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Lydia MacClaren

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Lydia MacClaren has been writing stories since her earliest memories. She lives in rural Pennsylvania with her loving husband and sweet daughter. When she is not chasing around a never-sleeping baby, she writes. When she is not writing, she dreams about her fictional worlds.

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Publication day for the linguist!

Today is publication day!

The next installment in the cozy romantic fantasy novella series comes today, and it kicks off the story of Neta and Antoine. Arguably my favorite couple in this series but… we won’t let the other two couples know. 😉

The Lingiust:

Neta does not trust the Fresians who enter their remote lands to cut down their trees. However, she does trust her elders and will not allow h

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Average rating: 4.05 · 63 ratings · 40 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Seven Lives Saved 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Bone Beads (Tales of the Karish, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Trees in Spring (Tales of the Karish, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	The Linguist (Tales of the Karish #3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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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Tales of the Karish (3 books)
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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

by T. Kingfisher

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