The Healer's Apprentice
Part of the Fairy Tale Romance Series series
- Subject
- Romance - Clean & Wholesome
- Age
- Teen
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Size
- 14.0 cm Ć 21.3 cm
- ISBN
- 9780310721437
A realistic, fast-paced reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale full of royalty, romance, and danger. This masterful combination of love and heartbreakācombined with the novelās surprise endingāis everything fans of fantasy, historical, and medieval fiction yearn for.
Rose has been appointed as a healerās apprentice at Hagenheim Castle, a rare opportunity for a woodcutterās daughter like her. While she often feels uneasy at the sight of blood, Rose is determined to prove herself capable. Failure will mean returning home to marry the aging bachelor her mother has chosen for herāa bloated, disgusting merchant who makes Rose feel ill.
When Lord Hamlin, the future duke, is injured, it is Rose who must tend to him. As she works to heal his wound, she begins to understand emotions sheās never felt before and wonders if he feels the same.
But falling in love is forbidden, as Lord Hamlin is betrothed to a mysterious young woman in hiding. As Roseās life spins toward confusion, she must take the first steps on a journey to discover her own destiny.
The Healer's Apprentice:
An award-winning historical romanceāa creative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytaleāby author Melanie DickersonPerfect for readers ages 13-18 and adults who enjoy historical romances similar to Eva IbbotsonāsA romantic, fast-paced readāsure to entrance fans of fairytale retellingsAbout the author
Melanie DickersonAuthor
Melanie Dickerson is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time Christy Award winner. Melanie spends her time daydreaming, researching the most fascinating historical time periods, and writing and editing her happily-ever-afters. Visit her online at MelanieDickerson.com; Facebook: @MelanieDickersonBooks; Twitter: @MelanieAuthor; Instagram: @melaniedickerson123.
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What reviewers said
In this debut romance set in Hagenheim, Lower Saxony, in 1382 and loosely based on 'Sleeping Beauty,' a lowly woodcutterās daughter apprenticed to the town healer falls in love with a handsome nobleman whoās betrothed to a mysterious woman. Although she's grateful to the healer for teaching her to read and write and freeing her from the need to marry, 17-year-old Rose quickly loses her heart when she meets Wilhelm, Lord Hamlin. Wilhelmās equally smitten, but he's promised to a woman heās never met and canāt wed until he captures the evil conjurer whose threats forced her parents to hide herā¦
Gr 7-10āSet in 1386, this historical romance has a fairy-tale structure and a Christian emphasis. Rose serves as the apprentice to Frau Geruscha, the court healer. She is not very good at her chosen profession, yet she sees this as her only hope to escape the prospect of an arranged marriage. Enter Lord Hamlin, to whom Rose must minister after he is injured. She falls hard for him, and he for her, but neither can admit their feelings due to her social status and his betrothal to Lady Salomea. Rose soon catches the eye of the philandering Lord Rupert, Lord Hamlinās brother, and a romanceā¦
