Before the Clock Strikes Twelve
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Last published Sat, Nov 7, 2015
Strange things have been happening in the Appleby Manor.
Disappearing and reappearing jewels, furniture being shifted around on its own, misplaced items when everyone swore that no one had touched them... Not to mention that mysterious creaking every night, and the rats that seem to pop up out of no where.
Hansel Wootton, the manor's stable boy, has been working for a few months when Lady Daugherty, the mistress of the manor, threatens to punish every one of the servants if the culprit of the strange incidences isn't found.
Luckily for the servants, Hansel's got an idea of who the culprit is, only thing left is track her down, a feat harder than it looks. After all, how do you find a ghost?
Meanwhile, Prince Cameron is the epitome of a gentleman.
Handsome, charming, smart and heir to the kingdom's throne, there isn't a single girl in the land who wouldn't want him. Except, maybe, for one girl, a commoner, who doesn't really care for him and his title, but Cameron can't seem to get her out of his mind.
And then there's Joshua. A typical street rat, liar, cheater, deceiver... But inside is a whirlwind of emotions that's threatening to burst out.
Hansel. Cameron. Joshua. Three people so unlike in every way, but together learn to heal, laugh, love, and find kindness even in the darkest of places, ultimately changing the course of their and everyone else's fates forever.
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