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The audience falls in love with a leading man because he'll never belong to any of them.

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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
Falls
Leading
Belong
Audience
Fall
Never
Men
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What flaw could you possibly find in his appearance? His posture, Hannah muttered. What about it? He slouches. He's an American. They all slouch. The weight of their wallets drags them over.
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Sometimes silence was easiest, when the only word left was good-bye.
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It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.
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Bad divorce? Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip. “No, the divorce was great,” I said. “It was the marriage that sucked.
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Love me?” Madeline asked with a faint smile. “It used to be love.” He brushed his lips over her closed eyelids. “Now there's no word for it.” “You once told me that you thought love was a weakness.” “I was wrong,” he whispered, kissing the corners of her mouth. “I've discovered it's my only strength.
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