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	The Heart of Winter 4.01 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughters of Nicnevin 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ashael Rising (Vessel of KalaDene, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outlander and the Real Jacobites: Scotland’s Fight for the Stuarts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flame and the Flood 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	BFS Horizons #10 by Shona Kinsella (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Major (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian Hunter (Poetry Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BFS Horizons #9 by Shona Kinsella (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Major (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian Hunter (Poetry Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BFS Horizons #14 by Shona Kinsella (Goodreads Author) (Fiction Editor), Pete W Sutton (Fiction Editor), Ian Hunter (Poetry Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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It's competition time, and I've got something special planned! To enter, send me a photo of Ashael Rising in the wild. It can be the book in your house, in a bookshop or library, on your kindle, on the beach ... the possibilities are endless. If you don't yet have a copy of the book or don't like pictures, send me a creative blurb for the book; your best elevator pitch.

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Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King

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