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Congrats, Brandi! It's exciting to win good books. I just found out I won Josi Kilpack's "Blackberry Crumble" tonight so I know how you feel. Enjoy.
Sounds like a fun book! You have a fabulous blog! I want to award you with one of my homemade awards: Powerful Woman Writer Award for all the hard work you do!
Go to http://astorybookworld.blogspot.com/p/awards.html and pick up your award.
~Deirdra
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