Far Beyond the Thorns and Roses
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Last published Sun, Dec 18, 2022
Estella woke up in a bad romance novel her friends raved about. She wasn't the female lead or the major villain, but the adoptive sister of the female lead. She proceeds to make herself less and less seen by those who adopted her because of the treatment she saw in her memories of the look-alike Abigail Millstone. With her strong will and now stronger body. She escaped that girl's fate as a pawn for the family. Five tears later she returns to that city to find the one that cared for her most and to set up shop with an array of magical beasts she gathered while exploring the world she was thrown into.
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