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YOUR PET!/Quincy & Nils
Quincy & Nils Meet Quincy and Nils, two beautiful cats who come to us all the way from Switzerland! They are two of the three cats owned by Monia and Björn. Monia says that Quincy (left) is the “cheeky Alpha cat” and Nils (right) is the sensitive big cuddler. Don’t you just love the cardboard…
APHAERESIS
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Your Pet! Mackinac Horses!
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MARCH 2017 FREE BOOK!
I’m so excited to offer my friend Janie Chang’s new novel DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD as our March 2017 FREE BOOK! This is an incredible novel that will transport you to another time and place. From the back cover copy: “In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of…