Shard of Glass

<p dir=ltr style=line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;>Once she was a noblewoman.</span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;>Now she is a palace servant.</span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;>Ashlin never pictured herself scrubbing floors. But with the family savings depleted and her stepmother crippled by grief Ashlin selflessly takes a job at the royal palace. She can pursue her dreams of becoming a seamstress someday in the future.</span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;>However as she forms an unlikely friendship with the prince she learns that the future may not be so certain. Wielders of a powerful magic threaten their small coastal kingdom and Prince Onric does not believe that their defenses will hold. </span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt 0pt 11pt 0pt;><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;>As Ashlin navigates growing feelings for the charming prince she realizes that her unique skills could help save the kingdom. But her stepmother starts to demand more from Ashlin blaming her for the situation their family is in. Wanting desperately to keep her family together Ashlin starts to push the prince away. Can she learn who really loves her and who is merely exploiting her selfless nature? </span></p><p dir=ltr style=line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:-14pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;>Shard of Glass</span><span style=font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;> is a fantasy retelling of Cinderella. Discover a world where heroines can be both powerful and worthy of protection. If you love sweet romance a little bit of magic and heart-melting conversations then this story was written for you.</span></p>