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Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Love & Romance • Coming of Age

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Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Love & Romance • Coming of Age

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Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Love & Romance • Coming of Age

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Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Love & Romance • Coming of Age

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If Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Own Voices, Blended Families, Magical Realism and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Shaun David Hutchinson, Erica Waters, Rebecca Podos, Madeleine Roux, and others.