{"title":"Lana Popovic","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"wicked-like-a-wildfire","title":"Wicked Like a Wildfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Lush. Delicious. Bewildering. And darkly magical. Popovic has created a world that you tumble into from the very first words and wish you could stay in forever.” —Evelyn Skye, author of The Crown's Game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wicked Like a Wildfire was like devouring a succulent fairy fruit—it will rob your time, settle into your dreams, and leave you starving for more.” —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo will be bewitched by Lana Popovic's debut YA fantasy novel about a bargain that binds the fates—and hearts—of twin sisters to a force larger than life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. 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