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mother • author • midwest magic historian
PARAGON (@reademrae) is out 11.27.26.
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Me, in a nutshell:

- apparently vvvv Capricorn
- cash only bars > fancy ones
- will always stop for weird roadside attractions
- reads every genre
- give me street art & shakespeare
- excellent cook, impatient baker

🧀 🥃 ♥️ 🪩 ✨ ✌🏼 📓 by @katewroteabook

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Paragon, in a nutshell:

🪄Cursed Heroine, Reluctant Hero
💋 HBO’s Gilded Age x Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
👑 Fae court appears at midnight
🎪 Historic setting: amusement park, sanatorium, streetcars
✨ Magic that wakes at her touch
❣️ Mutual pining, slow burn yearn baby yearn

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Paragon (out with @reademrae this November) is a Gilded Age Sleeping Beauty set in 1890s Minnesota. Think the stuff you missed in 8th grade history class but mixed with fairies, enchanted streetcars, and sloOoOoOw burn forbidden romance. (Your teenage self could NEVER 👀) by @katewroteabook

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This account, in a nutshell:

- me learning as I go
- me as a clumsy optimist
- me thinking I’m hilarious
- me being honest about motherhood
- me being honest about authorhood
- me being honest about humanhood
- me nerding out about history, psychology, rando facts

✌🏼 🎨 ♥️ 🪩 🎹 🍪 🍳 ✨ by @katewroteabook

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Paragon is a New Adult Historical Fantasy that asks if beauty really is skin deep.
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Set against a fantastical fairyland in the heart of Minnesota, Percy Paragon was blessed six times and cursed once by a well-meaning fairy who paid dearly for her mistake. Cursed with the "gift" of love at first sight, anyone who looks the young heiress in the eye is destined for the sanitarium, consumed by their love for her. When she meets a reckless magician with a secret of his own, her world is turned upside down as they embark on a journey to break curses both seen and not.
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Perfect for readers who love period dramas, slow-burn romance, family secrets, social scandals, and forgotten history with a touch of magic.
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🚋 Debuting 11.27.26 | Preorder today or add PARAGON to your TBR on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Fable. by @katewroteabook

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but are we surprised? 😏

the more they ban, the more vital it is that we own our media outright, not buried behind licensing agreements that allow billionaires to decide when and how you can access knowledge.

what are your favorite banned books? by @katewroteabook

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It’s Let Freedom Read Day!
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For the kids raised on personal pan pizzas, Scholastic Book Fairs, library cards, and “one more chapter” under the covers: that freedom is worth protecting. 🍕📚
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Let books be weird.
Let them be complicated.
Let them question power, tell uncomfortable truths, and introduce us to lives beyond our own.
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This Banned Books Week, support your public library (and thank a librarian for doing the good work). Read banned books. Talk about a book that challenged your perspective. Learn the difference between censorship and helping children find books appropriate for their age & reading level. And if you have the means, buy a banned book from an independent bookstore.
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#BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #FreedomToRead @americanlibraryassociation by @katewroteabook

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Paragon is a New Adult Historical Fantasy that asks if beauty really is skin deep.
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Set against a fantastical fairyland in the heart of Minnesota, Percy Paragon was blessed six times and cursed once by a well-meaning fairy who paid dearly for her mistake. Cursed with the "gift" of love at first sight, anyone who looks the young heiress in the eye is destined for the sanitarium, consumed by their love for her. When she meets a reckless magician with a secret of his own, her world is turned upside down as they embark on a journey to break curses both seen and not.
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If you'd like to help this little Midwest fairytale find its readers:
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📚 Add Paragon to your Goodreads, StoryGraph, or Fable TBR
🏛️ Ask your library or favorite bookstore to carry it
💬 Leave a comment (they help more than you know)
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^^^ Every single action helps a debut author more than you can imagine. by @katewroteabook

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unintentional grumpy x sunshine trope ✨

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👋 We’re Emrae Publishing, a reader-first indie press making it easy to discover modern romance, fantasy, and queer stories without Amazon. We’re a profit-share publishing collective that puts books over bottom lines, so every purchase directly supports the authors you love.

Follow us for ebooks, indie book launches, and behind-the-scenes publishing updates as we take on the publishing world.

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indie publishing | indie books | indie authors | publishing collective | women-led press by @katewroteabook

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I would’ve probs JAMMED to a band called “Only Freckles Remained” on the bus and bought one of their music videos for my teal iPod nano whilst thinking “no one gets me.”

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

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ABOUT PARAGON
Set against a fantastical fairyland in the heart of Minnesota, Percy Paragon was blessed six times and cursed once by a well-meaning fairy who paid dearly for her mistake. Cursed with the “gift” of love at first sight, anyone who looks the young heiress in the eye is destined for the sanitarium, consumed by their love for her. When she meets a reckless magician with a secret of his own, her world is turned upside down as they embark on a journey to break curses both seen and not.

PARAGON TROPES:
💋 “Don’t look at me like that.”
💋 He falls first & she is out of touch with her feels
💋 Social scandals & society papers
💋 Fairytale retelling in historical setting
💋 Slow burn + enough yearning to power a small city

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Debut author
Indie author
Midwest writer
Historical fantasy
Romantasy
Slow burn
gilded age by @katewroteabook

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🔥💧🪨💨⚡🌿
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Meet the Glimmery Bros
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At the turn of the century, most Elemental Magicianss gave up their gifts for the comforts of modern life. The Glimmerys, however, kept their magic and put it to work.
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Fire. Water. Stone. Air. Lightning. Earth.
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And then there’s Obsidian...
Nobody knows what this dude was forged from. 👀
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I’m thrilled to FINALLYYYYYYYYYY reveal this art by @mknzgmbn. !!! She brough this family I’ve been writing about for yearsssss to life, right down to little details in their clothes.
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Find them all in Paragon, my Gilded Age historical fantasy, out November 27. Preorder + add to your TBR at the link in my bio. by @katewroteabook

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Something magical is taking shape in the forge. 👀

Fire. Water. Stone. Air. Lightning. Earth.

The Glimmery brothers are Elemental Magicians in a mortal world of phonographs, foundries, and fortunes, and I’ve been anxiously waiting to show you how the brilliant @mknzgmbn brought the bros to life.

The full reveal is TOMORROW. Which brother (ahem, I mean element) are you hoping to see first?

Paragon is a historical fantasy (think HBO’s Gilded Age x Disney’s Sleeping Beauty set in 1890s St. Paul, MN), hitting shelves on November 27 with Emrae Publishing.

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Debut author
Indie author
Midwest writer
Historical fantasy
Romantasy
Slow burn
gilded age by @katewroteabook

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this song is 100% Paragon core, so I couldn't help myself
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Paragon by Kate Goodwin is an addictive, slow burn romantasy, set in Gilded Age Minnesota. Follow the journey of a cursed debutante and enigmatic conductor of a magical bootlegged streetcar as they risk secrets, power, and their mutual (forbidden) attraction to each other before a world that profits from magic tries to steal it for good.
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Tropes:
🪄Cursed Heroine, Reluctant Hero
💋 HBO’s Gilded Age x Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
👑 Fae court appears at midnight
🎪 Historic setting: amusement park, sanatorium, streetcars, society papers
✨ Magic that wakes at her touch
❣️ Mutual pining, yearn baby yearn by @katewroteabook

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