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Allie had an escape to bring off, a despotic brother to thwart, and an Italian blackmailer to disappoint. Engaging in getting-to-know-you banter with a famous Scottish poet was not on her list of tasks.
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Nichole Van (One Kiss Alone (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir, #3))
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You are still my English rose," he said, laying their clothing over a chairback. "While I remain your Scottish thistle."
-Laura Frantz, the Rose and the Thistle 2023
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Laura Frantz (The Rose and the Thistle)
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I have no doubt that you're as Scottish as... as a leprechaun playing bagpipes while riding a unicorn thought a field of thistle."
Keir looked up long enough to tell her dourly, "Leprechauns are Irish.
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Lisa Kleypas (Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels, #7))