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"ref": "2008, Catherine Spencer, chapter 6, in The Giannakis Bride, Harlequin, page 89:",
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"ref": "2014, Nina Milne, chapter 5, in How to Bag a Billionaire, Mills & Boon, page 64:",
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"ref": "2009, Lynne Graham, chapter 8, in The Ruthless Magnate's Virgin Mistress, Harlequin, page 125:",
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"ref": "2017, Daryl Banner, chapter 4, in Football Sundae, Frozenfyre Publishing, page 46:",
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