Amy Brailey won the Young Author’s contest in fourth grade and has wanted to be a “real author” ever since. After completing her debut novel Behind the Veil, she felt there was more to be gleaned from the characters, and the decision to make the Ideal Courtship Trilogy was born. Finding Frances is the second installment in the series. Today, Amy is most often found grading papers in coffee shops (and daydreaming about other stories) or in her junior high history classroom where she is a 27 year veteran teacher.
This book is a collage of many different stories created by teens, and we devoloped this book to show our abilities to the writing world. These stories are in the form of Horror, Fun, Fantasy and so much more. This book is an expression of what we think would make interesting stories.
Emma Randolf, an incredibly romantic sixteen year old, consistently daydreams to escape her not so romantic farm life in Sappington, Missouri. When she discovers that just on the other side of the veil is the very world she dreams of, full of knights and ladies and courtly manners, she is unprepared for the reality that this new world comes with a fierce battle between two competing kings. Emma...
Finding Frances (Book 2 in The Ideal Courtship Trilogy) picks up where Behind the Veil (Book 1) left off. Frances, one of the maids rescued by King Areli, has fled his camp, determined to return to Phinneas despite all he has put her through. Hoping to once again rescue Frances from his clutches, King Areli's army is searching for the opportunity to attack Phinneas. Meanwhile, back in...