Perfect Poison
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Karla Ravenberg, an orphan raised in an insane asylum, wants nothing more than to graduate from the University of Lavantia and become a successful healer. With no financial support and the constant pressure to maintain top grades to keep her scholarship, every day at university feels like a battle for survival.
But hope appears on the horizon: The annual university competition.
Winning would change everything.
The only problem? Karla must outsmart the brightest minds in the school and work alongside a maddening rival who's hiding far more than he lets on.
But then... so is Karla.
Perfect Poison is a slow-burn fantasy romance set in a world of mystical forests, deadly dragons, and secrets that could destroy everything she's fought for.
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