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No. Haven’t you been listening?” Marcus would always remember that moment. It was to be the first time he would ever be faced with that most vexing of female quirks: the question that had nothing but wrong answers.

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Julia Quinn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 12
Author
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Evergreen State
Julie Cotler
Julie Pottinger
Haven
Remember
Female
Ever
Listening
Firsts
Question
Vexing
Nothing
Answers
Marcus
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Wrong
Quirks
Always
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Faced
Would
Havens
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