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THE AWAKENING

By Nora Roberts (Hachette, RRP $34.99)

normally wouldn’t put my hand up for fantasy narratives, but the first of a new trilogy from uber-successful author Nora Roberts (more than 220 books so far!) may have converted me. Breen Kelly hates her job and is drowning in student debt.

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