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KRISTEN NESS grew up in South Carolina and serves as a volunteer for the Island Turtle Team on Isle of Palms, SC. A graduate of Duke University and the University of South Carolina School of Law, she is an immigration attorney obsessed with marine biology. She lives near the coast in Charleston, South Carolina, with her family. At Loggerheads is her first novel.

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At Loggerheads

4.02 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions

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Happy Summer! Whether you're heading out to the beach, boarding a long flight, or taking a road trip, my debut novel AT LOGGERHEADS is now in e-book (Kindle) and audiobook (everywhere) formats for your reading and listening enjoyment! Bonus: Kindle e-book is on special start-of-summer sale for $1.99 until Friday, May 30th!

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Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

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The River We Remember

by William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author)

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