2011 Divas - Golden Gateway Contest Winners

FTHRW Golden Gateway Winners

PARANORMAL 1st - Incandescent by MV Freeman 2nd - Elder Enslaved by Angela McCallister 3rd - Better Dead by Pamela Kopfler 4th - The Ruby Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan 5th - Memory's Deception by Kate MacEachern HISTORICAL 1st - Heart of the Phoenix by Barbara Bettis 2nd - Tempting Bella by Diana Quincy 3rd - Compromising Willa by Diana Quincy 4th - From the Ashes: A Faerie Tale by Kerrigan Byrne MAINSTREAM 1st - One More Breath by Pamela Kopfler 2nd - The Patriarch by Clarissa Southwick 3rd - Dead Drop by Alicia Lienhart 4th - Meet Me in Jersey by Charli Mac 5th - Amber Light by Virginia McCullough SERIES 1st - The D.A.'s Hidden Agenda by Vanessa Moss 2nd - All the Law Allows by Nancy Holland 3rd - Hard Cut by Amity Grays 4th - The Prince's Defiant Wedding Planner by Stefani de Ravin 5th - Fugitive Heart by HiDee Ekstrom SINGLE TITLE 1st - Beneath the Veil by Madeline Smyth 2nd (tie) - Hawaiian Heat by Diane Garner 2nd (tie) - Off the Deep End by Barbara Cool Lee 3rd (tie) - Play Date by Lori Larson 3rd (tie) - The Jack of Her Hearts by Virginia McCullough . .

Upward movement on Diva List is in blue...
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Eight Finals...
Robin Weaver
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Seven Finals...
Nan Dixon
Caro LaFever

Kate Meader

Averil Reisman
Camryn Rhys
Rebecca Sampson
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Five Finals...
Kathleen Rice Adams
Jerrie Alexander
Jeanell Bolton
Louisa Cornell
Robin Covington
Marni Donnelly-Folsom
Ash Krafton
Sarah Elizabeth Ladd
Katherine Lowry Logan

Jennifer McQuiston
Rebecca Skrabl
Stephanie Winkelhake
Casey Wyatt
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Four Finals...
Cecily Cornelius-White
Louisa Cornell
Eileen Emerson
Ellen Lindseth
Virginia McCullough

Jacqui Nelson

Isis Rushdan
Clarissa Southwick
Bronwyn Stuart
Kristine B. Thompson
Beth Watson
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Three Finals...
Romily Bernard
Veronica Blade
Valerie Bowman
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Elizabeth Bysiek
Tamara Carr
Kathleen Cherry
Meredith Allen Conner

Vivienne Courtoise
Stefani de Ravin

Laura Drake
Anita Mae Draper
Normandie Ward Fischer
Donna S. Frelick
Diane Garner
Lisa Hilleren
Katy Lee
Michaela Moore
Janet Nickoles
Cindy Nord
Cathy Perkins
Helen H. Pilz
Diana Quincy
Gloria Richard

Ellen Russell
Jane Sevier
Michelle Sharp
Madeline Smyth

Virginia Taylor
Marlene Urso
Sharon Wray
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Two Finals...
Wendy Anderson
Sarah Andre
Carol-Faye Ashcraft
Colette Auclair
Lynda Bailey
Tamara Baumann
Rachael Blair
Susan Breeden
Rachel Brimble
Harley Brooks
Kimila Bowling
Wendy Campbell
Lisa Chaplin
Meredith Clark
Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Leanne Farrell
Stanalei Fletcher
MV Freeman

Chris Anna Fullerton
Collyn Gale

Pamela Gibson
Daphe Gray
Katie Graykowski
Amity Grays

Jan Gurney
Natasha Hacaga
Richard Hacker
Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris
Lily Herman
Gwen Hernandez
Angie Hodapp
Shanyn Hosier
Monique Insalaco
Sherry Isaac
Kendra James

Kimila Kay
Samantha Ann King
Pamela Kopfler

Melissa Landers
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Sara Leyton
Miranda Liasson
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham

Debra Maher
Kate MacEachern

Hanna Martine
Kathryn Matzen
Arlene McFarlane
Maggie McGinnis
Crista McHugh
Kate Meader
Donna Meier
Heather Molloy
Leeann Morgan
Susan Muller
Virginia Munoz
Mary Oldham
Catherine Phelan
Elizabeth Pina
Terry Poca
Naomi Rawlings
Elizabeth Roadifer
Susanna Rogers
Kathleen Bittner Roth
Jess Russel
Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
PJ Sharon
Laura Sheehan
D. B. Shuster
Eva Siedler
Meredith Simmons
Sharon Struth
Micha Summers
Carla Swafford
Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault
Wanda Thomas
Donna Thorland
Sandra Tilley
Chris Weston
Lynn Wilson
Judith Wherett
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
Yvonne Yirka
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2010 Divas - FTHRW Golden Gateway Contest Winners

2010 FTHRW Golden Gateway Final Placements
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Congratulations to the 2010 Golden Gateway winners and finalists!!
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Grand Prize Winner for highest first round score

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.THE LOVING OF LORD LOXLEY by MADELINE SMYTH

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE – LAUREN PLUDE, GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING

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1st – SECOND CHANCE by DONNA KNOELL
2nd – THE GREEN EYED DOLL by JERRIE ALEXANDER
3rd – LUCKY NUMBERS by SUZY HAVOC
4th – VANISHED by LINDA BOND

5th – DAWN'S SHADOW by DEBORAH GILBERT

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PARANORMAL – LATOYA SMITH, GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING

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1st - TANGLED WEB by CRISTA McHUGH

2nd - KINDRED OF THE FALLEN by ISIS RUSHDAN
3rd - THE LOST PALADIN by TRACY ST. HILAIRE
4th - ECHO 8 by SHARON LYNN FISHER
5th - SEA PANTHER by DAWN MARIE HAMILTON WOLZEIN

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SINGLE TITLE – KATHERINE PELZ, BERKLEY PUBLISHING

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1st - SOLDIER'S SERENADE by ELLEN LINDSETH
2nd - ALIVE AT 5 by LINDA BOND
3rd - ONCE UPON A MARGARITA by HEIDI LUCHTERHAND
4th - ALIYA ARABESQUE by MADELINE SMYTH

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SERIES CONTEMPORARY – SHANA SMITH, SILHOUETTE

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1st – THE CHRISTMAS PONY by NANCY HOLLAND
2nd - THE BORDER STATES DEA TASKFORCE—Operation Family Justice by VANESSA MOSS
3rd - FALLING FOR THE TUTOR by JENNIFER STOKA
4th - ROYAL PRINCE, RELUCTANT PRINCESS by MADELINE SMYTH
5th - CINDERELLA IN HIGH HEELS by LEEANN MORGAN

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MAINSTREAM WITH ROMANTIC ELEMENTS – MEREDITH GIORDAN, BERKLEY

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1st - FORTUNE'S FOOL by JANE SEVIER
2nd - DECOY FOR DEATH by ELIZABETH HEITER
3rd - MAD ABOUT THE BOY by SUSAN BATTAH
4th - GLORY, GLORY--THE MAJORETTES ARE 40! By LINDA BOND
5th - THE HOUSE ON PROSPECT by TRUDI SEERY

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HISTORICAL – DEB WERKSMAN, SOURCEBOOKS

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1ST – THE LOVING OF LORD LOXLEY by MADELINE SMYTH
2nd – MY CELESTIAL LOVE by KRISTYNE RALEY
3rd – THE PRINCESS THIEF by TRACI FLEISCHMAN
4th – TAKE THE KING'S SHILLING by LORI BURKE
5th – DEUS EX NOSFERATU by MADELINE SMYTH

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Movement upwards listed in Blue...
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Eighteen Finals

Isis Rushdan

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Fifteen Finals

Madeline Smyth

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Thirteen Finals

Jeanell Bolton

Tracy St. Hilaire

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Twelve Finals

Crista McHugh

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Nine Finals

Nan Dixon
Robin Weaver
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Seven Finals
Elisa Beatty
Robin Haseltine

Kimberly Killion - Sold

NJ Litz

Dora Mekouar

Stacy Monson
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Six Finals
Jennifer Beane

Katrina Crew

Katie Graykowski

Kay Hudson

Kim Law

Connie Queen

Susanna Rogers

Rebecca Sampson

Suzanne Webb
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Five Finals
Peter Andrews
Linda Bond

Jeanne Dickson
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Kendel Flaum
Laurie Green

Tamara Hughes

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham

Sylvia McDaniel
Jacqui Nelson

Mary Oldham
Heather Snow

Clarissa Southwick
Bonnie Staring

Ciara Stewart

Carla Swafford
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Four Finals
Jerrie Alexander

Claire Ashgrove

E. J. Brighton

Sarah Cannon

Kathleen Cherry
Kathy Coatney
Kendell Gray
William Haggart

Leah Hodge
Patrice Kavanaugh
Lisa Kessler

Pamela Kopfler

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Heather Leonard

Katie McGarry
Cindy Nord
L. Pepper Norris
Sally Orr

Jane Sevier

G. Jillian Stone

Jennifer Tanner

Olivia Ventura
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Three Finals
Sarah M. Anderson
Jo Anne Banker

Terry Bolyard
Roxy Boroughs

Christine Canada

Lexi Connor

Robin Covington
Stefani de Ravin

Kimberly Dias
Sarina Dorie
Anne-Louise Dubrawski
June Faver

Alyssa Fernandez
Sharon Lynn Fisher

Barbara Jeffcott Geris
Trudi Seery Gilligan

Kendall Grey
Robert Hecker

Nancy Holland

Debbie Kaufman

Wendy La Capra
Helen Lacey
Rebecca Lees
Barbara Longley - SOLD!

Sandy Loyd

Heidi Luchterhand

Heather Marshall
Jean Mason
Tracy Mastaler
Dale Mayer - SOLD!

Meg Mims

Pepper O'Neal

Sandy Parks

Barbara Reed
Kylie Short
Jennifer Stroka
Anna Sugden
Laura Templeton

Kayla Westra

Dawn Marie Hamilton Wolzein

Sharon Wray
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Two Finals
Kathy Altman
Susan Anderson
Iris Astres
Amy Atwell - Sold!
Sarah Baker
Joanne Barnaba

Anne Barton

Jennifer Lynn Bates
Dianna Benson
Donan Berg
Jaimie Bergeron

Robin Bielman
Kristen Boe
Kelley Bowen

Kelly Boyce
Susan Breeden
Shoshana Brown
Reece Butler
Boone Brux
Elizabeth Bysiek

Martha Catt
Lisa Chaplin

C.J. Eernisse Chase
Meredith Clark

Kristina Coi
Gina Conkle
Lisa Connelly

Meredith Conner
Kelly Conrad
Cecily Cornelius-White

Mary Culver
Cera Daniels
Lisa Deon

Amy DeTrempe
Jenny Douglas
Eden Elgabri
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Jamie Farrell
Lori Sanders Foley
Louise Foster

Joe Fraser
Donna Frelick
December Gephart
Micki Gibson
Deborah Gilbert

Gina Grant
Wendy Gray

Grace Greene

Roni Griffin
Lynn Gutierrez
Patty Smith Hall
Sharon Hamilton
Jean Harrington

Jennifer Harrington
Lyndee Henderson
Marona Hewitt
Jennifer Hopkins

Sharron Houdek
Faye Hughes

Jan Jackson
Suzanne Kaufman Kalb

Ruth Kaufman
Elizabeth Kelley
Rashda Khan

Sally Kilpatrick
Marne Ann Kirstatter
Priscilla Kissinger
Elizabeth Knowles-Palladino
Suzanne Lazear
Philip L. Levin

Ellen Lindseth

Natalie Lorenzi
Linda Lovely
Aislinn MacNamara
Wendy Marcus
Madeline Martin
Lee McClain
Jennifer McQuiston
Ava Milone
Theresa Monsey

Allison Morse
Danielle Mulcahy
Walt Mussell
Nancy Naigle
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Janet Nickoles

Eleanor Nystrom

Laurel O'Donnell
Karen Papandrew
Kate Parker
Cathy Perkins
Caroline Phipps
Helen Pilz
Carol Post
Katie Reus
Camryn Rhys

Lisa Karon Richardson
Kit Riordan
JoAnn Robisheaux
Kelly Rucker
Mary SeRine
Paula Sharon
Diana Sharples

Claudia Shelton
Merry Simmons
Jennifer Slattery

Coreene Smith

Dara-Lee Snow
Katrina Snow
Rita St. Claire

Bronwyn Stuart

Denise Swank

Dawn Temple

Bobbye Terry
Sandra Tilley
Phyllis J. Towzey
Krissee Vanderverff
Tina Edwards Vaughn
Amy Villalba
Laurel Wanrow

Lynn Ward

Ami Weaver

Kate Weichelt
Elysia Whisler

Judith Whitmore
Karen Witwer

Mia Zachary
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SOLD!
Anne K. Albert - Defending Glory
Amy Atwell - Lying Eyes
Alyessa Everett - A Tryst with Trouble
Lexi George - Demon Hunting In Dixie
Keli Gwyn - A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California
Kimberly Killion - Educating Aphrodite

Barbara Longley - Heart of the Druid Laird
Dale Mayer - Tuesday's Child
Nancy Naigle - Out of Focus
J. S. Nichols - Come Back to Me
Edie Ramer - Cattitude
Jo Ramsey - Cluing In
Cat Schield - Meddling with a Millionaire (Harlequin Desire)
G. Jillian Stone - The Yard Man
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2009 Divas - Golden Gateway Contest Winners

Historical

1st -- Lord Midnight by Donna Cummings
2nd -- She Walks in Beauty by Ashley March
3rd -- In Pursuit of Love by Sarah Simas
4th -- Fatal Flaw by Joanne Barnaba
5th -- His Second Chance by Rita Van Fleet

Single Title

1st -- Non's Vision by Sheila Tenold
2nd -- Aliya Arabesque by Madeline Smyth
3rd -- The Theatre by Marsha R. West
4th -- Betting On Hope by Kay Keppler
5th -- The Painted Ladies by Joan Leacott

Category/Series

1st -- Barrington's Bargain by Nancy Holland
2nd -- Her Leading Man by Laura Hirneisen
3rd -- The Reluctant Nude by Meghan Murphy
4th -- A Case of Meddling by Cat Schield
5th -- A Woman Named Kash by Sheila Tenold

Romantic Suspense

1st -- Bookish by Marni Donnelly-Folsom
2nd -- From Baghdad With Love by Gail Zerrade
3rd -- Fatal Trust by Donna Meier
4th -- She Can Run by Melinda Leigh
5th -- Illusions by Cathy Hamilton

Mainstream with Romatic Elements

1st -- Payment in Blood by Deborah Gross
2nd -- No Strings Attached by Beth Watson
3rd -- Defining Moments by Kathy Coatney
4th -- Slip Into The Night by Tracie Loy
5th -- Damaged Goods by Barbara Binns

Paranormal

1st -- Hearts of Darkness by Ciara Stewart
2nd -- Fallen by Amanda Berry
3rd -- Inner Eye by Gwen Mitchell
4th -- The Guardian's Firebrand by Coreene Smith
5th -- Darkness Calling by Nikki Enlow

Romantic Novella

1st -- Be Nice to Rebecca by Amber Holland
2nd -- The Loving of Lord Loxley by Madeline Smyth
3rd -- Deus ex Nosferatu by Madeline Smyth

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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Fourteen Finals:
Nancy Evertz
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Eleven Finals:
Diane O'Brien Kelly
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Ten Finals:
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Gail Zerrade
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Nine Finals:
Deborah Gross

Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

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Eight Finals:
Anne-Marie Carroll

Constance Gillam

Donna Meier

Cat Schield
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Seven Finals:
Yvonne Harris
Tracy St. Hilaire
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Six Finals:
Louisa Cornell
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Barbara Longley

Gabrielle Luthy
Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
Elaine M. Powell
Kathleen Bittner Roth

S. G. Shellabarger
Beth Watson
Robin Weaver
Laura Williams
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Five Finals:
Deborah Blake

Jeanell Bolton
Jeannie Lin

Jean Mason
Susan Newman
Allison Pang

Patricia Patton
Cathy Perkins
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Four Finals:
Linda Bond
Tina Joyce Butts

Sharon Calvin
Deanna Carlyle
Meredith Clark

Jeanne Dickson
Katie Graykowski

Keli Gwyn
Jessica B. Hunt
Julie Johnstone
Angi Platt - SOLD!

Cathryn Pritchard
Michal Scott
Tatia Talbot
Sandra van den Bogerd
Sharon Wray
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Three Finals:
Sara Avellino
Elizabeth Bemis
Dianne K. Burns

Melanie Card
Sheryl Carpenter
Jennifer Conner

Denise Cychosz
Wenda Dottridge
Martha Ferris
Sherry Foley
Kate Freiman
Susanne Frost
Abby Gaines
Alison Henderson

Lisa Kessler

Dee S. Knight
Maggi Landry
Kim Law
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Heidi Luchterhand
Virginia McCullough
Gina Rosavin

Madeline Smyth
Laurie Thompson
Ellen Wehle

Gina Welborn

Beatriz Williams
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Two Finals:
Drue Allen
Maree Anderson
Robyn Anders
Rylee Andrews
Sheila Athens
Stefani Catenzaro Baltar
Joyce Barton
Jennifer Beane
Mary A. Behre
Jenny Bernard

Amanda Berry - SOLD!

Robin Bielman
Barbara Binns

Ann Bleakley
Kara Bonnevie
Kelley Bowen
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Susan Breeden
Kelsey Browning
Marie Campbell
Kathleen Cherry
Zita Christian

Robin Constantine
Ally Cowee 

Donna Cummings

Beth Davis
Laurie DeMarino
Lisa Desrochers 

Tracey Devlyn
Kate Diamond
Alleyne Dickens
Ella Drake
Cat Dubie
Lee Rhuday Duncan
Kendra Elliot

C. J. Ellison
Nikki Enlow

Tracy Falenwolfe
Sharon Fisher
Louise D. Foster
Bethany Cunningham Gabbert
Grace R. Green
Lottie Green
Anna Hackett
Jennette Heikes
Ashley Henderson
Laura Hirneisen

Celesta Hofmann

Kinsey W. Holley

Sharon Houdek 
Bev Irwin

Christine Johnson - SOLD!
Suzanne Kalb
Joan Kayse
Jeffe Kennedy
Sandra Kerns
Barbara Kroon 

Sara LaBudda
Corrina Lavitt
Suzanne Lazear 

Alison Leake
Barbara Cool Lee
Sherri Lee
Mary Lindsey
Kate MacArthur
Kate MacEachern
Jennifer Mackin

Mary Manners
Sarah Marshall
Carolyn Martin
Sylvia McDaniel
Dora Mekouar
Jamie Michele
Judy Mills
Gwen Mitchell

Meghan Murphy

Jean B. Newlin
Laurel O'Donnell
Mary Oldham
Tara Owens
Kathleen Irene Paterka
Alison Pritchard

Dawna Rand
Jodi Redford
Shellee Roberts
Cate Rowan

Lateia Sandifer
Pamela Scheibe
Catherine Marie Scott
Arianna Skye
Dina Sleiman

Coreene Smith
Susan Speers
Lori Dillon Stacy
Jennifer Stroka
Quinn Tellier
Sheila Tenold

Holly Watson
Ami Weaver
Kayla Westra
Hailey Williams
Teri Wilson
Kevin Wolf
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SOLD!
Amanda Berry
Christine E. Johnson
Elizabeth Pina
Angi Platt
Arianna Skye
Liz Talley
Penny Watson
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