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"Historical romance, read in paperback (pre-Kindle). Hero is a marquis to be (inherits when he comes back) who doesn't want to marry who his parents have chosen the heroine and goes off to join the military to avoid it. Heroine's name may start with A; Their families were childhood friends, and his sister is her best friend. At some point an actress shows up…"

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