The Gingerbread Queen

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Award-winning author Carrie Anne Noble's charming adult fantasy debut! Sure to enchant fans of The Spellshop and The Whimbrel House Series The Gingerbread Queen is a fairytale-inspired walk through a lush yet perilous enchanted forest complete with a villainous duck an unexpected magical inheritance and heartwarming romance.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Once upon a time Gretel defeated the witch of the gingerbread cottage and saved Hansel. Now she must face what the witch left behind. </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Germany 1825. Thirteen years ago Gretel fled the witch's gingerbread cottage with brother Hansel. She's changed her name lived quietly and tried to overcome her past-yet gossiping neighbors accuse her of being the old witch's protégé. When roguish Hansel stirs up the townsfolk's wrath she must flee to the gingerbread cottage she dreads.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Deep within the enchanted forest the white duck awaits Gretel's return. He has plans to nudge her toward a dark magical future. He doesn't want to stay a duck forever and she holds the key to his freedom.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When compassion for the injured duck forces her to remain in the crumbling cottage Gretel enlists the aid of town baker Lukas. A spark of romance kindles between them but she does her best to douse it. No one back home would ever buy bread from the partner of an alleged witch.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the magic within Gretel grows her hope falters. Could it be her fate to become the next cruel witch-queen to reign over the forest--and to forfeit any chance of a happily-ever-after with Lukas? How far will the wicked duck go to win his liberation?</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Gingerbread Queen is book one in the Gingerbread Legacy duology from Carrie Anne Noble winner of the 2016 Realm Award for Book of the Year. </em></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I've been a fan of Carrie's work since I was entranced with <em>The Mermaid's Sister</em> and have read everything else she's published. Her fun spins on fairy tales and fairy tale creatures have a charm I'll always enjoy. <em>- Jeff Wheeler Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em></em>Carrie Anne Noble takes everything you've known about a familiar tale and turns it upside down giving the reader a story of unexpected events heart-stirring romance and delightful characters. <em>-</em> <em>Christina Farley author of the Gilded series</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>... a skillfully woven fairy tale inspired by Hansel and Gretel that asks 'what happened afterwards?' Just the right amounts of Germanic setting magical characters and heartfelt plot and creates a quietly mesmerizing story with a thoroughly satisfying ending. Also the duck steals the show! Highly recommended for fairy tale fans. <em>- Janeen Ippolito Award-Winning Author of Met By Midnight </em></strong></p>