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The Apothecary's Daughter
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Complete, First published May 18, 2016
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Emmeline Somers is the only daughter of the only apothecary in Abbotshire,  England. After her father is left bedridden, she takes over his duties as the town's healer. It is a quiet life in the country until  one patient arrives in the village and changes her life forever.
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The Second Prince's World Rewritten

54 parts Complete Mature

Having no time for debutante ball after her coming-of-age ceremony, Lucelia left the barony to become the court lady. Ended up as a housekeeping maid in the Bridge Palace, the one time she was hastily ordered to serve tea to the chamber of the second prince. This is not about prince charming turning her fate around. Indeed not. It is not about her love. It is a journey of the two betrayed to take revenge and rewrite the world. "There is no coincidence, everything follows the plan. It will happen again, forever repeated. Unless you make a choice that you would never do." What would you do to survive? Will you believe it if the only way is to take the extremes? Would blood and murders do? [Story in progress for editing]

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