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Just a Kiss: A Retelling of the Frog Prince
Year
2023
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Oliver-Heber Books
Summary
Can a curse be broken by just the power of a kiss? The Knight:Sir Arnon de Bar has just been released from a curse by the old witch Hecuba. The problem is, some side effects still linger. He sees a beautiful but mysterious woman at the swamp one night, and he catches her kissing a frog before she vanishes into thin air. The baron of Slapton is holding a competition with the winner being rewarded his daughter's hand in marriage. To his surprise when he approaches the castle, he discovers the baron's daughter is also the girl he saw in the swamp.The Witch:Freya Fane is more eccentric than most ladies. She is a witch with a pet frog as her Familiar that she kisses in order to teleport from place to place. Her father has devised a competition to marry her off, and she doesn't like it. Especially since she is trying to make a potion to cure her ailing mother. A handsome knight she's seen in the swamp is there to win her as his bride. But something isn't right with him. When frogs start following him through the courtyard and he finds great interest in catching flies, she realizes the man is cursed. She needs to help him break that curse, or poor Arnon will turn into a frog!Magic made the curse, but can magic also end it? Time is of the essence to stop the inevitable before it is too late!