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Allison Saft: Dark and Drowning Tide (2024, Random House Publishing Group)

Putting a face to the name filled her with a feeling she couldn't entirely describe. Lorelei had always borne a grudging respect for her anonymous rival. She, too, must have understood what it was like to succeed when everyone wanted you to fail. But knowing that she was a bloviating try-hard, a fop with a too-loud voice and a too-easy smile... It was almost too much for her pride to bear.

That was the moment she decided to hate Sylvia von Wolff.

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