Literally.
Having just learned that Mara either has to find her happily ever after or risk becoming a garden ornament, Nerissa is determined to help Mara find her heart’s desire.
Unfortunately, neither of them is sure exactly what that is.
Then Mara meets an enchanted great white bear and discovers that there’s more to life than power and ruling a fallen empire. But before Mara’s stony fate can be avoided and Nerissa can declare that they all lived happily ever after, disaster strikes.
Now it’s up to Nerissa to help Mara outwit a troll princess, defend her from a clowder of cats bent on revenge, and bring this fairy tale to its happy conclusion.
But there’s one danger to Mara’s happily ever after that even Nerissa can’t protect her from: Mara, herself.
Trollspell is a retelling of East o’the Sun, West o’the Moon and the final story in The Fairy Godmother Dilemma series.
Read the series in order:
Catspell
Firespell
Applespell
Frogspell
Trollspell
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Danyelle Leafty: Collector of Dragons, Talking Frogs, and Fairy Godmothers
Danyelle has devoured fairy tales ever since she learned read, and has been enjoying a steady diet of them ever since.
During her time as Storyteller-in-Chief, she has learned that dragons do make everything taste a little bit better, that nothing is ever so dire that a quick transmogrification can’t make things worse, that at the heart of every story is a kernel of truth, and that all the best stories begin with “Once upon a time . . .” (one way or another).
When she isn’t trying to entice more Story out of her characters, she can be found curled up with a book, learning new languages, plucking away at her harp, knitting, drawing, or trying to convince her Younglings that vegetables are neither villainous nor unnecessary and that bedtime is non-negotiable.
The Small Ones remain unconvinced.