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NateTheGreat
Since: Jan, 2001
TTurtle
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TTurtle
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TTurtle
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TTurtle
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I'm trying to remember a book, probably a YA book and/or romance, in which the heroine was given a paintbox full of expensive paints by an unknown donor. (Naturally the donor turns out to be her love interest, I think.) I have a vague feeling that it was a "period" book either written in or set in the early 20th century, but no real clue. Any ideas?