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Jess Watkins

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Jess is an avid reader, writer and chocolate devourer. She runs a book blog called A Book Addict's Bookshelves. She has lived in three different countries and owns an unreasonable number of t-shirts.
She is the author of Girl Meets Underworld, As We Lie Dying and The Curse of the Sea. She also has short stories in two anthologies: Escaping Rapture which is part of the After Tomorrow Anthology, and Renee and The Wolf which is part of the Mystical Bites Anthology.
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Jess Watkins Hi Nikki,
Girl Meets Underworld is currently not available to buy as I ended the contract with the publisher and I'm planning to re-write it.
I do have …more
Hi Nikki,
Girl Meets Underworld is currently not available to buy as I ended the contract with the publisher and I'm planning to re-write it.
I do have some works in progress on Wattpad if you'd like to read those (some are paranormal) :) My username is snowglobe10.
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Jess Watkins Hi, Tempest. I'm not currently planning a sequel as I'm working on other projects but I might consider it in the future :)
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Hi, Tempest. I'm not currently planning a sequel as I'm working on other projects but I might consider it in the future :)
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Review - Butter by Asako Yuzuki, Polly Barton (translator)

 

 

 


 Title: Butter

Author: Asako Yuzuki, Polly Barton (translator)

Pages: 448

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Release Date: 29th February 2024

 

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 There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists andmargarine.

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in TokyoDetention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonelybusinessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her deliciou

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