Huff and Puff

By Jenniffer Wardell

Hortensia is a pig with a problem – her brothers are gamblers, and they're in debt to a big, bad wolf who they're terrified of. Her solution is to offer to be the wolf's new accountant, making sure the debt gets paid off without any gratuitous eating. Surely she's safe as long as he needs her, right?
That's when things get complicated. Her brothers continue to have terrible ideas, the lines begin to blur, and it gets harder to tell who the real villain of the story is. Is Hortensia the only one who can stop it all from blowing down?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jenniffer Wardell
• Release date: Apr 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311042002

Jenniffer Wardell

Jenniffer Wardell is a fantasy author and general fairy godmother-at-large. She's always on the lookout for witty dialogue and a well-earned happily-ever after. She loves to chat with anyone who loves a good story.

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Huff and Puff

by Jenniffer Wardell

Cover art by Jenniffer Wardell

Copyright 2014 by Jenniffer Wardell

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Horty—

Call me that again, and I might just let the wolf have you.

Gerald's mouth dropped open as he stared at his younger sister, those ridiculous sunglasses he insisted on wearing sliding down his porcine nose. Francis, the oldest of the three, looked equally shocked. Hortensia! You don't talk like that!

I do when I've finally lost my temper with you both. Hortensia bit her tongue to keep from saying the thought out loud, reminding herself that her older brothers had seemed genuinely frightened when they'd knocked on the door of the little brick house she rented. It wasn't their fault she'd been on her way to a job interview when they'd chosen to have their crisis. I'm sorry. I'm sure it must have been terrible, but I honestly don't know what you expect me to do. It's not as if this Mr. Wolf threatened you directly, did he? You were snooping around where you weren't welcome, and just happened to see him....

Hortensia hesitated, trying to find a polite way to say eat an employee. Sometimes, manners were the only thing that truly seemed to remind people that they no longer walked around on four feet. ...take care of a personnel issue in a manner you found disturbing. It's not as if I can march over there and tell him off for you.

At that, Francis immediately started to look uncomfortable. Gerald, unfortunately, had never been embarrassed about anything. We'd need you to do a little more than that, Hort— He was briefly cut off by a firm nudge from his brother. —ensia. That thing we were doing kind of fell through, and we can't exactly pay him back the 10,000 credit slips when they're due next week.

You— She stopped when she felt the urge to shout build, making herself run though her 12 times tables until she dared trust her