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MEET CUTE MAGIC
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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles — September delivers it all.

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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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Bestselling Cleo Coyle

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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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Also by Xiran Jay Zhao:

Heavenly Tyrant, January 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Iron Widow, October 2021
Hardcover / e-Book

IRON WIDOW
By: Xiran Jay Zhao


Penguin Teen
October 2021
On Sale: September 21, 2021
Featuring: Zetian; Li Shimin
400 pages
ISBN: 0735269939
EAN: 9780735269934
Kindle: B08RHFDDD5
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Young Adult Science Fiction

Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.

The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.

When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death.

Iron Widow

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