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"At once unsettling and totally captivating." - Natasha Sholl

Between You and Me is a riveting portrayal of female friendship, and the frayed boundary between loyalty and desire.

Mari and Elisabeth have been at the centre of each other's lives for years. Close friends since university, they're now drifting through…

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1 author picked Between You and Me as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book was recommended to me by a fellow writer with excellent taste, so I knew it would be something special.

What sticks with me about this book is that Horton has created a world and feeling that I found enrapturing for reasons I find it hard to put my finger on. The story follows the complicated relationship between two students and a university professor and insightfully examines power, age, and gender dynamics in a way that asks more questions than it answers, all of which was fascinating.

But what really shines about this novel is the way the characters…

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