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Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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I've always started every day by going to the window for a glimpse of the sky. But now I won't have to. Why not? She asked softly. Because I'll see the blue of your eyes instead. How romantic you are, she murmured with a grin, kissing him gently. But don't worry. I won't tell anyone.
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I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose.” ~ Haven Travis
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I think you'll have to marry me, Miss Fielding. To save your reputation? Derek grinned, bending to kiss the flash of pale throat revealed by the robe. Someone has to make a respectable man of me.
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