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When teenage caterina gomez returns from england to portugal, she comes b. When teenage caterina gomez returns from england to portugal, she comes back to a beloved homeland, a distant father, and a scandalous past. They were adopted by frederick winslow taylor and his wife louise, a distant relative, and took taylors last name. The private world of georgette heyer by jane aiken hodge 1984. Jane hodge was 3 years old when her family moved to. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Aiken was born in mermaid street in rye, sussex, on 4 september 1924. Jane aiken hodge books list of books by author jane. Jan 22, 20 one of these prolific romantic suspense authors is jane aiken hodge. Whispering by jane aiken hodge read online on bookmate. It has all the right ingredients willful heroine, mysterious gentlemen, smuggling, family with secrets and everything just clicks.
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