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  I think hero names based on Satan should be banished (i.e., Lucien, Lucifer, Devil, Damien)

  • Yes, if I read them one more time, particularly in regency england, I may have to stomp the book into tiny pieces and use the refuse as compost for my garden
  • No, why get all het up over a name
  • Depends if the story is a paranormal and the hero has some basis in hell, then no. If otherwise, particularly Regency England, then see above choice No. 1

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