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Yes, but . . .” She hesitated, her gaze finally coming to me. “I survived because I fell in love.” With you was unspoken.

Kim Harrison

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
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Midwest
Wyoming
Dawn Cook
Gaze
Survived
Fell
Finally
Coming
Love
Hesitated
Unspoken

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