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Untie My Heart
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Melissa Melissa said: " One of the things I enjoy about Judith Ivory’s books is that there’s nothing predictable or repetitive about them, at least as far as I can see yet. So far I’ve had the pleasure of reading about:

- A good-natured London rat catcher and the elocutionis
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