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  1. Rec 5

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    Clea isn't interested in being tied to anyone in marriage. Being the Heiress of the great Dessendre Painter family, all she's concerned about is managing the expectations of her position. That is, until a handsome stranger appears to ruin all her plans.

    The sound of footsteps behind her set her spine straight and her teeth on edge. Clea closed her eyes in a moment of defeat. She knew who it was before she even turned around. 

    “Clea is it?” he asked. His voice was husky with a hint of gravel. It shouldn't have affected her but her stomach clenched to spite her. 

    “That depends entirely upon who's asking.” 

    The man chuckled with a lopsided grin stretching over his features, “I'm fairly certain every social elite in Paris knows of the infamous Dessendre Heir. I've just come to see if the rumors are true.” 

    Clea’s brows pinched. Rumors? That was a new development. But of course, she kept her cool with a dismissive response. “I'm sure whatever they say about me is true.” 

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    10 Jun 2026

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    super excited to read this. popping it up on my bookmarks so i dont forget

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    The paintress was so close, Sciel could feel each exhale blow softly against her face. Clea smelled like a combination of newly mixed paint and freshly bloomed flowers.

    The rules of the game had shifted.

    When Clea leaned in, ever so slightly, Sciel thought she might kiss her. She hoped she would. Alas, her lips ghosted against the edge of Sciel's ear instead, the words murmured in a throaty whisper:

    "Don't start something you don't have the strength to finish.”

    The pressure eased as Clea released her, leaving Sciel gasping alone against the wall, asking herself, what the fuck just happened?


    When Renoir Dessendre begs his eldest daughter to save his youngest, neither of them expect a certain former teacher-turned-Expeditioner to tumble out instead.

    Now trapped in the middle of a Paris torn by war and a family torn by grief, Sciel learns to navigate the complicated politics of the Dessendre family while discovering what it means to exist in this strange new world.

    It doesn't help that Clea, Maelle's dangerously attractive sister, can't stand the sight of her, suspicion written in every line of her watchful face.

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    06 May 2026

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  3. Rec 94

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    Clea is the child they plan. Verso is the one they nearly lose. And Alicia is the third—unplanned, unexpected, but not unwelcome.

    Or: a history of the Dessendre family in the years before the fire, starting with Renoir and Aline's marriage, through their rise to power within the Painter's Council, the birth of their children, and their eventual downfall.

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    11 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 2

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    An exhausted novelist follows a mysterious invitation to Clea Dessendre’s deserted Montparnasse studio and discovers her family’s enchanted canvas, a portal to “The Continent,” a world created by Clea’s deceased brother. Inside, Clea’s paint reshapes matter and the writer’s words reshape reality. Together, they use powerful practices to destroy the Writers’ controlling sigil, shifting the balance that traps Clea’s parents. Bonded by danger, they return to Paris, where Clea’s chaotic but supportive family prepares for a public fight against the Writers’ Guild. The writer, still recovering from the crossing, agrees to stay and co-author both the rebellion and a new, shared future.

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    16 Apr 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 31

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    She was never meant to be trapped inside the canvas—only to observe the chaos of Renoir and Aline’s game. But something went wrong. Now she’s imprisoned in this cursed, dying world.

    Sciel finds herself intrigued by Lumière’s newest resident. Clea’s cold distance and guarded nature don’t deter her in the slightest.
    Neither expects the fragile bond that begins to form between them to become more than they thought it would be.
    Clea certainly never expects to fall in love with Sciel.
    …And she isn’t sure she’s willing to go through with her goal;escaping the canvas—knowing exactly what it will cost

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    28 Apr 2026

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