A Battle of Pride and Desire
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Brigette has never know anything other than poverty, so when an opportunity to pull her family out of financial debt arises, she seizes it. But with her actions come consequences and she is pulled into a world unfamiliar to her. In this world, beings beyond her imagination exist and they are less than pleased with her arrival. With dark forces at play and a handsome faerie male making life harder for her, Brigette is in way over her head.
A retelling and different interpretation of the folklore I learned as a child in Ireland.
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