Even Villains Grant Wishes: Inklet, #72

By Liana Brooks

Dreams-Come-True Coordinator at the Merriton Pediatric Hospital: an emotional job at the best of times. But with Christmas fast approaching, Andrea needs help even more desperately than usual.

In particular, she needs someone willing to cosplay The Polar Terror, Yukon's only home-grown super villain—or super anything, for that matter.

What she gets?

Just a bit more than she expected…

A heart-warming addition to Brooks's popular Heroes & Villains series that reminds readers that even villains can grant wishes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inkprint Press
• Release date: Dec 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201121815

Liana Brooks

Liana Brooks once read the book GOOD OMENS by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and noted that both their biographies invited readers to send money (or banana daiquiris). That seems to have worked well for them. Liana prefers strawberry daiquiris (virgin!) and will never say no to large amounts of cash in unmarked bills. Her books are sweet and humorous with just enough edge to keep you reading past your bedtime. Liana was born in San Diego and in addition to there has lived in Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Kansas. We'd like to tell you where she is right now, but last we checked she was researching books on both Alaska and Africa. Not only are the bookstore algorithms breaking trying to track this lady, but we can't tell you where to mail that daiquiri. Your best bet is to try Twitter where you can often find @LianaBrooks talking about her four kids, her giant dog, and plans for world domination.

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Even Villains Grant Wishes

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INKLET #72

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Liana Brooks

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EVEN VILLAINS GRANT WISHES

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As a cold Yukon wind howled outside, Andrea scrolled through Tumblr—hashtag supervillains—looking for a cosplayer who would fit the bill. Her desktop computer screen was the only glow in the dark office where the scent of chamomile tea and candy canes lingered long after the holiday party had ended.

It was heartbreaking working with the Dreams Come True program at the pediatric hospital. Sure, it was wonderful when she could help the kids make a dream come true, but sometimes... sometimes it was all too much.

Everett Jones was a special one. His parents had been in a car wreck when he was four months old and an improperly fitted car seat had thrown him from the wreckage. It had saved his life—the semitruck behind their car hadn’t been able to stop in time—but it had left Everett broken and orphaned. He’d been in and out of the foster care system until his aunt had graduated from college.

At seven, he should have been okay. But a little cold turned into bronchitis, and then they’d found abnormal growths along the tibia. And then the doctors at Merriton Pediatric Hospital, the premiere children’s hospital in the Yukon Territory, found out that the donor from Everett’s last surgery had not been screened correctly.

The bone cancer was sinking in.

Everett was seven and suicidal.

His adoptive mother was a wreck.

Andrea wanted to do nothing more than make sure Everett had one dream come true. She’d gone