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Prince of Cahraman

Lucy Tempest

Fairytales of Folkshore #2

young adult romance(971)

A girl competing to win a prince must choose between her mission to steal his lamp and her heart.

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ONE WEEK. FIVE CONTESTANTS. ONE PRINCE. A DEVASTATING DECISION.Before, she avoided elimination. Now, she must win.Chosen as one of the Final Five in the Bride Search, Ada has one last chance to find the golden lamp and save her family. Yet with Cyrus no longer her partner-in-crime, but her target, her plans unravel, tearing her between duty and desire. Now she has one week to pass three increasingly difficult tests fit for a queen. As the competition takes a perilous bent, secrets are uncovered, demolishing her world as she knows it. Caught between impossible choices, the fates of all she loves depend on her decisions. But she fears that no matter what she does, she’d lose everything and change Cahraman forever.This is a full-length novel at 90,000 plus words. Book 2 of 3 in the Cahraman trilogyFairytales of Folkshore is a series of interconnected fairytale retellings, but each heroine’s story could be read on its own. Ada’s story concludes in QUEEN OF CAHRAMAN.

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