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Rebecca Buchanan Author Of A Witch Among Wolves

From Rebecca's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Rebecca's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Rebecca Buchanan Why Rebecca loves this book

I absolutely loved the evolving relationship between Ellie and Adam. She's smart, spunky, and brave. And he's smart enough to ignore the gender conventions of his day and embrace her intelligence and courage.

By Jacquelyn Benson ,

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2 authors picked Empire of Shadows as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Nice Victorian ladies don't run off to find legendary lost cities.

One trifling little arrest shouldn't have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it's only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.

When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she's holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There's just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.

To race him to the ruins-and avoid being violently disposed of-she needs the help of maverick surveyor Adam Bates, a snake-wrangling…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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From 5ldrr0hd's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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This was very hard to pick. Any book by Rachel Grant or Toni Anderson could go here, but I picked The Buried Hours because of the way the main character handled her situation. Have you ever done something and completely forgotten what happened or trusted someone who put you in danger? This character had so much stuff going on and basically she was on her own because of the entire trust issues. She was amazing! And the location in a national park? Perfect!

By R.S. Grant ,

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1 author picked The Buried Hours as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Is she following a path of redemption or an enemy's revenge? A crime reporter's traumatic past comes back to haunt her in a twisting novel of lies, betrayals, and killer secrets.

Investigative crime journalist Signe Gates's life became a nightmare the day she was kidnapped and drugged. After forty-eight missing hours, she woke to a blur of unsettling memories and a warning from her unknown abductors: tell anyone what happened and they'll die. They've already proved they will deliver on that threat.

For two years, Signe has been haunted by what she knows she did and terrified of what else…


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