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A Case For Destiny
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by Cinda K. Swalley
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A Case For Destiny - Women Writers, Women's Books
Cinda K. Swalley This is a story about destiny—how life led me down a road that inspired my book. It’s the prequel to my debut novel, The Golden Hearts Club. Was it possible that the journey and all t...
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Seven Spooky Facts About Laura Clarke Walker, Author of Coldharbour
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Seven Spooky Facts About Laura Clarke Walker, Author of Coldharbour - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Laura Clarke Walker Now that my first fantasy thriller, Coldharbour, has been published, people have begun to ask me how I come up with my ideas. After all, there are ghosts, demons, witches, and m...
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I Picked the Best and Worst Time to Write a Book
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by Holly Trost
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When I first woke with the vision for this book, it felt like someone had slipped a film reel into my head and started the projector. I could see the places, hear the music that follows my main charac...
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Small Writing Habits Can Equal Big Results Â
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Elizabeth Kemp
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Small Writing Habits Can Equal Big Results  - Women Writers, Women's Books
“How did you go about writing a novel?” I’ve been asked this question frequently since publishing my debut domestic thriller, Tread Lightly, in October at the age of fifty-five. Writing a book is a bi...
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The World I Built When I Couldn’t Go Home
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By Stephanie Bosshard
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By Stephanie Bosshard I never planned on wearing multiple creative hats. I simply followed the one thing that never left me – even when everything else was taken away: storytelling. Writing, acting, a...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Holly May Cormier
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Holly May Cormier - Women Writers, Women's Books
A Conversation With Memphis Monroe On Trauma Bonds, Breaking Cycles, and Finding Freedom In this imagined character interview, Memphis Monroe speaks candidly about surviving a toxic, trauma-bonded re...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Heather Cumiskey interviews Brynn Gallardo from The Sooner I Go
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Heather Cumiskey interviews Brynn Gallardo from The Sooner I Go - Women Writers, Women's Books
Authors Interviewing Characters: Heather Cumiskey interviews Brynn Gallardo from The Sooner I Go. THE SOONER I GO Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Paige Toon, this suspenseful new adult romance ...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: KELLY SCARBOROUGH
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristine Delano
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Kristine Delano - Women Writers, Women's Books
THE LIES WE TRADE In The Lies We Trade (January 20, 2026, Tyndale), former Wall Street executive turned novelist Kristine Delano delivers a taut, emotionally charged thriller about a top portfolio man...
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A Heroine for Reproductive Rights
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A Heroine for Reproductive Rights - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Nancy Bernhard Every day we see sexual predators in power go to extraordinary lengths to control and abuse women’s bodies. Watching creeps like Donald Trump, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh to...
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Happy Pub day Patricia Grayhall ! FRAMED is out today, and Patricia interviewed her main character for our site! Authors Interviewing Characters: Patricia Grayhall
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Patricia Grayhall - Women Writers, Women's Books
FRAMED She’s taking on Big Oil. But when her star witness is arrested for bank robbery, the fight for justice becomes a battle for survival. Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a ...
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The Inspiration for A Woman in Pink
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Megan A. Schikora
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Before A Woman in Pink, I wrote only in the short form. Small spaces allowed me to say what I wanted to say, and the relatively low stakes kept me comfortable. If I wrote a story or essay that no one ...
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Bianca’s Cure, Gigi Berardi
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Bianca’s Cure, Gigi Berardi - Women Writers, Women's Books
In Bianca’s Cure by Gigi Berardi (She Writes Press, February 10, 2026), Berardi brings her own training and expertise, first as a biologist at University of California San Diego and then as a social s...
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Finding the Golden Nugget: the Inspiration Behind The Girl Who Told the Truth
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by Catherine Hokin
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Catherine Hokin Historical fiction writers have a lot of tools in their author kit bag. No matter what time period we are writing about, we need an aptitude for research and a knowledge of when and h...
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The Inspiration behind Adélaïde, Painter of the Revolution
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by Janell Strube
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by Janell Strube “You have a question, Ms. Strube?” the professor asked from the projector at the front of the mostly empty theatre style classroom. “Yes,” I lowered the hand I had been holding up in ...
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Sunday Snippet is up with a real snippet. Stop by, let's talk about 2026...
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Sunday Snippet
The First One of 2026 & It's a Real Snippet Edition
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Check out our recommended reads for January!
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FAKE ART AND THE MYTH OF AUTHENTICATION
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FAKE ART AND THE MYTH OF AUTHENTICATION - Women Writers, Women's Books
Sheila Sharpe Why does art forgery succeed so successfully and so often? This question has haunted me through years of studying this fascinating subject and throughout the writing of my novel⎯Artist, ...
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LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement by Rebecca Knuth, excerpt
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LONDON SOJOURN: Rewriting Life After Retirement by Rebecca Knuth For fans of Eat, Pray, Love and Without Reservations, a captivating memoir of one woman’s bold leap into reinvention—trading academia f...
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A Late Start: Writing Your First Book after Retirement
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by Mimi Wahlfeldt
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By Mimi Wahlfeldt Once upon a time, I thought fifty was old. But the joke’s on Time. Life holds second chances, and some of them make you feel young again! After a long marketing career that meandere...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Reyna Marder Gentin
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Reyna Marder Gentin - Women Writers, Women's Books
JESSICA HARMON HAS STEPPED AWAY *** “Vivid, evocative, sensual prose . . . A rich, engrossing portrait of a mother and daughter fencing their way toward a truce.” –Kirkus Reviews  “An aspiring writer...
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On Bees and Writing
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by Linda Avellar
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On Bees and Writing - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Linda Avellar I knew nothing about bees when I started writing this story. I’ve been an amateur gardener at my home in Connecticut for years and always had great respect for bees and the good they ...
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"Narrative therapy is based on the idea that our lives are shaped not just by what happens to us, but by the stories we create to explain those experiences." Nightbird: Narrative Therapy and the Radical Act of Re-Authoring a Life by Shavaun Scott
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Nightbird: Narrative Therapy and the Radical Act of Re-Authoring a Life - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Shavaun Scott I did not set out to write my memoir Nightbird as a clinical exercise, nor did I write it simply to tell my story. I wrote it because, after decades of listening to other people make ...
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Career or Calling?
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by Anesa Miller
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Career or Calling? - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Anese Miller I know I’m not alone in wondering from time to time, Why do we bother writing in the era of visual entertainment? Video, film and photography proliferate in many formats, capturing eye...
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9 Books About Leaning on the Families We Choose in Times of Grief
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by Laura Buchwald
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9 Books About Leaning on the Families We Choose in Times of Grief - Electric Literature
Support can come in the form of a friend, a neighbor, a longtime colleague, and sometimes even a stranger
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We are delighted to feature an excerpt from Marlene Wagman-Geller's latest book!
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The World's Wealthiest Women: Fascinating Biographies of Heiresses, Royals, Entrepreneurs, and Entertainers: Excerpt - Women Writers, Women's Books
We are delighted to feature an excerpt from Fortunes and Fates—The Untold Stories of the World’s Richest Women by Marlene Wagman-Geller! Where wealth meets destiny, tragedy often follows. Heiresses ha...
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The Voice That’s True to Only You
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The Voice That’s True to Only You - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Jordan Rosenfeld There’s a new voice growing louder and stronger every day, creeping into all of our lives like a toxic mold. It’s one you’ve probably encountered even if you don’t know it yet. It’...
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Connecting Through Story by Virginia Kantra
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Connecting Through Story by Virginia Kantra - Women Writers, Women's Books
by Virginia Kantra We are born storytellers. From the time we are toddlers feeding dolls or talking on play phones, we use our imaginations to tell familiar stories. I used to enact elaborate scenari...
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Connecting Through Story by Virginia Kantra
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Connecting Through Story by Virginia Kantra - Women Writers, Women's Books
by Virginia Kantra We are born storytellers. From the time we are toddlers feeding dolls or talking on play phones, we use our imaginations to tell familiar stories. I used to enact elaborate scenari...
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Responsibility From Within: When You’re Bosnian, But Not a Survivor
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by Amra Pajalic
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By Amra Pajalic My historical mystery novel Time Kneels Between Mountains is about a young girl surviving under siege and was completed as part of a PhD in Creative Writing. As an author I sit uneasi...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Sarah Monzon interviews librarian Hayley Holt
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A Weekend on Allyson Island by Susannah B. Lewis: Excerpt
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A Weekend on Allyson Island They’ve come for a birthday celebration . . . but they’ll leave celebrating themselves. Moira Allyson is going all out for her 50th birthday. The planning part is easy–in h...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Connie Berry
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A GRAVE DECEPTION Antiques expert Kate Hamilton dives into the past to solve a fourteenth-century mystery with disturbing similarities to a modern-day murder in the sixth installment of the Kate Hamil...
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Thrilled to announce that author Suzanne Samuels' historical fiction, Seeds of the Pomegranate, is a finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards.
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Anesa Miller’s I Never Do This Confronts the Real-World Costs of Reproductive Control: When Choice Is Taken
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Anesa Miller’s I Never Do This Confronts the Real-World Costs of Reproductive Control: When Choice Is Taken
Reproductive rights are a fragile promise that can be revoked in an instant, reshaping futures and forcing women to fight for the freedom of their own bodies
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Gorgeous essay by Sarah Branson: Midwifing The Writer
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Midwifing The Writer - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Sarah Branson The contractions wake her just after midnight. At first, she just feels niggly little cramps waking her every few minutes, keeping her from deep sleep. Eager to have the process under...
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Finding My Voice: Why I Wrote Unbreakable: Rising Above an Abusive Marriage
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By Joni Parker Thomas
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By Joni Parker Thomas I wrote Unbreakable: Rising Above an Abusive Marriage to help other women who have suffered domestic violence find the strength to protect themselves and their children. Too ofte...
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Attract It All by Tsikki Thau: Exclusive Excerpt
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Attract It All by Tsikki Thau: Exclusive Excerpt - Women Writers, Women's Books
Attract It All: The Real Secret to Manifestation Discover the transformative power of manifestation in this empowering guide by renowned spiritual mentor Tsikki Thau. Drawing from 30 years of dedicate...
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On Writing Grieving 2 Grievance by Dr. Sheila S. Johnson
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On Writing Grieving 2 Grievance by Dr. Sheila S. Johnson - Women Writers, Women's Books
Losing my child was the most devastating experience I have ever faced. One moment, I was moving through life as usual; the next, I was thrown into a reality I never asked for and could not prepare for...
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The Inspiration Behind A Tiny White Light: A Memoir of a Mind in Crisis by Linda Bass
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By Linda Bass A Tiny White Light: A Memoir of a Mind in Crisis is not an academic analysis of psychosis, but instead, one woman’s story. It gradually immerses the reader in the interior of a psychotic...
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"I wondered if I had lived another life in Tudor times. Now I wonder about ancestral memory. I discovered some of my sixteenth-century ancestors actually knew both the Wyatt and Boleyn families after my first Tudor novel was published."
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Because of a Book - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Wendy J. Dunn Increasingly, I read about the decline of reading. That fewer people have or make the time to read books. Every time I read this, I feel sad. More than simply sad. I am who I am becau...
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Interview with T. Kingfisher, author of SNAKE EATER
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Interview with T. Kingfisher, author of SNAKE EATER - Women Writers, Women's Books
With a remote desert setting, a house brimming with secrets, a wonderfully eclectic cast of characters including desert spirits and gods, SNAKE-EATERÂ has all of the rich, dark fantasy elements as well...
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Interview with Brionni Nwosu
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Interview with Brionni Nwosu - Women Writers, Women's Books
Interview with Brionni Nwosu author of THE WONDROUS LIFE AND LOVES OF NELLA CARTER Can you tell us a little bit about your writing journey? I started trying to write seriously in 2018. At the time, I ...
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman
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TEN THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS FROM OKAY A widowed and grieving young novelist believes her words create realities―both tragic and charmed―in a hopeful and surprising novel about family, newfound love, and ...
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Check out our recommended reads for December!
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The Magpie Way to Becoming a Writer
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By Nina Schuyler There’s my desk. Here is a jar of my favorite pens, Pilot, Precise, V5, black ink. I keep a thesaurus here. While it’s not a room of my own (I wish, Virginia), it is a corner of the b...
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We're featuring a gorgeous piece by Tunisian-born author Amal Hdhili on the site today on the theme of home. Please take a look, and let us know in the comments what home means to you!
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Coming Home to Me: The Story Before the Story by Amal Hdhili - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Amal Hdhili Every story starts somewhere. Not always in a childhood memory or a grand epiphany, but sometimes in the quietest, most fragile moments — the ones we barely notice while living them. An...
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" I began writing stories exclusively for audio—and everything changed." Behind The Room Next Door by Wendy Walker
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Behind The Room Next Door by Wendy Walker - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Wendy Walker In the weeks since its release, The Room Next Door has found an extraordinary audience: four weeks in the top three fiction titles on Audible—with a #1 spot in its first week—along wit...
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HAPPY PUB DAY
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! SCATTERED LIGHT is out today and we're featuring Martha on the site! Authors Interviewing Characters: Martha Engber
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SCATTERED LIGHT Second book in the Mary Donahue Chronicles, and sequel to the award-winning YA novel, WINTER LIGHT. When 36-year-old attorney Mary Donahue of Chicago meets the surprising man of her dr...
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Happy Pub Day Liz Alterman ! A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POISON is out today and we're featuring Liz on the site! Authors Interviewing Characters: Liz Alterman interviews Molly Archer from A Different Type of Poison
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Liz Alterman interviews Molly Archer from A Different Type of Poison - Women Writers, Women's Books
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POISON How much truth is worth telling? The Plot meets Disclaimer in a simmering, slow-burn domestic thriller and psychological suspense novel that explores the stories we tell, th...
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