Rhiannon Thomas

A Wicked Thing Rhiannon Thomas

Publisher Marketing:"A spinning wheel.""A prick of a finger.""A terrible curse."One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after. But as Aurora understands all too well, the truth is nothing like the fairy tale. Her family is long dead. Her true love is a kind stranger. And her whole life has been planned out by political foes while she slept. Everyone expects Aurora to marry her betrothed and restore magic and peace to the kingdom before revolution tears it apart. But after a lifetime spent locked in a tower for her own safety, Aurora longs for the freedom to make her own choices. When she meets a handsome rebel, she is tempted to abandon everything for a different kind of life. As Aurora struggles to make sense of her new world, she begins to fear that the curse has left its mark on her, a fiery and dangerous thing that might be as wicked as the witch who once ensnared her. With her wedding day drawing near, Aurora must make the ultimate decision on how to save her kingdom: marry the prince or run."A Wicked Thing" is a surprising, spellbinding reimagining of what happens "after" happily ever after." Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780062303530, Hardcover) School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 145 (EAN 9780062303530, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 02/09/2015 (EAN 9780062303530, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015 (EAN 9780062303530, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2015 pg. 334 (EAN 9780062303530, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015 (EAN 9780062303554, Other) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2015 pg. 334 (EAN 9780062303554, Other) Contributor Bio:  Thomas, Rhiannon Rhiannon Thomas is an English lit grad from Princeton University. She currently lives in York, England, in the shadow of a thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral. When she isn't lost in YA fantasy, she writes about feminism and the media on her blog, www.feministfiction.com. Contributor Bio:  McManus, Shannon Shannon McManus is a Los Angeles based actor, writer, and narrator. She has appeared in features, plays, festival shorts, and national commercials. Critical praise for her voice work includes an "AudioFile" Earphones Award, a Best Voice of 2012, and a "Publishers Weekly" Listen Up! Award.