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Cemetery Road

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

50 posts | 25 read | 51 to read

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away ultimately spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington D.C. But just as the political chaos in the nation's capital lifts him to new heights, Marshall is forced to return home in spite of his boyhood vow. His father is dying, his mother is struggling to keep the family newspaper from failing, and the town is in the midst of an economic rebirth that might be built upon crimes that reach into the state capitol--and perhaps even to Washington. More disturbing still, Marshall's high school sweetheart, Jet, has married into the family of Max Matheson, patriarch of one of the families that rule Bienville through a shadow organization called the Bienville Poker Club. When archeologist Buck McKibben is murdered at a construction site, Bienville is thrown into chaos. The ensuing homicide investigation is soon derailed by a second crime that rocks the community to its core. Power broker Max Matheson's wife has been shot dead in her own bed, and the only other person in it at the time was her husband, Max. Stranger still, Max demands that his daughter-on-law, Jet, defend him in court.As a journalist, Marshall knows all too well how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Without telling a soul, he joins forces with Jet, who has lived for fifteen years at the heart of Max Matheson's family, and begins digging into both murders. With Jet walking the dangerous road of an inside informer, they soon uncover a web of criminal schemes that undergird the town's recent success. But these crimes pale in comparison to the secret at the heart of the Matheson family. When those who have remained silent for years dare to speak to Marshall, pressure begins to build like water against a crumbling dam. Marshall loses friends, family members, and finally even Jet, for no one in Bienville seems willing to endure the reckoning that the Poker Club has long deserved. And by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks you truly made my day! Thank you for the Blind Date with a Book! I don‘t have this one and I‘ve been wanting to read it!! Thank you so so much 💕 📕

I will read this one next!

Hope you‘re having an amazing weekend! 💗

#bookmail #LitsyLove

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re very welcome!! I hope you enjoy it!! ❤️❤️❤️ 4y

tokorowilliamwallace I found two Greg Iles volumes thrifting last year and have been curious in the past because thick books 500+ pages are just so tempting to me. I never picked them up before recently because I don't usually read in the crime thriller genre, but I do love the FMC consulting odontologist and her struggles, addictions, complexities of character, and internal narration about her states of mind, &c. It really contextualizes the narration in ways I like.

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Blood Memory: A Novel

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

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If you like the Penn Cage novels, you‘ll like this one as it just felt like the same series with a different MC.
So many twists and turns and ethical/moral decisions to make.
A good read that took me all week because I‘ve had no reading time to focus!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I have it and need to get to it!!! 5y

Cathythoughts A good read is good 👍🏻 5y

TrishB @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I think you‘ll love it 👍🏻 5y

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TrishB @Cathythoughts very true 😁 5y

BarbaraBB You have 2 Kindles? Such an avid reader 😀💕 5y

TrishB @BarbaraBB 😁 my first one died and amazon just automatically called my new one my 2nd! 5y

BarbaraBB Oh That‘s it! 😃 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TrishB I still have to read Mississippi Blood!! 5y

MsMelissa Must read this one soonish. It keeps staring at me from my shelves 😂 5y

TrishB @Book_Fiend_Melissa yes all the books staring back at us 😁 5y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Ain‘t that the truth.
I am very sorry to the author but I had to change from US spelling to U.K. because I just couldn‘t.
I have just been called out on fb for being pedantic, it may be one of those days. (But someone said Queen of England a title that hasn‘t been used since 1707!).
That post went a bit off message didn‘t it.

batsy That quote—definitely the truth. And I feel it leads to a significant change; you're not the same person after. 5y

GingerAntics I suppose that is technically true, but Scotland doesn‘t want her, Wales doesn‘t want her, Northern Ireland doesn‘t want her, and if Cornwall could get recognition as it‘s own country again, it wouldn‘t want her. In all fairness, half of England also doesn‘t want her, but seeing that half do, they will gladly claim her. (Also in all fairness, I think she‘s adorable... and English spelling makes more bloody sense to me and I‘m American.) 5y

TrishB @GingerAntics it was only the technicality I was going for. The whether we want a monarchy has never been truly tested recently. We have enough breaking the country at the moment without adding that to it. Though eventually. 5y

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TrishB @batsy totally agree. But something that is very difficult to explain until it happens to you. 5y

GingerAntics @TrishB I‘ve kind of wondered how people felt about the Queen in relation to Johnson and all of his Trump like madness. She‘s cool, calm, and collected by comparison, from what I‘ve seen. 5y

JazzFeathers Truly, losing a parent can't be explained. 5y

TrishB @GingerAntics I think there will be a reckoning when she goes. 5y

TrishB @JazzFeathers I think so too. 5y

GingerAntics I think that storm has been brewing for quite a while. 5y

MsMelissa I‘m all for the correct way of spelling things 😉 I hate that several words here in Canada are starting to shift more to the American way of spelling them (we have several words that are considered correct no matter if you spell them the British or American way). 5y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I was called pretentious once for using "theatre" in a printed handout. When I told the guy I was referring to the cultured folks visiting Broadway and not 400 horny guys with giant sodas & popcorn watching a Michael Bay film, the others laughed and conceded to my spelling. 5y

TrishB @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 😂😂 5y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

#quicklunchtimeread
Literally 10 minutes and a crisp buttie!! My no time non healthy eating probably does not help the grumpiness either.
Book is great, just not enough reading time.

Bookwomble Brown or white bread? What flavour crisps? 😐 5y

Oryx Now I'm craving a crisp buttie 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Do you mean a sandwich filled with crisps? Is this a Brits thing? 5y

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Cathythoughts Cheese & onion crisps on white bread ... would be my choice ... stop giving me ideas 😂 5y

TrishB @Bookwomble white, thick, Warburtons bread, loads of butter and today I had chicken (walkers) crisps, my fave is usually cheese and onion. Golden Wonder also acceptable! 5y

TrishB @Oryx sometimes you just have to 😁 5y

TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm and an Irish thing as Cathy wants one too! 5y

TrishB @Cathythoughts that‘s definitely my fave too 😁 5y

LeahBergen Ooo! Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps are my favourite! 😆 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Ooooh, interesting. I should try to make a local version of it! 😋 5y

TrishB @LeahBergen they are indeed food from the gods! I didn‘t realise you got them in Canada! (edited) 5y

TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm Please post a pic if you do Jessie 😁 5y

LeahBergen We don‘t! I can sometimes get them at our British import grocers. I think I ate my body weight in them last summer when I was in England. 😂 5y

TrishB @LeahBergen they are definitely addictive! 5y

MsMelissa I‘m glad someone else asked what the ‘chip‘ part of a chip buttie is. Now I want one 😂 5y

MsMelissa @LeahBergen have you ever tried Bulk Barn? The one near us sells quite a few Brit treats. I get my Fry‘s Chocolate Creams from there (favourite flavour is orange cream). 5y

LeahBergen @Book_Fiend_Melissa Oh, that‘s good to know! We have a few Bulk Barns here but I‘ve never been to one (perhaps it‘s the less-than-glamorous name? 😂). I‘ll be checking them out. I‘ve never had a Fry‘s Chocolate Cream and now that I‘ve looked them up I‘ll be searching for the peppermint ones. 😆 5y

TrishB @Book_Fiend_Melissa @LeahBergen hubby loves Fry‘s Chocolate Creams! He gets the multi pack with all flavours. 5y

Balibee146 Mm mm a Frys Five. Entries used to be my Sunday morning treat choc growing up... My dad would always get me one when he went for his Sunday paper 😏 don't think they make them any more 5y

Balibee146 *five centres.... Sorry Autocorrect fail! xx 5y

Balibee146 Oh also I like prawn cocktail or tomato sauce crisp butties with a slice of cheddar added.... Even better if its on a well fired Csoffish morning roll rather than bread 😋 #hungry 5y

TrishB @Balibee146 I remember them ❤️ we don‘t really see tomato sauce crisps here anymore either. 5y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Y‘all! This is on sale today. You will not be disappointed. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cemetery-road-greg-iles

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

#AugustAuthors @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
#GregIles

OriginalCyn620 I like that cover! 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Have you read this? I love him!! 4y

TheSpineView I have only read one book by him and enjoyed. I need to get going on his others. 4y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

#AugustAuthors Day 4: #GregIles is another author I know nothing about. Thank you to @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @OriginalCyn620 for bringing these new authors to my attention.

Andrew65 Totally recommend him and especially his Penn Cage Series. 5y

OriginalCyn620 I‘d never heard of him until this challenge! 5y

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CindyMyLifeIsLit

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

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This story is full of unlikable characters but I still wanted to know what happened to them, thus proving my point that the worst sin a character can commit is not being unlikeable—it‘s being boring! The situations strain credulity at times, but it‘s a fast-paced, engaging thriller and it entertained me.

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Just bailed on this one. Couldn‘t get into it and someone was waiting. Still tagged, though. I‘ve heard good things about it so think I‘ll give it a go another time.

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Meh

so-so

So-so is the perfect descriptor for my feelings about this book. It was intriguing enough to listen to for 24 hours, but I'm still left feeling not entirely enthused. I love thrillers but I guess this is outside of my niche. It might just be the slower pace and all the extra family drama weaved into it. Plus the whole affair situation rubbed me a bit wrong. Overall it was a enjoyable read, though.

TW: child death, racial slurs, rape, war combat

DieAReader Thanks for the heads up on the TWs. Much appreciated. 6y

annkuch13 @SquidgetsRoom Of course! Some of it is quite heavy. 6y

DieAReader Good to know! I may still read it, but will probably look to borrow it from the library as opposed to buying it first. 6y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Eeek! Look what just came in. I am so excited to start this! #happymorning

WorldsOkayestStepMom 21 days for a library book! How?! My library only does 14 day loans. 6y

DHill Makes for some really long wait times @WorldsOkayestStepMom ! I can only think of one time I went over 14. 6y

WorldsOkayestStepMom @DHill oh yeah, I didn't even think of the hold times. 6y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Any day now please. I hate being in between loans.

amywithbooks Cemetery Road is SO GOOD. I love Greg Iles! 6y

ljuliel I hate seeing those ~6 month waits ! 6y

JacqMac I‘m having the opposite problem. I just had five come in the last two days. Sigh. 6y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

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Greg Iles writes the kind of novel I get completely lost in and never want to end. His writing style is superb. He offers so much detail about the characters as he builds a story woven of death, love, betrayal, hope, and sadness. He leaves no stone unturned for the reader. Just a longing for more. 5 beautiful, glorious 🌟

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

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I love Greg Iles. His Penn Cage books, in particular the Natchez Burning trilogy, are some of my favorites. I was worried this standalone novel would be a letdown by comparison but I was so wrong. The twists and turns Iles is able to weave keep you engaged and unable to put this down. If you haven't checked out Greg Iles, what are you waiting for?! 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

ljuliel Good review 📚 6y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Chico and I successfully walked to the mailbox and back. Huge progress! I'm even go to venture out to the post office 😬 I'm tired but I did it🤙

Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and kind thoughts 😘

Megabooks Awesome!! 6y

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MicheleinPhilly

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

SUPER SALE ALERT! #KindleDailyDeal

TrishB Sadly not here ☹️ 6y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Meh

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I went into this with high expectations that turned to “meh.” The story itself was interesting enough to keep me reading, but I just couldn‘t connect with any of the characters. That, unfortunately, made the book fall flat for me.

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

I may or may not be listening to this while doing data entry this PM. Usually I don‘t read while working but I‘m hooked on this story!

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Reading on the porch before it gets too dam hot 🤓

#weekendreads

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

I'm probably way to late in posting this and I'm so sorry!! ☹️
1. I'd have to say as long as it's in the genres I like - mystery/Thriller, general fiction, memoirs, nonfiction.
2. Stephen King!
3. Nope
4. Gosh. Game of Thrones for sure.
5. None, with the exception of that peice of shit trump and his entire "clan" ?
6. Sweet
7. I don't mind
8. Love them
9. Not really ?
#mysterymessageswap

@TheReadingMermaid

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

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Excellent storytelling. Highly recommend..

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

https://crimereads.com/greg-iles-on-mississippi-epic-crime-small-town-survival/

For those of us that are #gregiles fans...

Rachbb3 I love Greg Isles! I know that @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks is too. 😊 7y

Rachbb3 My phone changed the name spelling. 😒 7y

cathysaid @Rachbb3 My phone decided long ago that I had this bizarre fascination with ducks. Changed the spelling to “ducks” all the time! Seriously...what the Duck!?! 🦆🦆🦆 7y

Rachbb3 😂😂😂 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Rachbb3 yes!!! Thank you!!! 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

A napping toddler, Lake views and good reading. Enjoying a few relaxing days at home and then Disney here we come ❤️

MicheleinPhilly That is a million dollar view! 7y

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simpledutchgirl

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Cemetary Road, along with my current reading pile

RadicalReader Book overload 📚📚📚📚📚📚 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

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There is absolutely nothing this man could write that I wouldn‘t READ AND LOVE!!!!! 💜💜💜 This book is amazing, not only for the twists and turns, good vs. evil, and the southern feel to it. The emotional roller coaster is exhausting. There are a lot of characters,and at any point in the story, you go from love to hate or cheering to jeering in a nanosecond. There are a few solid despicable human beings, but the rest 🤔? Also 💜💜💜 the ending!!!

Robin3 I loved it too. 7y

Booknerd2 @robin3 What did you think of the ending? 7y

CoverToCoverGirl Great review can‘t wait to read it! 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Pass Christian

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 7y

Kmmsellers Very cool! I was just in there yesterday. 😊 7y

Pelican71 @TrishB 😁 @Kmmsellers Really⁉️ Did you know that he would be there today? 7y

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Kmmsellers @Pelican71 I found out while I was there yesterday. Hated to miss him! I saw him at Lemuria last year and enjoyed hearing him speak. I did run into Jesmyn Ward yesterday, though 😀 7y

Pelican71 @Kmmsellers 🙌🏾 Lemuria is awesome. I saw Jesmyn Ward and Grisham there in 2017. Maybe we can meet for a signing one of these days. I‘m in Hattiesburg. (edited) 7y

Kmmsellers @Pelican71 oh wow! I‘m in Hattiesburg, too. 7y

Pelican71 @Kmmsellers What⁉️ I‘ve wondered if there were any local people here on Litsy. 7y

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WilliamMorrowBooks

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Congratulations Greg Iles on your #2 NYT bestseller!

AmyG Good for him! Can‘t wait to read this. 7y

Bklover Congratulations!! 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Next on my TBR list, and here‘s a link to an inter view with Greg Iles: https://crimereads.com/greg-iles-on-mississippi-epic-crime-small-town-survival/

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🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭 review is up on my blog. Stop by and say hi. Best opening chapter ever! https://reecaspieces.com/2019/03/06/cemetery-road-by-greg-iles-review-fiction-su...

tammysue Terrific review, Reeca! 😊 7y

Reecaspieces @whatshesreadingnow thanks chick!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

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A first rate journey into a small town‘s corrupt power brokers and the length they will go to protect their pockets.
https://www.bluestockingreviews.com/blog/cemetery-road

MonicaLoves2Read I can't wait to read this book. I am on hold at the library for it!😉 7y

BlueStockingReviews It‘s was the first book of his ive ever read and loved it! 6y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

My February wrap up is on my blog. Stop by and say hi. Lots of good ones this month! https://reecaspieces.com

Bklover I love this photo!!! 7y

Reecaspieces @Bklover pretty accurate! 😂 7y

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WilliamMorrowBooks

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

We can barely contain ourselves - CEMETERY ROAD by Greg Iles goes on sale in just 5 days! Look for our ad in the New York Times book review on 3/10, too!

AmyG I look forward to this! 7y

Bklover Looking forward to it! 👍👍👍 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

After a long week at CVS, I am going finish this book tonight! And y‘all! Let me tell you! FANTASTIC!! But my ass is dragging. 😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

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WilliamMorrowBooks

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Finished copies came in today and we‘re smitten! The new stand-alone thriller by Greg Iles goes on sale March 5th

Cinfhen Woohoo 🎉 🙌🏻🧡 7y

AmyG Yay! I look forward to reading this. 7y

LauraBeth Looking forward to this! 7y

Bklover Awesome!🎉🎉🎉 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Well this is a fantastic opening chapter.

MonicaLoves2Read Can't wait to read this book. Let me know what you think, please. I love him, his books are always sooo good to me. 7y

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

“Hunched on his knees, Buck Ferris pulled a ball of fired clay from the sandy soil beside the Mississippi River...” So begins Chapter 2 of CEMETERY ROAD by Greg Iles. Click here to read the rest! On sale March 5. | https://aerbook.com/books/Cemetery_Road-209236.html

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Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

Can y‘all hear me screaming!!!! WHOOP! HOTDAMN! 👏🏻🎉🕺🏻🍾💃🏻🎊 bookmail is the best!!

CocoReads Yay!!! 7y

MonicaLoves2Read Can't wait to read 📖 7y

CoverToCoverGirl Sooooo jealous.. can‘t wait to read that book! 7y

eanderson So cool! Yayyy!!! 7y

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WilliamMorrowBooks

Cemetery Road | Greg Iles

➡️ Calling all thriller fans! 💥 SWEEPSTAKES 💥 enter for your chance to win 1 of 50 Advance Reader‘s Editions of the new stand-alone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles. Enter here: https://a.pgtb.me/jhKgQN

Alfoster Yay! Love him! Just entered!😍 7y

TiredLibrarian Entered - thank you! 7y

Marilyncjackson Entered thank you for sharing 😊 7y

Cinfhen Missed this!! Will I have to enter ~ thanks 🙏🏻 7y

AmyG Oooooo I can‘t wait to read this. 7y

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