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In this explosive fantasy debut, a provincial girl must work with an infuriatingly handsome prince to escape a nightmarish curse that forces them to relive the same night over and over."The time-loop fantasy you never knew you needed, where the fairytale ball is bloody and Cinderella is the Final Girl." - Gina Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Violet Made of ThornsSeventeen-year-old Anaïs just wants tonight to end. As an outsider at the kingdom's glittering anniversary ball, she has no desire to rub shoulders with the nation's most eligible (and pompous) bachelors - especially not the notoriously roguish Prince Leo. But at the stroke of midnight, an explosion rips through the palace, killing everyone in its path. Including her.The last thing Anaïs sees is fire, smoke, chaos .
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Zeba Shahnaz writes fantasy full of political intrigue, twisted romance, and a healthy dose of existential angst. A proud Pakistani American, she translated her love of storytelling into a graduate degree analyzing national identity, culture, and cinema in South Asia. She grew up in New Jersey, which she has yet to fully escape (though not because of a time loop) . MIDNIGHT STRIKES is her debut novel. You can find Zeba on Twitter @zaybashah and on Instagram @zaybashahwrites.
