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Alexandra Pugachevsky has always believed that magical elements exist in all aspects of our lives and reality is multi-dimensional. She writes in the magical realism genre. Having immigrated to the United States from Moscow in her teens, Alexandra immediately fell in love with Pittsburgh, and has retained that love until now. Another city she loves is Paris, and both Pittsburgh and Paris feature prominently in her work. Alexandra Pugachevsky holds a BA in International Relations and French from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. An international development professional by day, Alexandra has made Arlington, VA, her home for the last 25 years. Happy reading!
Title: Lilou
Series: Lilou: The Shadyside Chronicles
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Do you choose to be a witch? Or does witchcraft choose you?
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Linda Kelleher, or Lilou, faces a dilemma. She is a regular Pittsburgh girl, growing up in the beautiful Shadyside neighborhood. She looks up to her older sister, tries to meet her mother’s expectations and loves to study math with her father. Only…something is never quite right. No matter how hard she tries to lead a regular life, the world of sorcery and magic has a claim on her: Lilou comes from a powerful family of witches.
Title: Lilou: The Shadyside Chronicles
Series: Lilou: The Shadyside Chronicles
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: If you try to ignore it for too long, magic might just catch up with you.
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What happens when everyday life collides with the generational memory of witchcraft? Lilou learns it the hard way. After choosing accounting over witchcraft, Lilou is finally at peace. She earnestly leads a normal life: she is a wife, a mother, and an ambitious employee at a prestigious firm, trying to break the glass ceiling. Only the occult is all around her. During a moment of crisis, Lilou meets a domovoy, a hobgoblin who lives in her home and claims to protect her from harm. The creature is impossible to ignore, and forces her to acknowledge that the world is more complex than she’d ever imagined. The encounter with the domovoy changes the trajectory of Lilou’s life and makes her reconsider her choices. She embraces her destiny and joins her rightful place in a line of powerful witches.
Title: Lilou: The Shadyside Chronicles
Series: Lilou: The Shadyside Chronicles
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: Lilou is a witch. Now what?
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Having been initiated into the craft by her French grandmother, Lilou returns to Pittsburgh without a plan. Magic is of little help when dealing with a divorce. Nor does it help in her everyday job as an accountant. The only lifeline to her magical abilities is Josh, Lilou’s house-elf or a domovoy, as he likes to be called. Josh leads Lilou on a journey of self-discovery and helps her understand the parallel universe of household helpers. Once she finds a way to cooperate with the magical creatures, she comes to terms with her new abilities and comes into her own as a witch.
Title: Zoya
Series: Zoya
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: What if one day you discovered you had a double. And when you switched places, you liked their life much better than your own.
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Imagine discovering an alternate reality where your life was better in every way, only for it to disappear. Twelve-year-old Zoya Kassatkina never dreamed of leaving Moscow. But when the biggest school bully takes it too far, Zoya is knocked unconscious and wakes up … in Paris. There, everything is perfect. She even has a best friend! Zoya enjoys Paris to the fullest, except it’s not really her life. She has taken the place of her double, another girl who is missing. Before Zoya can understand the full impact of the switch and solve the secret of her double’s disappearance, she is thrown back to dreary Moscow. Desperate to get back to Paris, Zoya unravels the mystery of how she ended up there. Was it a parallel universe? Time travel? Or just a dream? As Zoya seeks answers, she transforms her reality.
Title: Zoya: America
Series: Zoya
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: Zoya survived a parallel timeline. But that was nothing compared to immigration.
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Her parents' search for a better life in America is a failure. They now live in Pittsburgh, PA, in an apartment that freezes in the winter and is boiling-hot in the summer. The only reminder of Moscow are the books. Hundreds of them that they brought with them instead of more practical household items. Her parents barely speak English. Zoya’s father struggles to find a job, and Zoya goes to a high school so big it could crush her at once. Taylor Allderdice. The memory of Zoya’s magical travels to Paris is about to fade away completely when she is transported to Paris once more. Only this time Zoya discovers Paris of the XIVth century and meets the Knights Templar. Zoya witnesses a terrible betrayal that causes the demise of the Order. In her efforts to help the Knights, Zoya confronts the Master Templar.
Title: Zoya: Rupture
Series: Zoya
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: Zoya discovers the underground Pittsburgh rave scene by accident. It feels like destiny.
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She instantly falls in love with techno. The music is nothing like she’s ever heard before and she can’t help but dance. The ravers are kind and welcoming, and Zoya quickly makes new friends. So what if most of them are on drugs? Zoya is sure it doesn’t affect her one bit. At least, Zoya feels like a true American. Only a faint memory of her magical travels remains. The only hurdle is her boyfriend. He’s sure she’s lost her mind.