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May Free Books!
Hope you will post for a chance to win one of May’s free books. They are LINE OF DUTY, an inspirational thriller by Terri Blackstock; and DEWEY, a memoir about the small town library cat who touched the world, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. More about each book next week. The drawing will be…