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Fear is a powerful beast, if it is allowed the mastery.

Mary Balogh

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Mary Balogh
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 24
Novelist
Writer
Abertawe
Allowed
Powerful
Fear
Mastery
Beast

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