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'What if Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother isn't her real grandmother?

What if her two true born grandmothers are both Queens - and one is good, while the other one is evil?

'Celsia is a 'Red Hood,' a healer-in-training living with her grandmother in a small village deep in the woods. Life is ordinary and uneventful, until a shocking truth is uncovered - her grandmother isn't her real grandmother. Forced to flee her village, Celsia soon finds herself on a quest to seek her two trueborn grandmothers - both powerful queens of magical kingdoms.

'Accompanied by her childhood friend Quillon and the cheeky faun Pylus, her destination is the Fabled Kingdom of Fallinor, which was destroyed over 60 years ago. Or... was it?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'What if Little Red Riding Hood wakes up a legendary kingdom that has been asleep for sixty years?

'What if she then has to prove her worth by passing three difficult trials?

'The 'Fabled Kingdom’ of Fallinor is finally awake after slumbering under a mysterious curse for 60 years. Sitting on the throne of this thousand-year old realm is Queen Briar Rose - the first of Celsia’s trueborn grandmothers.

'Straight away, Celsia is forced to prove her lineage to Briar Rose by passing a challenging test. Celsia may have the aid of her friends and magical hamper, but is the Briar Rose truly who she appears to be? And what of Celsia’s other grandmother - the ‘White Queen’?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'What if Little Red Riding Hood has to save a dear friend from certain death? What if that entails having to kill one of her own grandmothers? Queen Briar Rose of Fallinor may be Celsia's trueborn grandmother, but their relationship takes an ugly and unexpected turn when the queen makes a shocking accusation. With Pylus' life on the line, Celsia finds herself forced to choose sides, and left with only one path open to her. With time running out, Celsia can either turn to her other grandmother - the 'White Queen' - for help, or take matters into her own hands. Armed with her magical hamper, there seems to be little she cannot do, but is the hamper itself what it appears to be?'

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