom well—for the people of the Kingdom of Karvana were good, and worthy of service. Long Monet had known that even her marriage would serve her people. Her husband would be chosen for her—for this was the way of royal existence...Categorized as:
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![Finding Rebecca by Eoin Dempsey]()
Finding Rebecca by Eoin Dempsey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiancé she brought home after running away to England. But when World War II finally strikes the island of Jersey, the Nazi invaders ship Rebecca to Europe as part of Hitler's Final Solution against the Jewish population...Categorized as:
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![Désirée: The Bestselling Story of Napoleon's First Love by Annemarie Selinko]()
Désirée: The Bestselling Story of Napoleon's First Love by Annemarie Selinko
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFirst published in 1953, this riveting true-life tale comes to life in diary form, giving readers an inside glimpse at the young Napoleon and his family. Désirée is enchanted by the young officer, and he asks her to marry him. But he must leave for Paris, where he meets his eventual wife Josephine. A heartbroken Désirée is unsure she'll ever find anyone again...Categorized as:
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![Love and War by John Jakes]()
Love and War by John Jakes
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Hazards and the Mains -- the first fatal shot fired at Fort Sumter divided them irrevocably with loyalties more powerful than family ties. The young would clash on the bloody battlefields of Bull Run and Fredericksburg, while in intrigue-ridden Washington and Richmond strong-willed men and beautiful women would defend their principles with their lives..Categorized as:
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![Bird's Eye View by Elinor Florence]()
Bird's Eye View by Elinor Florence
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRose Jolliffe, an idealistic young Canadian in the British air force in World War II, joins an RAF intelligence unit to study aerial photographs of the war. But uncertainty over her commanding officer's growing attention, and her own disillusionment with war, make her yearn for the country and life she left behind... -
![The Dancing Years by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Dancing Years by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1919. As the euphoria of the Armistice fades, the nation counts the cost: millions dead or disabled, unemployment, strikes and shortages. As prices and taxes rise, it becomes harder to remember what the war was for... -
![The Campaigners by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Campaigners by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1815: Napoleon's escape from Elba and the preparations for battle entangle the Morland family in a web of romance and heartbreak. The Allied Army is gathering in Flanders, and where the army is, the fashionable world must go - so London society hastens to Brussels to enjoy the most exhilarating Season ever...Categorized as:
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![The Regency by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Regency by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1807: the Napoleonic Wars continue and their violence reverberates in the lives of the Morland family. Lucy, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her lover, Captain Weston, is thrown into doubt and confusion by an unexpected proposal of marriage. At Morland Place, the hard-won happiness of James and Heloise is threatened by his rebellious daughter, Fanny...Categorized as:
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![The Victory by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Victory by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1803: Napoleon is poised to invade England, with only Nelson's weather-beaten ships in his way, but the French fleet are not the only threat to the fortunes of the Morland family. In the North of England, Mary Ann's relationship with the missionary, Father Rathbone, introduces her to the stark realities of life in plague-torn Manchester...Categorized as:
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![The G.I. Bride (Memory Lane) by Eileen Ramsay]()
The G.I. Bride (Memory Lane) by Eileen Ramsay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTruro, Cornwall, 1941After the Blitz took her parents, April decided to leave London for Cornwall. Training as a nurse, she finds hope in the new friends she makes and the American G.I.s that arrive. But when a bomb lands close to home she'll need courage she never knew she had... -
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![Love Alters Not by Patricia Veryan]()
Love Alters Not by Patricia Veryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe never dreamed being a traitor would endanger her life and her heart. Impetuous Dimity Cranford bravely sets out to rescue her wounded friend by delivering a crucial cypher to his fellow Jacobite sympathizers. But her midnight coach is overturned and she is forced into a bold deception to avoid questioning. Masquerading as Mrs...Categorized as:
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![The Desert Nurse: A grand love story set in a far-flung theatre of war by Pamela Hart]()
The Desert Nurse: A grand love story set in a far-flung theatre of war by Pamela Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmid the Australian Army hospitals of World War I Egypt, two deeply determined individuals find the resilience of their love tested to its limits It's 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately wants to become a doctor. Her father forbids it, withholding the inheritance that would allow her to attend university... -
![A Viscount for Violet by Ellie St. Clair]()
A Viscount for Violet by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be no happily ever after for Violet Tavners -- or so she thinks. She has seen her sisters marry for love, but after falling for a man who turned out to be the worst kind of fraud, Violet is determined to never be deceived again. The only way to do that? Never fall in love...Categorized as:
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![This Shining Land by Rosalind Laker]()
This Shining Land by Rosalind Laker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohanna will defend the country she loves at any cost. But what if the man she loves is in danger? Dawn April 9th, 1940. The Germans arrive, and change Johanna Ryen’s life forever. During an air raid Johanna meets the charismatic Steffen Larsen, leader of the Norwegian resistance movement... -
![The Heart of a Storme by Sandra Sookoo]()
The Heart of a Storme by Sandra Sookoo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWeakness and courage are found in the same broken form if one can but see. Major Phineas Allan Storme is struggling with his new life. After being paralyzed from injuries received during Waterloo, he’s confined to a Bath chair. Depression bedevils him, making him feel useless and helpless...Categorized as:
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![A Dish of Spurs by Robert Low]()
A Dish of Spurs by Robert Low
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn the space between nations, nothing is out of bounds.1542. For centuries the Scottish and English borders were known as the Debatable lands: wild, lawless, and the province of reivers, tight-knit robber families that roamed and pillaged the remote passes without fear...Fifteen-year-old Mintie Henderson has just seen her father murdered... -
![Time of the Dragons by Robert Shea]()
Time of the Dragons by Robert Shea
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShike is a novel about two characters: Jebu, a fighting monk of the Order of Zinja, and Taniko, the minor noblewoman with whom he falls in love on his first mission - escorting her to an arranged marriage with a far older and extremely influential nobleman... -
![The Flood-Tide: The Morland Dynasty, Book 9 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Flood-Tide: The Morland Dynasty, Book 9 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1772: Although George III reigns over a peaceful England, his colonies in the Americas are claiming independence and a tide of revolutionary fervour is gripping France. Allen Morland and his beloved wife Jemima work unstintingly to bring Morland Plce back to its former glory. Their seven children often bring them heartache, but they are sustained by their love of each other...Categorized as:
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![The Secret Vow by Natalie Meg Evans]()
The Secret Vow by Natalie Meg Evans
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKatya – young, beautiful and impoverished – arrives in Paris, hoping to begin a new life. She leaves behind a terrible secret, and her survival in this strange and beautiful new city depends on nobody ever discovering who – and what – she is...Categorized as:
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![Sentimental Journey by Jill Barnett]()
Sentimental Journey by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsU.S. Army officer J.R. Cassidy is man known for his stealth, until he finds himself on the run in the deserts of North Africa with Kitty Kincaid, the daughter of a U.S. scientist he has vowed to protect, but who is destined to be used by anyone who wants to control her father... -
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![Faith of Our Fathers: To Make Men Free by N.C. Allen]()
Faith of Our Fathers: To Make Men Free by N.C. Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSTATED FIRST PRINTING. Sept.2002 Covenant hardcover, Nancy Campbell Allen (Summer Holiday). Battles rage as passions on the home front fill the heart of every American citizen. The Civil War progresses in tragic intensity as the Birmingham saga continues, two brothers, along with their families and loved ones, divided in their loyalties between North and South... -
![Light at Lavelle by Paullina Simons]()
Light at Lavelle by Paullina Simons
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Paullina Simons pulls on every heartstring, she's a master of epic love stories' COLLEEN HOOVERTORN BETWEEN WHAT THEY CANNOT HAVE AND WHAT THEY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT.It is 1929. The world is about to change.Finn Evans is a successful Boston banker harboring a secret that threatens to unravel his carefully constructed idyllic life... -
![La Guerre Et La Paix by Leo Tolstoy]()
La Guerre Et La Paix by Leo Tolstoy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHardPress Classic Books...Categorized as:
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![Annie, Between the States by L.M. Elliott]()
Annie, Between the States by L.M. Elliott
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnnie's home and heart are divided by the Civil War.Annie Sinclair's Virginia home is in the battle path of the Civil War. Her brothers, Laurence and Jamie, fight to defend the South, while Annie and her mother tend to wounded soldiers. When she develops a romantic connection with a Union Army lieutenant, Annie's view of the war broadens. Then an accusation calls her loyalty into question... -
![The Tailor's Girl by Fiona McIntosh]()
The Tailor's Girl by Fiona McIntosh
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA humble soldier, known only as 'Jones', wakes in hospital with no recollection of his past. The few fleeting fragments of memory he glimpses are horrifying moments from the battlefield at Ypres. His very identity becomes a puzzle he must solve...Categorized as:
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![The Tyrant by Patricia Veryan]()
The Tyrant by Patricia Veryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHEY PLOTTED TREASON TOGETHER -- UNTIL LOVE GOT IN THE WAY...Brooks was gallant, handsome, and loved her dearly, and perhaps Phoebe loved him in return. But thoughts of her betrothed fled the evening her brother enlisted her aid with his rebel cause--and Phoebe met her match with Meredith Carruthers, The Tyrant. His handsome face and devilish eyes befit Lucifer himself...Categorized as:
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