The Star Effect 

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Lady Cassandra Grayson, her husband and guardian, Alex Grayson, and their daughter, Celeste, lead a very quiet, happy life. But Cassie has been seeking out the Star Portals for a decade and she has finally located one. She just needs to find it. Alex is worried, and for good reason: Cassie has a tendency to walk straight into danger and he struggles to protect her.  Twelve-year-old Celeste loves her parents, but she is lonely. She'd give anything to have a brother or sister to share her childhood. But it's impossible, Erelim cannot have children—their bodies are too unchanging to allow it.

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The Graysons' happy life is shattered when Cassie unearths the portal, and learns how to activate it. When she travels through with her Star, Astra, and Lady Jennabeth, only Jennabeth returns and Alex's world crumbles. Celeste has some work to do, to help her father grieve and move on with his life. She needs him—but can she break through Alex's walls of despair to help him live again?

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And what happens when Cassie and Astra suddenly return—powerless, and lacking memory of their family? Will Celeste and Alex manage to re-incorporate Cassie and her Star into the life they once had? Or is change the best medicine for this Star Kin and her family? 

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