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          <body><![CDATA[Jane Jameson gets mistaken for a deer by a drunk guy and ends up a vampire – not quite the way she pictured her life to turn out. Jane lives in a small town and for the most part lives a small life. 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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6767850-love-loyalty">Love &amp; Loyalty (ebook)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1999187.Tere_Michaels">Tere Michaels</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:39:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7380117-the-dark-tide">The Dark Tide (Adrien English Mystery Series #5)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/359194.Josh_Lanyon">Josh Lanyon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5999242.Nice_Girls_Don_t_Date_Dead_Men">Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2503028.Molly_Harper">Molly Harper</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6671715-sinful-surrender">Sinful Surrender (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3005897.Beverley_Kendall">Beverley Kendall</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6723182-all-night-with-a-rogue">All Night with a Rogue: Lords of Vice (The Lords of Vice)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3026532.Alexandra_Hawkins">Alexandra Hawkins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6614271-half-past-dead">Half Past Dead (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/90866.Zoe_Archer">Zoe Archer</a>]]></action_text>
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          <body><![CDATA[“The Undying Heart” by Zoe Archer<br/><br/>Zombies are SEXY!!<br/><br/>Now, don’t go screaming and running off in all directions. Hear me out first!<br/><br/>The hero in this story is a zombie. That’s right – the big “Z” word. I don’t know what it is about zombies that freaks e...<a 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