“Jenna stumbled backward, her eyes on the woman who slammed the door behind her with one foot while both hands held a gun. A big gun. Pointed right at Jenna.”

Source: Heart of Ice A Triple Threat Novel with April Henry (Thomas Nelson), p. 108

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American legal scholar 1961

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