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You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Novelist
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
Mistress
Wife
Better
Prickly
Tempered
Suited

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