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Rose and Thorne 6 #12 (3.2) by Julie Lynn Hayes

Beautiful blue eyes certainly ran in this family. As did good looks. And killer smiles. Okay, not Joe Junior, but all the rest were good-looking people. At least from the outside.

I hung back as uncle and nephew hugged it out. Deciding I should make myself at least somewhat useful, I retrieved our suitcase and set it on the floor.

“It’s so good to see you, Ethan,” his uncle was saying. “You’ve become quite the looker, you have. Breaking all the hearts?”

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Garret Farm: Part  24 by J Ray Lamb

After Sandy and Trent left, Murphy called up Jason and they went over to make quick work of Trent’s wall. As Trent had said, it was just a couple of sheets of of broken drywall and no other structural damage. An hour later and they had the new drywall up and drywall mud applied. To speed things up, they cranked the heat in Trent’s house, set up a dehumidifier, and left the house. They wouldn’t be back before Trent got home, so they texted him to warn him to stay at Murphy’s house or to get a room in town.

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