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Overthrown
A sixteen-year-old girl has just started a revolution.
All it took was two little words, uttered at a gathering of a few hundred townspeople, to the ruler of their territory, a man named Baron Feldsen. A man who controls everything. Who eats. Who marries. Who dies.
But he will not control Lily or her fate.
Baron Feldsen chose Lily to marry the heir to one of the territory’s richest families, a future that guaranteed her family’s enslavement and her eternal misery. She would be forced to play trophy wife to a cruel and violent man and bear his nasty spoiled children. Her family would lose their farm and their home. They would lose their freedom.
And so, in front of everyone, Lily utters the words she knows will ensure the union never occurs. Now she must flee Rutikan or suffer a painful death at the hands of the Baron and her no-longer future-in-laws.
But there may be hope. A dark stranger named Slade has offered to help her escape, so Lily takes the chance of a lifetime and runs away with him. Now word of her defiance is spreading like wildfire. Other towns and territories are rebelling. As the pair heads towards Capitol City, Lily realizes that Slade may have mutinous aspirations of his own. Does he even care for her? Or is she just the symbol he is using to lead this revolution?
All it took was two little words, uttered at a gathering of a few hundred townspeople, to the ruler of their territory, a man named Baron Feldsen. A man who controls everything. Who eats. Who marries. Who dies.
But he will not control Lily or her fate.
Baron Feldsen chose Lily to marry the heir to one of the territory’s richest families, a future that guaranteed her family’s enslavement and her eternal misery. She would be forced to play trophy wife to a cruel and violent man and bear his nasty spoiled children. Her family would lose their farm and their home. They would lose their freedom.
And so, in front of everyone, Lily utters the words she knows will ensure the union never occurs. Now she must flee Rutikan or suffer a painful death at the hands of the Baron and her no-longer future-in-laws.
But there may be hope. A dark stranger named Slade has offered to help her escape, so Lily takes the chance of a lifetime and runs away with him. Now word of her defiance is spreading like wildfire. Other towns and territories are rebelling. As the pair heads towards Capitol City, Lily realizes that Slade may have mutinous aspirations of his own. Does he even care for her? Or is she just the symbol he is using to lead this revolution?
526 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2013
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A.P. Bartels
4 books8 followersA. P. Bartels was born and raised outside Chicago. She graduated from Elmhurst College in 2005 with a double major in Psychology and Sociology. She lives in the suburbs with her husband and two dogs. As someone whose career has always focused on the analytical, writing was a way for this Indie author to spread her right-brained wings. Blending her creative and logical sides is something A. P. Bartels does to keep her brain happy and her emotions balanced. Drawing inspiration from her favorite authors, artists, and movies, she has been known to play the same 5-10 songs on repeat for months while writing in order to stay focused on the mood and motivations of her characters. You'll find her watching movie clips and obsessing over the characters in her favorite novels in order to isolate the qualities she wishes to bring out in her own characters. Visit www.apbartels.com to learn more!
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