We’ve been enthusiastic fans of Rufi Thorpe since the 2014 release of her first novel, The Girls from Corona Del Mar. Now she’s back to celebrate her second novel, Dear Fang, With Love, a bold, spellbinding work that features one of the most fascinating protagonists in recent memory. It tells the story of 17-year-old Vera – ravishing, troubled, wildly intelligent – who travels to Europe with Lucas, her estranged father who is hoping that an immersion in history might help them forget his past mistakes and her uncertain future.

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