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  • The same tousled auburn hair, the same aristocratic bearing, the same large, work-hardened hands ornamented with that heavy emerald chunk.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • The same tousled auburn hair, the same aristocratic bearing, the same large, work-hardened hands ornamented with that heavy emerald chunk.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • The same tousled auburn hair, the same aristocratic bearing, the same large, work-hardened hands ornamented with that heavy emerald chunk.

    Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011

  • The princesses who embroidered could tell the difference, whereas her work-hardened hands could not.

    Violet Eyes DEBBIE VIGUIË 2010

  • The princesses who embroidered could tell the difference, whereas her work-hardened hands could not.

    Violet Eyes DEBBIE VIGUIË 2010

  • Squeezed them tight, her soft smooth fingers against his work-hardened palms.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Squeezed them tight, her soft smooth fingers against his work-hardened palms.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Squeezed them tight, her soft smooth fingers against his work-hardened palms.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • Squeezed them tight, her soft smooth fingers against his work-hardened palms.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • He explored the long fingers, the shapely nails, the work-hardened palm with its row of callouses, the smooth flesh under the wrist.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

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