The Coronation Ball

<p>Hanna knows all about hard work. For years she’s labored to complete her apprenticeship and become a pastry chef. Driven from her home once before she’s willing to endure whatever it takes to keep her position in the palace kitchens of Northhelm.<br /><br />But when she finally has a chance for all her dreams to come true everything goes wrong. In danger of losing both her future as a pastry chef and the man she’s loved for years Hanna will have to decide if she’s ready to fight for herself as well as for Stefan.<br /><br /><strong><em>The Coronation Ball</em> is a novelette of approximately 15000 words that follows Hans’s sister after she flees Rangmere to build a life in Northhelm.</strong> It is an expanded version of a short story previously titled <em>The Pastry Chef's Apprentice</em> published in the anthology <em>Happily Ever Afters</em>.</p>