IPhoto Buy Book Error

I have completely finished my book in iPhoto, and when I click on "Buy Book," it says ... "Your book seems to have frames on one or more pages that do not contain photos. You must either change the layout of those pages or place photos in those frames before you can proceed with this book."
I have been through the book 10 times, and I don't see any missing photos. Any thoughts on things I can try?

If you have a one photo per page layout check to make sure it's not like this one:
These are easy to miss.
OT

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