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Playing the Piper
A Pied Piper Retelling
2025
First Published
4.40
Average Rating
70
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The Piper's tune comes with a cost . . . Carina is a widow whose only focus is raising her young son. The last thing she needs is adventure. But when a mysterious bard comes to town, that is exactly what finds her. Because while he seems to hold the entire town in a spell, the Piper's focus is entirely on her. Just because adventure is the last thing Carina needs doesn't mean it's not what she longs for. And whether it wants her or not, it is coming for her. Because where the Piper goes, danger follows . . . Playing the Piper is a spooky sweet short story retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin set in the world of Constantinium featuring healing hearts, just kisses, and a very strange plague.

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Author

Jes Drew
Jes Drew
Author · 37 books

Jes Drew is the author of the Cursed Fae of Orphydice Manor Series, the Sunset at Dawn trilogy, The Samurai's Student saga, the Ninja and Hunter trilogy, the Howling Twenty trilogy, the Kristian Clark saga/The Man on the Run series, the Castaways trilogy, The Dystopian Takeover trilogy, Summers of Yesteryear series, The Clockwork Faerie Tale Novellas, the Legends of the Master Spy series, The New ESE Files series, Tales from Parallel Worlds, Genie and Serena, Accidentally on the Run, This Side of Heaven, and The Death of a Hero. She has three degrees, including a Master of Arts in Behavioral Counseling. Also, she has about five million houseplants (and counting—the plants and not the degrees . . . unless she relapses). She is still debating if having a fae husband is worth the hassle. Sign up to Jes' newsletter to read Entreaty of Shadows for free! https://mailchi.mp/ddd429767392/untit...

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