Banished from the lands of Turia, Agnes and Gerda try to start a new life in the nearby Kingdom of Agraunia. They share a small garret room with Agnes’s widowed mother, Matilda. There, Gerda befriends her neighbour’s son, Kai, who is an apprentice to a Blacksmith. Their close friendship eventually blossoms into love. Their short-lived happiness comes to a halt with Kai’s cold, distance demeanour. After he disappears after being seen with a strange woman in white, rumours persist that he is dead. Only Gerda knows he is still alive. The place he touched deepest in her heart makes it hard for her to accept any other truth but her instincts scream at her that he is in danger. With no one willing to help, Gerda sets out alone to rescue him, unaware of the dangers outside of her sheltered life as the nursemaid’s daughter.
Kingdom of Ice, book 1 of A Dark Faerie Tale, is a blended retelling of Snow White, the Snow Queen and other fairy tales, with action/adventure and a magical touch of romance.
Paula M. Hunter was born in the UK and spent a number of her childhood years living in other parts of the globe. As a child, she loved to write fictional stories and poems. She studied and graduated, after many gap years, from the University of Life.
An avid reader of many genres and a lover of classic stories since a child, she enjoys writing stories that include elements of history, mythology, folklore, legends and humour. She is an animal lover and particularly has a fondness for cats.
Paula currently resides in the UK.
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