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The Royal Seamstress | ONC2020
annasofie_mattson
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  • Parts 22
  • Time 1h 47m
annasofie_mattson
Ongoing, First published Feb 17, 2020
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Elizabeth Webb is sent to court as replacement for her mother who was beheaded by the order of King Henry VIII, the famous Tudor monarch. Elizabeth tries her hardest to satify her sovereign lord, since the death warrant is hanging low on her head, but even the slightest mistake can cost her everything.
Meeting the demands of the court is always a challenge, but one day the King gives her an order, which might just be too much for poor Elizabeth Webb.

This is my novella for the Open Novella Contest III. 
I've chosen prompt 31 and 45, and will be written in the genre historical fiction.

2nd place in The Spring Awards 2020

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Unlikely Endings (Now Being Rewritten as: The Pursuit of a King)

37 parts Complete Mature

*Please note this story is now being rewritten and published on wattpad as The Pursuit of a King I encourage you to please go and read that one!* . Henry was the second son of a King and expected to do little more than get drunk, whore around, and settle quietly out of everyone's way. However after the sudden death of his brother he is forced both into the spotlight and into the arms of his newly appointed wife Amelia. Henry loathes her for trapping him into matrimony and it seems as though their marriage and the kingdom is doomed against the outside forces seeking to destroy them from within. Can Henry and Amelia move past their pride and band together for the good of the realm?

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