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About family secrets and class conflict, set in secondary world.
“For generations, the di Regulai family-merchant bankers with a vast empire-has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world.”
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Cassandra PalmerUniverse
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Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.
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Heirs of AlexandriaSeries
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Alternate history, about witches, set in mediterranean.
“The books combine elements from the styles of all three authors, such as Lackey's approach to tolerance and magic and Flint's sense of history alteration.”
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The Inheritors' CycleSeries
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About witches and court intrigue.
“Now Belinda's powers are unlike anything Lorraine could have imagined.”
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Mirror MirrorNovel
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