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Trifle

Book cover Trifle fantasy short story

Enid, the baker’s daughter, married a lord. All thanks to a very special cake recipe.

Now a widow, she lives alone with her grown son. She runs his household with all the skill she learned as a baker’s daughter combined with the grace she learned as a noble lady. She loves it, but nothing lives forever, not even talented mothers who bake special cakes.

Her son needs a wife. And the errant king arrives that very day, his three marriageable daughters in tow.

Time to bake a cake sweet enough to win a princess’s heart. It all depends on Enid’s skill, and on the potency of her secret ingredient.

The eBook of this short story is in the following collections:

Tales from Heian-Kyo and Others

Tales of Blood and Ink

Published: December 13, 2016

Available in: eBook (epub and mobi), Paperback

ISBNs:

eBook 978-1-946552-18-1

Paperback 978-1-946552-19-8

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