Bob WhEarley, newspaper editor & romance novelist--Houston Chron, 9/07


	Bob WhEarley, newspaper editor & romance novelist--Houston Chron, 9/07

readforpleasure

9-8-2007 8:02 AM

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readforpleasure says:

Whearley wrote five romances in 1986-88:
http://www.romancewiki.com/Fran_Earley

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