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Gwen Mitchell

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Gwen is living her happily ever after in the PNW. She's a nature lover, science geek, and spiritual explorer, with a nose for well-aged tequila and an unhealthy obsession with bookish candles.

When not chasing butterflies to hidden waterfalls or cavorting through the Emerald City, she can be found reading in a cozy chair with a cup of tea at hand or brewing up her own tales of magic, adventure, and romance.

Join her Readers List to receive a free witchy romance ebook, and get all the behind-the-scenes info on what's bubbling in the cauldron.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 200 ratings · 63 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Rain of Ash (Skydancer #1) 4.12 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	To Tame a Wild Heart (Zyne Legacy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2017	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
	Cloak of Deceit (Alex Moore #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2015	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
	Veil of Thorns (Skydancer #2) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 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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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

by Toni Morrison

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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

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Beneath the Alabaster Spire (The Immortal Orders, #2)

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“In the fairytales, when the knight in shining armor is killed defending his fair maiden, she brings him back to life with a magical kiss, and they live happily ever after.
But this wasn’t that sort of fairytale.”
― Gwen Mitchell, Veil of Thorns

tags: angst, foreboding, love-triangle, romantic-fantasy, witches

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“Changing the currents of Fate, even by accident, comes at a heavy price.”
― Gwen Mitchell, Rain of Ash

tags: destiny, fate, foresight, future, oracle, premonition, time-travel, witches

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“The weight of his words settled in the pit of my stomach. Old fears and worries stirred in the depths of my thoughts. How I wanted to believe him, to trust him, to love him. But the flip side of the wild desire to give him everything was the chilling knowledge of what usually happened when I followed my heart, or my body — both of which wanted to surrender to Julian utterly.”
― Gwen Mitchell, Cloak of Deceit

tags: love, risking-love, vulnerability

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“Under all that charred wreckage was the heartwood. Bruised. Scarred. But still good. Still capable of growth. When she looked in the mirror, she no longer saw a victim, but a survivor.”
― Gwen Mitchell, Rain of Ash

tags: growth, inner-strength, scars, struggle, survivor, survivors, survivorship

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“Changing the currents of Fate, even by accident, comes at a heavy price.”
― Gwen Mitchell, Rain of Ash

tags: destiny, fate, foresight, future, oracle, premonition, time-travel, witches

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
― Kahlil Gibran

tags: scars, souls, suffering

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“Another thing about pain - it renders you incapable of bullshit.”
― Gwen Mitchell, Cloak of Deceit

tags: gritty, pain, sass, snark

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“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
― J.K. Rowling

tags: books, magic, magic-books

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