The Hollow Crown
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Last published Sat, Jun 21, 2025
In a world cursed by a witch, sixteen-year-old Verena Willis moves from New York to a small town in Oregon. When she stumbles on a mysterious, leather-bound book hidden in her new house, she gets pulled into a realm where shadows flip, reality warps, and nothing is quite normal. As the secrets of the world unravel, darkness lurks in every corner. Verena has two choices - loose herself to the world and go insane or make an attempt in breaking the deadly curse.
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