Riley LaShea Finishes 2005 as a Bestseller With Her Debut Novel
"Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion" by new author Riley LaShea tops 2005 as a bestseller.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) January 12, 2006
Author Riley LaShea can add “best seller” to her list of accomplishments. Her debut novel, ‘Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion,’ finished up 2005 as the year’s bestselling book at Change Makers Books & Gifts for Women in Oakland, CA. LaShea's success there shows that perhaps the newcomer has something to offer the literary world.
’Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella’s Rebellion,’ the debut novel by 26-year-old indie writer, will heave you out of the real world and into the realm of fairy tales in less than two pages, and hold you spell-bound there until the final battle in the Gulf of Broken Dreams. The novel draws upon the original darker versions of the fairytales as a basis for the story. Tired of seeing weak “heroines” in the so-called ‘happily ever after,’ Riley LaShea borrowed some favorite characters, added a few of her own, and crafted a modern take on tradition, a genuine fairy tale about courage, friendship, freedom, and self-worth, with healthy doses of humor, mayhem, and, of course, magic. With deliciously wicked twists and ultimate girl power, revolution has never been this enticing.
In her escape from the persistent Prince Charming, Cinderella has altered her story and upset the balance of the Black Forest and its other fairytale inhabitants. The next thing she knows she is crossing into kingdoms she was never meant to discover, and encountering individuals whose existence she was never supposed to know about, including Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (with beanstalk) and Snow White and the dwarves: Big Papa, Chauncy, Mo, Sponk, Tater, Esteban, and Baby G. At first it all seems a fantastic adventure, but it doesn’t take long to realize that Cinderella’s joyful abandon is not sitting well with everyone.
Snow White’s stepmother, the beautiful but cruel Queen Ino, now wants all three of the girls dead, but she is only a servant to the master plan. Something deeper, darker, and much more powerful is working beneath the surface, toiling to put everything back the way it was intended. As the inhabitants of the Black Forest begin to mysteriously disappear, it will take all of the inhabitants of the Black Forest, both decent and depraved, to seize control of their land and their destinies.
’Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella’s Rebellion’ can be ordered from Tattered Essence Publishing, PO Box 290996, Nashville, TN 37229; call credit card orders to 615-371-8312; or fax 615-296-4192. It can also be purchased at Amazon. com and fine bookstores everywhere. For more details, visit www. cinderellasrebellion. com
ISBN: 0-9766130-1-8 • Fiction • Softcover • 256 pages • $14.95
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