Samantha wishes she were someone else. Anastasia, to be exact. Anastasia doesn't sit in the corner and read because she's too shy to talk to anyone. She doesn't keep trying and failing. Anastasia slays dragons. Of course, Anastasia is only a character in Samantha's story. That's what Sam does, she writes. She writes to keep the monsters at bay. She creates new worlds to escape into. And she writes to block out the cranky ramblings of her jilted father, who refuses to acknowledge the woman that ran out on them years ago. But Samantha finds herself thrown into a not so magical adventure when she discovers her long lost mother has been in town all along. She has questions that need answering, and a few arrow- accusations... she'd like to sling. But there are obstacles to storming the castle, her father for one. Either Samantha makes this her happily ever after, or it all ends in tears... Either way, the story is about to change.

One girl... one quest... and a love strong enough to cross worlds. The Fragile Tower is the No 1 Hit fantasy adventure by award-winning novelist and playwright Gytha Lodge. This is book one of of the Cold Lands series - a gripping, fantastical and unique story of love, loss and powerful magic. Grace is a shy fifteen-year-old girl living in a small town in New York state. She has been looking for something to make her feel like she matters for most of her life. After a beautiful and exotic fair arrives on her street in the middle of winter, her brother vanishes during the night. Grace must get him back, and to do so must travel to another world where she finds she has magic she had never dreamed of, and where she faces enemies of huge and ancient power. Within the strange and wonderful Cold Lands she fights to master her magical abilities as she faces creatures out of nightmare. Along the way she meets the resourceful but troubled hunter Afi, and draws him into her quest. Little by little she realises that nothing is as simple as it seems, including her own feelings for her companion. The fate of the whole kingdom will be decided by her actions, and she has to take up the challenge... or let its people die at the hands of the Cold... **Make sure to check out the CONTEST chapter where I'm running a competition with a whole goody-bag of prizes!!** Find The Fragile Tower on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/thefragiletowerseries or like my page at: https://www.facebook.com/gythalodge