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    Three Toads & a Dragon
    Three Toads & a Dragon
    Three Toads & a Dragon
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    Three Toads & a Dragon

    By Louisa Swann

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    Wild magic and monsters. Who could ask for anything more?

    When Lani's grandmother unexpectedly dies, Lani sets out to find the only relative she has left – a long lost aunt who lives half a continent away. Lani's falls back on her only protection – her youth – as she makes her way to her aunt's. If Grandmother had taught Lani how to use her magic, things might have been different. Too bad Grandmother's ideas were ahead of her time – either that or the woman was downright lazy. Either way, Lani's magic remained untrained and wild, popping up at the most unexpected and inconvenient times. Then a stranger joins the caravan and wild magic becomes the least of Lani's concerns.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEye of the Eagle
    Release dateDec 20, 2012
    ISBN9781301272327
    Three Toads & a Dragon
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    Louisa Swann

    Louisa is a professional writer living in northern California with husband, son, and a slew of critters, both domestic and wild. The family has been off the grid for over twenty years and keeps their carbon footprint small by doing without frig and water heater. Besides writing and caring for critters, both two-legged and four-legged, Louisa is the proud mama of a host of other little beings, namely veggies and flowers, who live in their 8′x16′ greenhouse. Springs fills the air with flowers and song while frogs leap merrily underfoot. Life is sweet!

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      Three Toads & a Dragon - Louisa Swann

      Three Toads

      and

      a Dragon

      Louisa Swann

      Three Toads and a Dragon

      Louisa M. Swann

      Wild magic and monsters. Who could ask for anything more?

      When Lani's grandmother unexpectedly dies, Lani sets out to find the only relative she has left – a long lost aunt who lives half a continent away. Lani's falls back on her only protection – her youth – as she makes her way to her aunt's. If Grandmother had taught Lani how to use her magic, things might have been different. Too bad Grandmother's ideas were ahead of her time – either that or the woman was downright lazy. Either way, Lani's magic remained untrained and wild, popping up at the most unexpected and inconvenient times. Then a stranger joins the caravan and wild magic becomes the least of Lani's concerns.

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      Three Toads and a Dragon

      About the Author

      Three Toads and a Dragon

      Copyright 2012 by Louisa M. Swann

      Published by Eye of the Eagle Press

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      This e-book is licensed for the enjoyment of the person who bought it. If you're reading it, and you didn't buy it, please go buy your own.

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      Three Toads and a Dragon

      Go away! A fly dodged Lani's hand and swooped to the other side of her face. She wiped her sweaty forehead on the back of her sleeve, ignored the irritation building in her stomach, and moved on, but the fly followed her.

      Drat! Energy tingled in the earth beneath her feet – the kind of tingle that signaled trouble. Trouble in the form of monsters and strange happenings.

      Trouble that called itself magic.

      Lani gritted her teeth and focused on the glow of turning-to-winter aspens scattered amid a background of evergreens as she struggled to empty her mind. The fly swooped by her nose, and a shock of magic stung her skin. Instead of a

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