title: Epic Adventures: Search for the King and Queen
author: Ashley Serin
description: Ashley Serin is a California Educator who holds a Master of Arts Degree in English. She grew up loving books more than anything else in the world. She took that love and used it in her professional career as she pursued her dream of becoming a high school English teacher. Ashley now works for her local County Office of Education as an Instructional Coaching Specialist within the Curriculum and Instruction Department. (You can visit her education website at www.positiveeducator.com). Her passion, however still remains in books. She writes to share stories, make sense of the world, and creatively express her ideas into published space.
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  TRISHA ASHLEY  
    
  
  A Winter’s Tale  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
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  For Margaret James, a friend for all seasons.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Table of Contents
  
  > [Prologue-The Dream](index_split_003.html#filepos6227)
  
  > [Chapter One-There Must Be an Angel](index_split_004.html#filepos18686)
  
  > [Chapter Two-Distant Connections](index_split_005.html#filepos30447)
  
  > [Chapter Three-Diamond Cut](index_split_006.html#filepos60974)
  
  > [Chapter Four-The Moving Mollusc](index_split_007.html#filepos93663)
  
  > [Chapter Five-Pleached Walks](index_split_008.html#filepos114731)
  
  > [Chapter Six-Unravelled](index_split_009.html#filepos136202)
  
  > [Chapter Seven-Cold Embers](index_split_010.html#filepos160059)
  
  > [Chapter Eight-Sovereign Remedies](index_split_011.html#filepos190279)
  
  > [Chapter Nine-Lost in Translation](index_split_012.html#filepos213635)
  
  > [Chapter Ten-Clipped Edges](index_split_013.html#filepos240329)
  
  > [Chapter Eleven-O Mother, Where Art
  