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Not Quite a Husband (The Marsdens, #2)

by Sherry Thomas (Goodreads Author)

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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