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          <body><![CDATA[Hi, Rusha! I believe we met at the luncheon at Satterfield's! I hope you enjoy my book and that you'll do a short review of it on Goodreads.  You enjoy your day, dear!<br/><br/>Melissa Delbridge]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Neo Southern Gothic at its best! Sherman writes like a dream, and kept taking me deeper and deeper into this dark little world. I was physically and intellectually unable to close this book till I read the last page. Thank you, Dayne Sherman! I hope to see your name on another cover very soon.]]></body>
        
    
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