title: The Raven's Bride: A Novel
author:  Lenore Hart 
description: Starred Review. The strange romance of Edgar Allan Poe and his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was just 13 when they married, is described by the strong-willed Virginia in this rich, imaginative novel. Tragedy haunts Virginia's life from her first meeting with her brooding, romantic older cousin in 1830, when she was seven, to her death from consumption at age 25. Layer by layer, Hart (Becky) builds her characters and their impoverished yet hope-filled world, creating a memorable young heroine whose nave dreams soon give way to the urgency of saving the troubled, brilliant Poe from his inner darkness. Hart also explores the sometimes underrated effects of Poe's genius on the early American literary scene and the professional jealousies and squabbles that held him back, never losing sight of Virginia as the fully realized character at the center of the story. This is an impressive, original work that illuminates its subject. (Feb.) <br />(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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  _**The Princess's Bride**_
  
  
  A Ravenous Romance™ Original Publication
  
  
  **KT Grant**
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Prologue
  
  
  Once, in the far off, distant land of Flaundia, there lived an exiled king on
  a humble property. The former king had two children: a son Thomas, and a
  daughter Daisy. The king, now known only as Conrad de Fleurre, was a simple
  gentleman of means. He loved his children and only wanted the best for them.
  One day Thomas would run his estate while Daisy would