Bitter Fruit

Teens

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Synopsis

Sometimes actions can be more poisonous than any fruit, especially when dark magick is involved… Arabella Cuthbert lives in a magickal world where females aren’t valued. Her future includes a husband, children, and endless days tending house unless Arabella can prevent it. When the young Spelltwister stumbles across a name in an ancient tome, it leads her to the crotchety proprietress of White’s Antiquities and her malus malum. Esther White reveals a way for Arabella to have everything she’s ever wanted—fill the bad apple with the souls of seven evil men. The task makes Arabella question everything she’s worked for, but has she bitten off more than she can chew from the rotten apple? Is it too late to change things again? All Things Dark & Magickal is a young adult series featuring time travel and retold fairy tales.

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Author Biography

SF Benson loves putting a spin on a story. She primarily writes romantic fantasy with unusual characters in unexpected circumstances. SF’s books feature diverse and strong characters who have to work hard to get to their happily ever after. Sometimes the playing field is fraught with supernaturals. Other times it might be a pervasive magic. No matter how you look at it, her characters know how to meet the challenge and get what they desire—love! Published since 2016, SF has released sixteen books in five different series and has appeared in four anthologies! Under Nadirah Foxx, she’s written six books on the darker, steamier side of life. Curious about what all SF Benson and her alter ego, Nadirah Foxx, might be up to? Check them out at https://www.authorsfbenson.com/.

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A Twist on Snow White

Bitter Fruit is the ultimate twist on Snow White. Arabella Cuthbert isn't a sweet damsel waiting to be rescued. Instead, she's a magickal female who wants two things--to be respected and to get a little payback. Readers met Arabella in The Glass Watch. The outcome of that story left Arabella bitter and vindictive. Writing her story was more challenging than the first book. There's more history intertwined with the story since it involves more time travel than the first. It took longer to write, but I think the result is a satisfying tale.

Book Excerpt

Bitter Fruit

There were two things guaranteed to every person alive—death and taxes. If you were fortunate to survive birth, you couldn’t escape either one. The first could be construed as a blessing after enduring a miserable existence while the other could very well be a curse haunting you unto the grave if left unpaid. Of course, living came with plenty of obstacles before you checked out permanently. I had been fortunate not to have encountered those things. Yet.

My life included other issues—being a female and being magickal. Either category had its own difficulties, but when combined they turned into a complicated stew. It was bad enough that as a girl my world focused on eligible bachelors and endless hours learning the fine art of womanhood. But being born female and magickal meant being unappreciated on a whole different level. It could be just as harsh as not having enough finances to carry you from day to day. I called it devalued worth.

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SF Benson

Bitter Fruit

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A Twist on Snow White

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Bitter Fruit

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