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    The Trembling Tower
    The Trembling Tower
    The Trembling Tower
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    The Trembling Tower

    By Alexandria Blaelock

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    In an apartment fit for a fairy tale princess who knows what magic might happen?
    In the bustling heart of the city, Helene King is looking for a sanctuary.
    Her lease has expired. She's tired of sharing. She needs to economise.
    One fateful day, she finds a hidden gem. A small apartment in a deligtful Edwardian building. Fit for a fairy tale princess.
    Handy for the train and the supermarket. Ridiculously cheap rent.
    Does it come with fairy tale monsters too?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlueMere Books
    Release dateJan 9, 2024
    ISBN9781923083042
    The Trembling Tower
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    Alexandria Blaelock

    Alexandria Blaelock writes stories, some of them for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. She's also written four self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters like getting dressed, cleaning house, and feeding your friends. As a recovering Project Manager, she’s probably too fond of sticking to plan. She lives in a forest because she enjoys birdsong, the scent of gum leaves and the sun on her face. When not telecommuting to parallel universes from her Melbourne based imagination, she watches K-dramas, talks to animals, and drinks Campari. At the same time. Discover more at www.alexandriablaelock.com.

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      The Trembling Tower - Alexandria Blaelock

      THE TREMBLING TOWER

      The Edwardian apartment building, quite simply, was delightful.

      The white painted woodwork was daintily opulent in contrast to the warm and welcoming golden-brown bricks. Its elegant arched windows, the chic round corner towers, and charming stained-glass door set lent it an air of fairy tale enchantment.

      It wasn’t hard to imagine a bunch of fairy tale princesses sharing the rooftop flat.

      Sleeping Beauty taking long Saturday afternoon naps on the couch while the Little Mermaid hogged the Bathroom, and Rapunzel combed her hair out the lounge room window.

      Maybe, after a late night out on the town, Cinderella would cook a mammoth hangover-curing full English breakfast while Beauty took her chihuahua for a run in the local park.

      Just standing on the downhill side of the street from it made Helene King smile.

      She almost didn’t care what the vacant apartment looked like. It was hard enough to find an inner-city apartment, let alone one in her price range. So tempting to just take it just on the basis of its façade,

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