Glitter & Thorns
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Last published Mon, Dec 30, 2019
In a world where magic is mined and distributed-at a steep cost-no one bothers to think twice where it comes from. Gwynna Sareclaw is preoccupied with her own secrets, with hiding the growing power that burns in her blood. Until Leise, a watchman employed by her father, is kidnapped. Driven by her need for revenge and to save the one person she has left, Gwynna becomes immersed in a world of danger, of blood and fire and gold, where one thing is certain-the truth cuts deep as any knife.
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