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Bizarre Bazaar: A Collection of Short Stories from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
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Alison Thayer

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It Happened in Arizona: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (It Happened in the West)

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The Vineyard Victims (Wine Country Mysteries #8)

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The Snake Handler's Wife (Vega & Middleton Novel)

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