Now that you've read The Princess Who Knew the Truth as an ebook (or are waiting for your paperback copy to arrive), what can you read next? One of my favorite authors is Rachel Neumeier. Neumeier originally worked with a traditional publisher, but in recent years she's been successful publishing indie SF and fantasy. She writes both YA and adult novels. A LOT of YA and adult novels. Seriously, how does she write so much and so well, so quickly? One of my favorites of her YA novels is The Keeper of the Mist . Keri is a teenage baker in a tiny kingdom that's hidden from its enemies by magical mists around its border. But when the king dies after sabotaging the mists, his counsellors pass over his three peculiar sons and give the kingdom (with its growing enemy-empire problems) to his illegitimate daughter. That is, they give it to Keri. Keri doesn't want to be queen, but even less does she want her home to be destroyed. With the help of her resourceful best friend and a...
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