Sarah Addison Allen - Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt

Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation.

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Allen, Sarah Addison. The Sugar Queen. Bantam Books, 2008.

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Sarah Addison Allen (also known under the pen name Katie Gallagher) is an American and New York Times bestselling author.

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