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The Countess’ Captive (Book #2 of The Fairytale Keeper Series) Author: Andrea Cefalo Genre: YA, Historical Fiction Publisher: Scarlet Primrose Press Release Date: 2015 Pages: 234 Source: Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: From the award-winning author of The Fairytale Keeper comes another masterful historically-set retelling of Grimm’s fairytales. The Countess’ Captive combines Grimm’s fairytale characters with real historical settings to create a tale that leaves readers wondering where facts ends and fiction begins.      During March of 1248, Adelaide Schumacher‒affectionately called Snow White‒has lost so much: her mother, her possessions, and now her home.       Adelaide hates abandoning her home city, her family’s legacy, and her first love. More than anything, she hates her father growing closer to her mother’s cousin‒Galadriel. Adelaide plots to end their tryst before her fate is sealed, ...

The Fairytale Keeper: Avenging the Queen (Book #! of the Fairytale Keeper series Author: Andrea Cefalo Genre: YA, Historical Fiction Publisher: Scarlet Primrose Press/ Andrea Cefalo Release Date: 2013 Pages: 268 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Adelaide’s mother, Katrina, was the finest storyteller in all of Airsbach, a borough in the great city of Cologne, but she left one story untold, that of her daughter, that of Snow White. Snow White was a pet name Adelaide’s mother had given her. It was a name that Adelaide hated until now. Now, she would give anything to hear her mother say it once more.      A rampant fever claimed Adelaide’s mother just like a thousand others in Cologne where the people die without last rites and the dead are dumped in a vast pit outside the city walls. In an effort to save Katrina’s soul, Adelaide's father obtains a secret funeral for his wife by bribing the parish priest, Fathe...