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    How Does It Feel?: Infatuated Fae Book 1
    Jeneane O'Riley
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    When biologist Callie falls through a fairy portal, she's mistaken for an assassin by a dangerous Unseelie prince. BookTok's dark fantasy obsession that turned non-readers into Kindle owners - where forbidden attraction meets deadly trials in a mushroom-lover's lush, otherworldly adventure.

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