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Rescuing Rapunzel
by Candice Gilmer
Category: Romance/Fantasy
Description: The Charming Nobles Book 1 Getting Rapunzel out the tower is only half the problem... Rapunzel longs to live in the world she sees through her window, but more than her tower keeps her trapped. Her mother has taught her obedience without question and filled her with fear. She knows she will never reach the ground. Then Lord Nicolas von Hohburg scales her wall, breaks into her life, and changes everything. Nick has resigned himself to a life of duty when Rapunzelís song calls him to her tower. Soon she has his heart wrapped in her lengthy tresses and he can think of nothing else. But his responsibilities and sense of duty threaten to come between them... Warning: A scheming witch, a damsel in distress and a Charming Noble who just might save the day.
eBook Publisher: Lyrical Press, Inc., 2012 2012
eBookwise Release Date: July 2012
 
Available eBook Formats: OEBFF Format (IMP) [329 KB]
Words: 77914
Reading time: 222-311 min.
He had come back.
He was not a figment of my imagination. He existed, and he was here.
I put my hand over my mouth. In one moment, I wanted to cry out, to sing in joy, because he was real. In the next, I was utterly terrified of him, for I knew not what brought him here. I wanted him to go away. I wanted him to stay as he was, wanted to make out every line, work out every detail of him.
He did not move at first, then pushed back the hood of his riding cloak and there was moonlight enough to see his face. To gleam off the line of his jaw. To frame the width of his shoulders. The cloak blew against him in the breeze, swirling around him as if it wanted to touch him.
In a word, he was magnificent.
He raised his arm in a wave. Before I could think about what I did, I waved back. I could not help a burst of laughter. He really did exist. He really did.
With a thud, my chamber door slammed open and Mother came in. "Rapunzel, what is all this noise?"
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