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Nyssa Glass and the Juliet Dilemma

Name: Nyssa Glass and the Juliet Dilemma
Rating: 4.34 (123 reviews)
Author: H.L. Burke

H.L. Burke

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Being framed for murder and forced to flee the country sort of takes the fun out of vacations.
Reformed cat burglar, Nyssa Glass, wants to lead an honest life as an electrician’s apprentice. Instead, she’s on the run with her new friend, Ellis, implicated in a crime she didn’t commit. The pair ends up stowing away on a zeppelin and meeting Renard and Amara, two teens running away to be married. But the mysterious couple is hiding something—and it might get Nyssa and Ellis killed.

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