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- 1 2 Micah Mertes. "Meet Chloe Neill, a contract attorney by day, best-selling author of supernatural series by night".
- ↑ "Five books like 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' to fill the void (Guest post by Chelsea Mueller)".
- ↑ "10 sci-fi and fantasy romance recommendations to kickstart your August reading". Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ "Libros juveniles de ciencia ficción y fantasía".
- ↑ "Alcune ragazze mordono".
- ↑ "Neuerscheinungen der Woche".
