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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

The Key to Fear by Kristin Cast

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The Empress, January 2025
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Seasick, June 2024
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Draw Down the Moon, April 2024
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Hex You, February 2023
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The Key to Fury, May 2022
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Omens Bite, April 2022
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The Key to Fear, October 2021
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Spells Trouble, March 2021
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The Key to Fear, October 2020
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The Dysasters, March 2020
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The Dysasters, March 2019
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Moon Chosen, October 2017
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The Scent of Salt and Sand, October 2016
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Amber Smoke, June 2015
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Revealed, January 2015
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Kalona\'s Fall, August 2014
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Revealed, October 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Destined, May 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Hidden, October 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Awakened, June 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Lenobia's Vow, February 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Destined, November 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Burned, October 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Dragon's Oath, July 2011
Hardcover
Burned, May 2010
Hardcover
Tempted, November 2009
Hardcover
Hunted, March 2009
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Untamed, October 2008
Paperback
Immortal: Love Stories With Bite, August 2008
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Chosen, March 2008
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Betrayed, September 2007
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Marked, May 2007
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THE KEY TO FEAR
By: Kristin Cast

The Key Series #1
Blackstone Publishing
October 2020
On Sale: October 13, 2020
ISBN: 1982548037
EAN: 9781982548032
Kindle: B087N9LJTR
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Science Fiction Romance

No touching today for a healthy tomorrow.

For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t kiss, or even hold hands. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you’ll face execution.

Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules when she sets out in search of a terminal patient who goes missing while under her care.

From the outside, it seems like Aiden was given everything he could want from the Key—a purpose, an education, and a future. But Aiden knows more than he’s letting on, and the dark secrets he’s keeping could tear the Key’s strict society apart.

When Elodie and Aiden’s lives collide, the fallout will be devastating. What do you do when the brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down?

Run.

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