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Pas de Deux

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Excerpt of a novella.

Clara is eleven when she first meets the Nutcracker. With her youthful imagination, she sees beyond the doll and finds the soul within. She is enchanted with him, and is distressed when he disappears on Christmas morning.

But then he appears next Christmas, and the next. What she once assumed was a child's fancy is revealed to be genuine magic. As the wicked Mouse King threatens both her family and her dear Nutcracker, she must find the heart within her to break a centuries-long curse.

Pas de Deux is a retelling of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The second edition will soon be available on ebook formats and in paperback.All Rights Reserved

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