Not Much of a Maiden
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A new version of the Timeless Myth Robin Hood. Told from Maid Marian's point of view.
Maid Marian the daughter of a carpenter and social climbing monster, dreams for adventure and somewhere to belong. Seven years after she left for Cambridge, Marian finally returns to her beloved Loxley and many surprises await. Her brother is now an outlaw, the taxes are killing her town and she finds her self in the middle of a love triangle, in one corner, her childhood nemesis and the other the new Lord of Loxley. Will love conquer all? Or will her mother's greed for power push her into the marriage from hell?
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