The Wishing Heart

J.C. Welker
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Winner of the 2016 YARWA Rosemary Awards for paranormal fiction.Finalist 2018 Athena Awards in Best First Book & YA Speculative.With a book in her bag and a switchblade in her pocket, Rebel's been thieving her way through life while hoping for a cure to fix her ailing heart.But when the bejeweled vase she just tried to hawk turns out to be a jinni's vessel, Rebel gets lost to her world and dragged within another. Now every magical being in the city wants the vase for himself.Thrust into a game of cat and mouse in a world she never knew existed, Rebel must use her uncanny skills to find a way to free Anjeline the Wishmaker. But wishes have consequences. And contracts. Anjeline's freedom could unravel a love like Rebel has never known, or it could come at the cost of Rebel's heart...
Genres: FantasyYoung AdultLGBTRomanceParanormalSupernaturalLesbianWitchesRetellingsSuspense
382 Pages

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