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Ilona Andrews, T. Kingfisher, Madeline Miller, Louise Penny.

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Karissa lives in North Carolina with her husband, semi-feral outside cats, and occasional in-laws. Now empty-nesters, Karissa and her husband spend their free time adventuring on their motorcycles. She also loves to crochet, kayak, and read everything from sci-fi and fantasy, to romance, cozy mysteries, and non-fiction.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 827 ratings · 413 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Midnight Burning (The Norse Chronicles, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Touch of Smoke 4.20 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arctic Dawn (The Norse Chronicles, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molten Dusk (The Norse Chronicles, #3) 4.57 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heir of Thunder 4.07 avg rating — 60 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norse Chronicles 4.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonlight Falling (The Norse Chronicles #0.5) 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quest of Thunder 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serendipity at the End of the World 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crown of Thunder 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What started out as Kindle Vella experiment is on its way to becoming a novel available through more traditional means (E-book and paperback). That's right, SERENDIPITY AT THE END OF THE WORLD is making its final rounds through the proofreading queues at Red Adept Publishing, and will hopefully be making it's ways to bookshelves across the world (but probably mostly just the bookshelves in my own

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Karissa Laurel and 752 other people liked anh's review of Silver Elite (Silver Elite, #1): "2.5 stars Let me be clear right away: I didn’t hate this book. In fact, I had a pretty good time with it. I flew through the chapters, stayed engaged from beginning to end, and never once felt bored. That alone puts it ahead of plenty of books I’ve sl" Read more of this review »
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Karissa Laurel rated a book it was amazing Chasing Stardust by Erica Lucke Dean (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is the perfect, uplifting, funny, romantic book to read when you need a little boost to your spirits. Zoey, as a character, maybe starts out as a little bit of a downer, but once we understand she's had to grow up a little too soon and take on m ...more
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“No one insisted on enforcing the sitting-in-laps provision, for which I was grateful.”
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“Humanity as a whole, particularly in large amounts and in confined areas, overwhelms me.”
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