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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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Title: Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Author: Grady Hendrix Pages: 502 Publisher: Tor Nightfire Release Date: 16th January 2025   Blurb from Goodreads: 

I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to haveto do an evil thing to get out.’

They call themwayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’resent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwedm

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