(Cover art designed by Karen Wiesner)

TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, Volume VII A Jewels of the Quill Anthology Edited by Barbara Raffin, Jane Toombs and Karen Wiesner Coming March 2011 from Whiskey Creek Press

Topaz and the Lucky Seven {fantasy romance} by Carrie S. Masek (Dame Topaz): Luck is everything in the kingdom of Brazeland. No one knows this better than Zaida, an abandoned girl-child lucky enough to become the Princess Alma’s closest confidant. Sixteen years after their shared birthday, intrigue and magic fill the palace with the arrival of Alma’s Betrothal Season. With the help of a curious kitten and a tone-deaf bard, Zaida must protect her princess from false suitors and find the one man worthy of Alma’s love.

The Magic Gown (North of Nonesuch Series, Book 10) {paranormal historical romance} by Jane Toombs (Dame Turquoise): Is it possible to don a gown that will bring about a mate who's perfect for you? Theodora's mother insists the fairy tale is true, but she's certain she's too pudgy to fit into a fairy-tale gown, much less inspire any man's undying love.

The Amber Tower (The Amber Chronicles, Book 4) {fantasy romance} by Janet Lane Walters (Dame Amber): The second of the lost princes, Prince Rafel, is a rake and has no plans to ever marry. He isn't even sure it's possible to fall in love. He's tried but the emotion has never taken. When he faces the Witch of the Woods, he laughs. He can promise her a few days but love and marriage--no way. He's taken into the amber globe and, as he tries to find where he is, he encounters a hag who imprisons him in an amber tower. To escape, he must choose between one of two young women and fall in love with her. The problem is that one of the women is evil and the other good; one a princess, the other a witch. The princess falls in love with him instantly, but she has none of the witch's assets. Can she manage to enchant Prince Rafel so he falls in love with her? Or can Rafel learn to love?

Moonlight Becomes You (Woodcutter's Grim Series--Classic Tales of Horror Retold, Book 4) {romantic paranormal horror} by Karen Wiesner (Dame Amethyst): For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter's Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless...and the terrors would escape to the world at large.

Very loosely based on The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. When her child becomes deathly ill and none of the doctors and specialists can help him, Heather Rowe rushes to Woodcutter's Grim, hoping the boy's father can explain what's happening. But Lance Shaussegeny both intrigues and terrifies Heather as much as what he's told her of his hometown does. She soon learns that nothing in Woodcutter's Grim--including Lance--is what it seems.

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