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His gaze held hers, and his voice was tender and rough. “Love me, Elizabeth.” Elizabeth felt a tremor run through her entire body, but she looked at him without flinching. “I do.

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
Author
Novelist
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San Luis Obispo
California
Love
Held
Entire
Looked
Tremor
Voice
Flinching
Felt
Elizabeth
Running
Gaze
Body
Tender
Without
Rough

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