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Cover Reveal: Of Darkness and Ruination – Rachel Fallon

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This cover is positively magical and we are thrilled to share it with you today! There are also some amazing pre-order incentives too so don’t miss out!

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Of Darkness and Ruination (The Star Queen Chronicles Book 1)

Expected Publication Date: April 4, 2024

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

Cover Artist: @violet.book.design

🗡️Enemies-to-Lovers

❤️Fated Mates

☀️Light vs Dark

☠️Touch Her & Di3

🐉Shadow Daddy Dragon Shifter

🔍Courtly Intrigue

✨Fae Shifters

Starlight in her veins, and a soul that calls for darkness.

On the magical continent of Celesterra, all humans are enslaved to the ruling fae…

Asteria Zagreus, a mortal young woman enslaved on Celesterra, must face Placement Day, the one day where all humans, at the age of Twenty-One, are placed in new kingdoms and given new masters to serve. Come Placement Day, Asteria is forced into the Dusk Kingdom and given to its Prince, Cyrus Tynan. When she refuses him and his desires, Asteria realizes she has only one option: escaping her enslavement and finding something thought impossible—freedom. Asteria must begin to play her own game within the court…and with the Prince of Dusk Kingdom himself.

Enemies come from all sides, however, and the merciless ruler of the Night Kingdom, King Calix Atarah Erebus, starts making his move against the Dusk Kingdom. Yet, darkness calls to Asteria in mysterious ways, and an equally mysterious soldier makes her question who the real monsters are—especially when it comes to a brutal king and a callous prince. With a bloody war brewing on the horizon, Asteria must decide who the true villain of her story is. Her choice, and the consequences of it, will ripple out across the continent.

Chaos rises, resistance gathers, and a soulmate bond is tested, while Asteria begins down a path that will change the course of history…

Of Darkness and Ruination is the first book in a compelling new adult romantic fantasy series featuring contrasting light and dark love interests and the delicate line of balance and chaos for a magical land. Plus fae shifters, court intrigue, resistance to slavery, a shadow daddy love interest who can shift into a dragon, and a heroine finding her own power and fighting for what she believes in. Perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, Jennifer L Armentrout, Clare Sager, Nisha J Tuli, Carissa Broadbent, Chloe C. Peñaranda, and Raven Kennedy!

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Everyone who preorders can fill out the preorder incentive form on author’s linktree with proof of purchase to get a swag pack containing an art print, bookmark, and sticker

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Blog Tour: Spiteful Punks – Madeline Fay

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Welcome to the book tour for Spiteful Punks by Madeline Fay! The newest book in the series, Psycho Punks will be out on March 14th!

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Spiteful Punks: Enemies to Lovers romance (Dolls and douchebags Book 1)

Publication Date: March 2021

Genre: Dark Romance

🖤Dark

🖤Why Choose

🖤Bvlly

🖤Step Brother

🖤Gang

🖤Motorcycle Clubs

🖤Blud Play

🖤Obsessive Alphaholes

🖤Praise K!nk

🖤Breath Play

And SO MUCH MORE!!!

What do you do when you’re so empty inside, you feel nothing?

When all you’ve ever known was pain?

You run. That’s what I did—I ran away without once looking back.

People say starting over is the best way for a new beginning, but that’s far from the truth if you end up back where you began. Sometimes life likes to throw lemons at you really hard until there’s nothing left to do but make lemonade.

I’ve known pain, but not the kind that messes with my heart.

That is until Logan, Dalton, Tey, and Nicholas came into my life without a warning label.

I’m not prepared, and I’m afraid after fighting since day one…they might just be the reason I finally break.

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*A dark, why choose bully romance.

*Trigger warning, dark themes that may be sensitive for some readers. Enter with caution.

*Check very beginning of book for trigger warnings please.

*18+

About the Author

Madeline Fay writes in the romance fiction genre. Contemporary, New Adult, Suspense, Paranormal, Dark, Sports and Why Choose romance. She’s been writing for three years now, her fingers glued to the keyboard the moment she found her niche in life. It started off as short stories in high school then after working jobs that never felt right, she finally started following her dream as an author. Many books later, many genres, she wants her writing to reach readers that will give them an escape like it did for her with each book she wrote. She stays in her writing cave, ideas flowing and coffee cup overflowing.

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March 4th

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March 6th

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March 8th

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Blog Tour: The Nephilim’s Fate – Eliza Hampstead

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We’re pleased to share The Nephilim’s Fate with all of you this week! Read on for more details!

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The Nephilim’s Fate: A Forbidden Love Fantasy Romance (War of the Nephilim Series Book 1)

Publication Date: August 2022

Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Romantic Fantasy

Love is a deadly curse…Will the forbidden love between a witch and a Nephilim spark a fatal magical war?

Alissia spent years longing for a mysterious man who only appeared in her dreams, but when Nate rescues her from a group of supernatural attackers, she makes a shocking discovery. She’s a witch, and he’s a Nephilim—the son of an angel and a human—and love between them is impossible.

Determined to prove the old texts wrong and find a future where they can be together, Alissia wades deeper into a mysterious world where vampires, fae, and demons lurk among humanity. A surprising revelation fuels Alissia’s belief that she has found the answer, but their passionate love triggers a wild chain of events that threatens to plunge the secret magical world of London into war.

With sinister magical groups vying for power and old rivalries bubbling to the surface, Nate and his love are quickly dragged into a conflict that will shape the destiny of their world forever. Nate knows that he’s fated to be with her—but is he prepared to risk everything to stay with his witch?

Gear up for a hot and pulse-pounding paranormal romance that’s bursting at the seams with wild action, forbidden love, steamy scenes, and a strong heroine.

* Warning: strong language, steamy scenes, and graphic violence inside. *

*Trigger warning: Mention/Description of abduction, blood, death, rape, and torture.*

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About the Author

Award-winning author Eliza Hampstead, a scientist by training, lives with her family in the UK. When she’s not writing, she spends her time as a geek. Playing all sorts of games (board games, video games, RPGs) and being a big fan of mediaeval history are only a few of the many hobbies she has. Passionate about fantasy, she’s always planning her next adventure.

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Blog Tour: The Other Gwyn Girl – Nicola Cornick

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1671 – London

The Civil War is over and Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’, is revelling in the throne of his murdered father and all the privileges and power that comes with it. Sharing the spoils is his favourite companion, the celebrated beauty, actress Nell Gwyn. Beloved of the English people, Nell has come a long way from selling oranges and a childhood in a brothel, but as her fortunes have turned, her sister Rose has taken a different path. Marriage to a feckless highwayman has left Rose in the grim Marshalsea prison and now she needs her sister’s mercy to help get her out. But Nell needs Rose too. A plot to steal the Crown Jewels has gone tragically wrong, and Nell’s future with her protector King is at risk. If Rose can’t solve the riddle of the jewels both Gwyn sisters will head straight to the Tower.

Present Day

Librarian and history enthusiast Jess Yates has hit rock bottom. With her ex behind bars for fraud, Jess needs to lay low – easier said than done with a celebrity sister. But Tavy has her uses. Her latest
TV project involves renovating Fortune Hall, and she needs a house sitter while she’s jetting around the world. The opportunity is too good to miss, especially when Jess discovers that Fortune Hall has
links to the infamous Nell Gwyn.

Slowly the house begins to reveal its mysteries, and secrets that have laid buried for centuries can no longer be ignored. Jess hears echoes from a tragic past and as she struggles to understand her sister, Jess feels ever closer to Rose Gwyn, the sister forgotten by history but who had the fate of her family in her hands.

Bestselling author Nicola Cornick is back with a captivating, gripping, unforgettable tale of treachery and treason, love and loyalty, perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Elena Collins and Christina Courtenay.

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Nicola Cornick is a historian and author who works as a researcher and guide for the National Trust in one of the most beautiful 17th century houses in England. She writes dual time novels that illustrate
her love of history, mystery and the supernatural, and focus on women from the footnotes of history.
Her books have appeared in over twenty five languages, sold over half a million copies worldwide and been described as “perfect for Outlander fans.” Nicola also gives writing and history talks, works as a consultant for TV and radio, and is a trustee of the Wantage Literary Festival and the Friends of Lydiard Park.

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My thoughts: This is my sort of historical fiction, fleshing out the stories of women, real ones and fictional ones, giving them a voice and a life that feels real and rich.

Rose Gwyn was a real person, sister of the famous Nell – mistress of Charles II and supposedly the reason women were finally allowed to act on stage. But Rose is overshadowed by her sister, both in records and in her life. Nell was beautiful and has gone down in history. Rose didn’t want the limelight and chose a different path.

Nicola Cornick has given Rose her own story, of theft and an unhappy marriage, then royal pardon and joy in her second marriage with Sir Guy Forster. A country life and probably trips to London for the theatre and to see Nell. It might seem like a quiet one, but I can imagine it was happy.

Rose’s story is revealed by Jess, herself the sister of a celebrity, in reality star Tavy, and with a rotter of a partner, jailed for fraud. She’s down on her luck and staying in her sister’s house, one that might have a link to the Gwyn sisters, if she can find it. A librarian by training, she’s the perfect person to rummage through the records and find out which of the Gwyn girls lived in Becote House. She also meets the charming Ethan Forster, whose family once owned the house, could he be a descendant of Rose and Guy?

With two delightful romances, intrigue, scandal and wonderful characters brought vividly to life, this is a treat to read.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Book Release Blitz: A Game of Love and Betrayal – Elayna R. Gallea

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It’s release day! Congratulations to author Elayna R. Gallea! Be sure to add A Game of Love and Betrayal to your TBR. Even better, your cart!

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A Game of Love and Betrayal (The Choosing Chronicles #1)

Expected Publication Date: March 7, 2024

Genre: NA Enemies-to-Lovers Fantasy

❤️Protective Fae Alpha Male

✨Will Break Rules for the Ones He Loves

🩸Morally Gray Vampire FMC w/ Shadows & Wings

☠️Wants to Unal1ve Him

☀️Wants to Give Her the Sun

He requires a wife. She needs to st&b him. All’s fair in pursuit of love and revenge.

What’s a vampire to do when the fae who made her an orphan is searching for a wife?

Make him choose her and end his life on their wedding night, of course.

Brynleigh has been carefully planning this for years. Her plan is simple: date Ryker Waterborn, the Fae Representative’s son, make him fall in love with her, and kill him after they say, “I do.”

Unfortunately, it isn’t going to be that easy. She won’t be the only one going after Ryker’s hand. Far from it. Two dozen men and women from around the Republic of Balance are competing in The Choosing in the search of their perfect partner. The catch? It’s a blind selection process, and contestants won’t see each other until they have selected their partner.

Nothing will stand between Brynleigh and her revenge, not even a competition for love.

A Game of Love and Betrayal is the first book in The Choosing Chronicles, a captivating enemies-to-lovers, new adult urban high fantasy romance. 

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About the Author

Elayna R. Gallea is a whimsical weaver of words, creating tales of romantic fantasy. Nestled in the enchanting land of New Brunswick, Canada, she lives with her husband and two younglings. When she’s not writing fantastical stories, she eats copious amounts of chocolate and cheese, reads every day, and plays with her cats and dogs.

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Cover Reveal: Fiery Little Thing – Avina St. Graves

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We’re thrilled to present the cover of Avina St. Graves’ upcoming dark high school romance, Fiery Little Thing!

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Fiery Little Thing: A Dark High School Romance

Expected Publication Date: May 22, 2024

Genre: Dark Romance

🔥 Hate to Love/ Enemies to Lovers
🔥 Unhinged Hero and Heroine
🔥 Questionable Use of Medical Equipment
🔥 Bvllying and Banter
🔥 Unhinged Heroine
🔥 Kleptomaniac/ Pyromaniac
🔥 Interracial Couple
🔥 Obsessed Hero

What’s that saying? What goes around, comes around? You torch my house, I demolish yours?

Kohen Osman is a pyromaniac who keeps trying to steal my gig—which is… well, stealing. The difference is, he has sticky fingers because he’s a spoiled brat who thinks he’s better than the family of junkies that live down the block.

I thought life at reform school would be better with neither Kohen or my family anywhere in sight. But my freedom from them was short and not sweet. There’s only so much a person can take before they turn into dust.

One day, he’ll burn for everything he’s done. They all will.

And I’ll be the one who lights the match.

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Triggers

Degradation, sex, questionable use of medical equipment, BDSM (clamps and rope play), orgasm denial, dub-con, consent non-consent, forced breeding, air play, pyrophilia, pyromania, kleptomania, trichophagia, drug abuse and addiction, reference to overdose, alcohol use, bullying, trauma, death, profanity, mental health issues, parental neglect, reference to off screen emotional child neglect and abuse, financial abuse, financial manipulation, reference to off screen dissection of animals, non-sexual choking by the MMC, the FMC has sex with someone other than the MMC (while they aren’t together), manhandling by the MMC, violence, domestic violence, childhood trauma, toxic characters, arson, attempted sexual assault, victim blaming, hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy.

Please read with caution. Your mental health matters.

About the Author

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From an early age, romance author Avina St. Graves spent her days imagining fantasy worlds and dreamy fictional men, which spurred on from her introverted tendencies. In all her day dreaming, there seemed to be a reoccurring theme of morally grey female characters, love interests that belong in prison, and unnecessary trauma and bloodshed.

Much to everyone’s misfortune, she now spends her days in a white collar job praying to every god known to man that she might be able to write full time and give the world more red flags to froth over.

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Blog Tour: A House of Fangs & Deceit – Alex Frost

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We are so EXCITED to share A House of Fangs and Deceit with you this week! Everything about it is just… *Chef’s Kiss

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A House of Fangs & Deceit: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Lunaria Realms Book 1)

Publication Date: January 23, 2024

Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance/ Why Choose

*Why Choose
*Equal Parts Plot & Spice
*Smart/ Ambitious Mid-size FMC
*Queer Rep
*Rivals-to-Lovers
*Friends-to-Lovers
*Unique Take on Vampires, Shifters, Fae, & Other Magical Creatures

The fae are gone and the monsters reign.

Lunaria was always a land full of nightmares. But when the fae vanished without a trace, we had to make sacrifices to survive.

From the ashes, the Moroi Houses rose.

As the Heir to one of the most influential Houses, I’ve always known that an arranged marriage would be part of my future. One where I ruled alongside my husband as we fought to strengthen the crumbling alliances of our people.

When I’m betrayed by my husband and his House, however, I return home to an uncertain future—and to both my childhood crush and my arch-nemesis. Kieran is even more gorgeous and clever-tongued than I remember, while Alaric is frustrating… and hotter than he has any right to be. And then there’s the taciturn librarian and their magical ropes…

Navigating politics has always come easily to me, but I don’t know how to deal with my complicated desires or whom I can trust. Because the blood wards that have kept our realm safe for over a century are failing. The monsters are drawing closer, and someone is aiding them.

This is a spicy fantasy romance with love interests who don’t mind sharing. You can expect different types of relationships ranging from sweet and playful to enemies-to-lovers; set in a world full of monsters with a dark history.

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About the Author

Alex Frost is… actually Maddox Grey. Dun dun duuuuun!

Okay probably not that dramatic of a reveal since it isn’t exactly a closely guarded secret. The pen name Alex Frost was created to publish the spicier fantasy series that fall under the “Why Choose” genre.

Why Alex Frost? Because Maddox is a freaking nerd. After being trained by local baristas to respond to the name “Alex” instead of Maddox, it seemed like the perfect pen name. Half of it anyway.

Since Maddox already shares their last name with Jean Grey of the X-Men, it seemed fitting to borrow Emma Frost’s last name for their other persona.

If you know, you know. (insert smirking face)

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Blog Tour: It’s Complicated – Camilla Isley

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Lori has been in love with her best friend Aiden since college. Now Aiden (handsome, fair, All-American dream doctor) is getting married, and Lori desperately needs a date to the wedding.
So she asks the best man, Jace (tall, dark, and brooding), to pretend their platonic friendship is something more not to have to face the worst day of her life alone.
Fake dating one best friend to forget the other should be easy… Plot twist—it’s not. When Jace starts acting like the sweetest, most attentive boyfriend, Lori begins to wonder if she’s been seeing him wrong all this time?
They’ve been an inseparable trio since freshman year, but now everything is changing — and that’s not even bringing Jace’s feelings into the mix.
Basically? It’s complicated.

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Camilla Isley is an engineer who left science behind to write bestselling contemporary rom-coms set all around the world. She lives in Italy and her first title for Boldwood, The Love Theorem, a
Hollywood-meets-STEM romance was published in June 2023.

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My thoughts: Lori loves Aiden, but Aiden’s marrying Kirsten, and Jace loves Lori, but they’re just friends…or are they?

When Lori asks her pal Jace to fake date till they get through Aiden’s wedding, she doesn’t realise that her friend has been in love with her since college, roughly the same length of time she’s been in love with Aiden, or is she?

Realising there’s more to Jace than she thought, and that he could be more than “just friends” totally blows Lori’s world view apart, maybe The One isn’t the friend she fell for all those years ago (Aiden) but the The One Next To Him.

With the humour and romance you expect from one of Camilla Isley’s delightful rom coms, this is Doctors Do Dating and Falling in Love, turns out they’re smart, just not when it comes to love!! Lots of fun and with a perfectly charming happy ever after.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.

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Cover Reveal: The Other Side of the Mirror – Dana Evyn

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We are thrilled to present the cover of The Other Side of the Mirror by Dana Evyn, coming this April!

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The Other Side of the Mirror (The Mirror Trilogy Book 1)

Expected Publication Date: April 9, 2024

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Fae Fantasy

✨Fated Mates

✨Forced Proximity

✨Found Family

✨One Horse

✨Who Did this to You?

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Blog Tour: In The Shadows – L.B. August

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This week, we’re celebrating the long-anticipated release of In the Shadows by L.B. August! You are going to want to add this one to your TBR!

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In the Shadows (The Amari Series #1)

Expected Publication Date: February 27, 2024

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Enemies-to-Lovers

🔥Forced Proximity

🔥Forbidden Love

🔥Found Family

🔥Political Intrigue

🔥Elemental Magic

🔥Secret Identity

🔥Soul Mates

🔥Slow Burn

Damned by gods and threaded by fates, two mortals must embrace the darkness to find their true destinies.

Lilith Clarke is supposed to be dead: murdered by the vicious King Oren, her blood staining a field of daisies. But death would have been merciful.

After years of having no name, she is finally given a title: Queen of Umbra. But it will cost her everything. Lily is now bound to King Asher, the most powerful and brutal shadow divinus in all of Omnia. Forced to rule in secret, she slowly loses herself to the darkness. She fears it will swallow her whole.

Until he arrives, tugging an ancient thread deep within her soul.

Theodore Kincaid seeks justice in Umbra but falls captive to his sworn enemy, the ruthless King Asher. Trapped in the kingdom that killed his beloved, his fate seems sealed until a chance encounter with the secret Queen of Umbra offers him an opportunity he can’t resist.

Theo and the Queen each believe that they are in full control, but neither is prepared for what the fates have in store.

Amidst a realm on the brink of chaos, two souls collide in a heart-wrenching tale of unveiling secrets, conquering the darkness, and igniting a love that could save or destroy.

In The Shadows is the first book in a new series filled with forbidden romance, enemies-to-lovers, magical powers, fated mates, and political intrigue. It’s perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Fourth Wing, The Cruel Prince, One Dark Window, and A Court of Thorns and Roses.

In The Shadows features mature content and themes that is not suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. For all content warnings, please visit L.B.’s Instagram.

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About the Author

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Born and raised in Ohio, where she still resides with her spouse, young child, and sweet senior dog, L.B. August’s most significant memories are Cedar Point and failing Hooked on Phonics (true story). Thrill seeking and difficulty reading followed L.B. into adulthood until, in 2022, she discovered a genre that tapped into the excitement of escapism and world building while capturing her attention and turning her into a voracious reader of fantasy. As she devoured book after book, L.B. found herself desperately wanting to read more empowered female characters within the genre, so she set off to write her own. Encouraged by her best friend, she wrote her debut novel, In The Shadows. Now she can be found hyper-fixating on new projects, downing copious amounts of black coffee, and pretending to be a corporate professional, all while crafting intricate, rich stories with captivating characters that she hopes will pass on her newfound passion for reading.

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