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Around that time, she also met the love of her life, who read just as much as she did, and they got married shortly after a terrible accident befell her . . . One day when Mystic was walking to the mall, an iron fence from a construction site fell on her. She suffered from amnesia so bad that she had to relearn English and re-meet all her friends and family. She even walked past her mother in the street and didn't recognize her. But it's OK! She got better! Once she could read again, Mystic got into isekai because she was tired of picking up books only to remember she'd already finished them. Isekai was new at the time, so she didn't need to worry that her silly memory would come back halfway through a story and spoil the ending. Mystic enjoys reading light novels, webnovels, LitRPG, gamelit, and fantasy. She also loves middle grade and YA books. Her favorite authors\/heroes are Patricia C. Wrede, Tamora Pierce, and Diana Wynne Jones. In Mystic's spare time, she writes and does edit-swap date nights with her husband, Jolly Jupiter. O he of famed dwarven comedy! She also runs after her daughter, Phoebe Vaara. Phoebe is named after Saturn's moon, and Vaara means Danger in Finnish and Stranger in Greek. Phoebe is a rockstar social diva toddler who hikes mountains and has more friends than both her parents combined, so it fits. Mystic is probably writing right now.","products":[{"product_id":"i-ran-away-to-evil-3-a-cozy-litrpg-rom-com-paperback","title":"I Ran Away to Evil 3: A Cozy Litrpg Rom-Com - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mysterious soothsayer and a reluctant royal fend off spies, assassins, and unexpected attraction in the final installment of this romantasy series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerda Jones isn't your average bridge troll. 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