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A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

A cursed prince. A girl pulled from our world. A kingdom trapped in a repeating nightmare. When a fierce survivor is thrust into a perilous fairy-tale realm, her grit may be the one thing the curse never accounted for. A Curse So Dark and Lonely delivers a sharp, modern twist on an old legend—full of thorny politics, slow-blooming trust, and defiant hope.

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