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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jessen, Lauren Kung, author.
Title: Red string theory : a novel / Lauren Kung Jessen.
Description: First edition. | New York : Forever, 2024.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023036586 | ISBN 9781538710289 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781538710302 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Romance fiction. | Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3610.E8747 R43 2024 | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20230814
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023036586
ISBNs: 9781538710289 (trade paperback), 9781538710302 (ebook)
E3-20231130-JV-NF-ORI