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The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
Author
Novelist
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
Take
Beyond
Control
Responsibility
Feeling
Words
Feelings
Relinquishing
Else
Letting
Someone
Relief

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