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    Star's Crossing
    Star's Crossing
    Madeleine_Graves
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    • Reads
      Reads 1,077,036
      1,077,0361M
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      Votes 87,702
      87,70287.7K
    • Parts
      Parts 86
      8686
    • Time
      Time 10h 7m
      10 hours, 7 minutes10h 7m
    Madeleine_Graves
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    Complete, First published Sep 16, 2018
    {WATTY'S 2020 WINNER & EDITOR'S PICK.} 
        
        Hopeless romantic and aspiring writer Mare Atwood has fallen madly in love with her childhood correspondent. There's only one catch-she doesn't know who he is. When the beaus of Star's Crossing return from boarding school to begin the courting season, Mare is determined to uncover the identity of her writer, flout her family's intentions of orchestrating an advantageous marriage, and procure the life of writing and romance she's always sought.  
        
        But as in the tales she so adores, it won't be easy. 
        
        Galas, masquerades, picnics, and hunts-alongside an old friend, a former teacher, and an unlikely ally, Mare delves into an investigation that leaves her torn between three clever, deceptive, and wealthy young bachelors. If Mare can confirm which is her writer and claim his hand before the courting season ends, she'll have her wish: the love of her life, a valuable marriage, and a future of writing romance. 
        
        But with the eyes of Star's Crossing upon her, a business plot forcing invisible hands, and the unwillingness of her writer to come forward-Mare's future may not end in triumph, but tragedy.
        
        Set against the gilded Victorian backdrop of coastal Connecticut and lush with pre-war luxury, fans of Jane Austen, Margaret Mitchell, and Louisa May Alcott are sure to enjoy this lighthearted, lyrical novel of young love, independence, and identity.
        
        #1 Literary 
        #1 YA Romance 
        #1 Victorian 
        #1 Lyrical
        #8 General Fiction
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    Table of contents
    • Dear Reader,
      Fri, Dec 18, 2020
    • The First Letter
      Sun, Sep 16, 2018
    • 1: The Courting Season Begins
      Mon, Sep 17, 2018
    • 2. Girls in Storms Should Not Be Trusted
      Tue, Sep 25, 2018
    • 3: Books Make Fine Hostages (And Better Bribes)
      Wed, Sep 26, 2018
    • 4: Of Rumors and Roses
      Wed, Sep 26, 2018
    • 5: Lavish and Irreverent
      Fri, Sep 28, 2018
    • 6: A Farewell So Mysterious
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018
    • 7: Meant to be Broken
      Fri, Oct 5, 2018
    • 8: The Blood of Enemies
      Wed, Oct 10, 2018
    • 9: The Devils Are All Here
      Fri, Oct 12, 2018
    • 10: Wine is Thicker than Water
      Fri, Oct 19, 2018
    • 11: The Chase Begins
      Fri, Oct 26, 2018
    • 12: A Player Yet
      Fri, Oct 26, 2018
    • 13: Too Curious, Too Clever
      Fri, Nov 2, 2018
    • 14: Courageously Onward
      Fri, Nov 2, 2018
    • 15: The Truest Masks
      Fri, Nov 9, 2018
    • No Chapter, Headed to CA Camp Fire. Please Read!
      Fri, Nov 16, 2018
    • 16: The Heart, Once Compromised
      Fri, Nov 23, 2018
    • 17: Our Doubts Are Traitors
      Fri, Nov 23, 2018
    • 18: The Girl and the Wolf
      Fri, Nov 30, 2018
    • 19: Champagne, Like Stars
      Fri, Nov 30, 2018
    • 20: Not Entirely Proper
      Fri, Nov 30, 2018
    • 21: No Decadent Vice
      Fri, Dec 7, 2018
    • 22: Of Our Own Making
      Fri, Dec 14, 2018
    • 23: A Sundial in the Shade
      Fri, Dec 21, 2018
    • 24: A Pitied Creature
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • 25: Another Voice Silenced
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • 26: This is the Game
      Mon, Dec 31, 2018
    • 27: Mysteries
      Fri, Jan 4, 2019
    • 28: The Fall
      Fri, Jan 11, 2019
    • 29: Something Wicked This Way Comes
      Fri, Jan 18, 2019
    • 30: In Which All is Fair
      Fri, Jan 25, 2019
    • 31: By Her Name
      Fri, Jan 25, 2019
    • 32: Unrequited
      Fri, Feb 1, 2019
    • 33: Thatcher House
      Fri, Feb 8, 2019
    • 34: The World a World Away
      Fri, Feb 15, 2019
    • 35: A Coward and a Selfish Man
      Fri, Feb 22, 2019
    • 36: Prey and a Fruitless Chase
      Fri, Mar 1, 2019
    • 37: Hers
      Fri, Mar 8, 2019
    • 38: The Girl She Was
      Fri, Mar 15, 2019
    • 39: No Map, No Compass
      Fri, Mar 22, 2019
    • 40: A More Dangerous Path
      Fri, Mar 29, 2019
    • 41: A Courter of Fate
      Fri, Apr 5, 2019
    • 42: Teach Me to Bite
      Fri, Apr 12, 2019
    • 43: This is Surrender
      Fri, Apr 19, 2019
    • 44: What a Man
      Fri, Apr 26, 2019
    • 45: Daring, Brave, and Beautiful
      Fri, May 3, 2019
    • 46: The Long Journey
      Fri, May 10, 2019
    • 47: All Inferno Requires
      Fri, May 24, 2019
    • 48: The Singular Lover of Remaining Alone
      Fri, May 31, 2019
    • 49: Atwoods, Drama, and Masks
      Fri, Jun 14, 2019
    • 50: Leave to Fall or Fly
      Wed, Jul 10, 2019
    • 51: Knives and Poison Over Tea
      Wed, Jul 10, 2019
    • 52: Only a Mystery
      Fri, Aug 2, 2019
    • 53: He Who Has Forsook His Throne
      Sun, Aug 4, 2019
    • 54: There is Time
      Mon, Aug 26, 2019
    • 55: A Stone in One's Path
      Mon, Aug 26, 2019
    • 56: Knights and Queens
      Mon, Aug 26, 2019
    • 57: A Quiet Dreamer
      Mon, Aug 26, 2019
    • 58: Long Wished; Long Awaited
      Sat, Nov 9, 2019
    • 59: Every Ocean She Had Not Crossed
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 60: This Life, or the Next
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 61: Possibility, Endless
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 62: More Things in Heaven and Earth
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 63: Like Stardust
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 64: A Good Small Thing
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 65: Not a Word
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 66: All of Them, Together
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 67: A Thing So Fragile
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 68: I Did, Once
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 69: Where it All Began
      Thu, Apr 2, 2020
    • 70: The Words
      Fri, Apr 3, 2020
    • Partnership Bonus Chapter: PANIC
      Mon, May 24, 2021
    • Epilogue 1: From Far-Away
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 2: Moments Not Spoken Of
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 3: For Crowds or Pages
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 4: A Page, a Portal
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 5: Every Word
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 6: In the Dark
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 7: The Dream
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 8: Fox, All Mischief
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 9: A Sky Falling
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 10: For One Forever
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 11: Ours
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 12: Mare
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021

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    {WATTY'S 2020 WINNER & EDITOR'S PICK.} 
        
        Hopeless romantic and aspiring writer Mare Atwood has fallen madly in love with her childhood correspondent. There's only one catch-she doesn't know who he is. When the beaus of Star's Crossing return from boarding school to begin the courting season, Mare is determined to uncover the identity of her writer, flout her family's intentions of orchestrating an advantageous marriage, and procure the life of writing and romance she's always sought.  
        
        But as in the tales she so adores, it won't be easy. 
        
        Galas, masquerades, picnics, and hunts-alongside an old friend, a former teacher, and an unlikely ally, Mare delves into an investigation that leaves her torn between three clever, deceptive, and wealthy young bachelors. If Mare can confirm which is her writer and claim his hand before the courting season ends, she'll have her wish: the love of her life, a valuable marriage, and a future of writing romance. 
        
        But with the eyes of Star's Crossing upon her, a business plot forcing invisible hands, and the unwillingness of her writer to come forward-Mare's future may not end in triumph, but tragedy.
        
        Set against the gilded Victorian backdrop of coastal Connecticut and lush with pre-war luxury, fans of Jane Austen, Margaret Mitchell, and Louisa May Alcott are sure to enjoy this lighthearted, lyrical novel of young love, independence, and identity.
        
        #1 Literary 
        #1 YA Romance 
        #1 Victorian 
        #1 Lyrical
        #8 General Fiction

    86 parts

    • Epilogue 10: For One Forever
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 11: Ours
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • Epilogue 12: Mare
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
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