The Fitzgerald Institute - Imperium
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Eden Dawkins is not who she thought she was.
After a horrific accident that seems to have destroyed her entire life, Eden joins the mysterious Fitzgerald Institute and her already complex life becomes even more so: not only does she have a gift, she has killed. Her mentor is as beautiful as he is unsettling, her power as frightening as it is untameable.
Welcome to the Fitzgerald Institute, where danger is an everyday occurrence and conspiracies are old friends...
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Tropes: heroine in spite of herself, anti-hero, slow-burn romance, villain obssession, boarding school in a castle, magic systems
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DISCLAIMER : English is not my mother tongue ; this book is a British English translation of my original work written in French. Thus, mistake are likely to occur. Please bear with me.
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