title: A Parliament for Owls
author: Mary Reeves Bell
description: Mary Reeves Bell is the author of a historical fiction trilogy for young adults that has also been translated into French and Norwegian. The first of these, The Secret of the Mezuzah, was honored by the Anne &amp; Charles Corrin Jury at the Sorbonne for contributing to the remembrance of the Holocaust. Mary has written for Christian publications. She founded and devotes much of her time to a non-profit mercy ministry rescuing at-risk children in Romania. Mary lives with her husband, David, in the beautiful Virginia countryside.
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  # Playing Cupid
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## SC Alban
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2021 by S.C. Alban
  
  
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  Edited by Jennia Herold and Gretchen Davison
  
  
  Designed by Shayne Leighton
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](prologue.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](chapter-001.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](chapter-002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](chapter-003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](chapter-004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](chapter-005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](chapter-006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7