Back . . . againIf you read a lot of YA books, think "Graceling" mixed with "Goose Girl" and more than a touch of "Crown Duel."
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Jessamine: Chapter 2Hate. Loathe. Detest. Abhor.Jessamine: Chapter 2
As months passed and her vocabulary grew, Jessamine learned to point her tongue in even more treacherous ways at the blasted Countess and court. Oh, she was learning her lessons well. They wanted a dancing rat, that’s what they got. All her vitriol (she was pleased to learn the meaning of that word just the other day) was pointed at the simpering crowds that tried to woo her attention. What she learned better than any quadrille was how stupid those folks really were.
Sharp words left her mouth in the sweetest of senses. “Yes, Duke, I was the lowest of the street filth you so ap
Jessamine: Chapter 1Lightning flashed and thunder boomed. The earth shook with the roar of the heavens. Jessamine ignored the furious winds about her. No one would see her, shadow that she was, slinking along the abandoned street. Time to bury the thing and be done with it. Already it had caused more trouble than she cared for. A little trouble at times weren’t no problem. When that trouble took on life and opened its gaping jaws to swallow her down to hell, well, that was a tad much.Jessamine: Chapter 1
She weren’t no fool neither. Jessamine had all the smarts an urchin could gather. She knowed she was a pawn. Those big men could tell her sweet things till t
Lone tree
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Love is like oxygen. It can be taken orally.
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That marked the first time I noticed the curious tingle that filtered through my fingertips any time I got near Sebastien Solis.--Jocelyn
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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. —Les Brown
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