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The Spring of the Tiger
Victoria Holt
A young woman travels to Ceylon's tea plantations seeking her father — and falls for a dangerous, compelling stranger.
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When her famous mother's acting career suffers a serious setback, Sarah accompanies her to Ashington Grange, learns more about the father she has never seen--the owner of a tea plantation in Ceylon, and becomes increasingly attracted to Clinton Shaw
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