eljames

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craig,w.j.,ed.“kinglear.”thecompleteworksofwilliamshakespeare.

scene1,act1.newyork:randomhousevaluepublishing:1997.

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abouttheauthor

eljamesisatvexecutive,wife,andmotheroftwo,basedinwestlondon.sinceearlychildhood,shedreamtofwritingstoriesthatreaderswouldfallinlovewith,butputthosedreamsonholdtofocusonherfamilyandhercareer.shefinallypluckedupthecouragetoputpentopaperwithherfirstnovel,fiftyshadesofgrey.eljamesiscurrentlyworkingonanewromanticthrillerwithasupernaturaltwist.

eljames

prologue

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