The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson

As the powerful lords set against them proceed with their villainous plans, secrets emerge that put Frederick and Adela’s future at risk. In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance. When disaster separates them, Adela and Frederick find themselves caught in the midst of deceptions far more dangerous than innocent disguises. Even as their relationship grows, her true identity remains hidden from him, and he believes she is a commoner like him. As Frederick works on the project, he and Adela meet almost daily, and it doesn’t take long for them to fall in love. He dreams of making a living carving beautiful images into wood, and he is thrilled when the Bishop of Hagenheim commissions him to carve new doors for the cathedral.

There, she meets a handsome young woodcarver named Frederick.įrederick is a poor farmer and the sole provider for his family, and he often has to defend his mother from his father’s drunken rages. Longing for freedom, one day she sneaks away to the market disguised as a peasant. In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance.Īdela, daughter of the powerful Duke of Hagenheim, is rarely allowed outside the castle walls. until she falls in love with a commoner who has no idea who she really is. As the powerful lords set against them proceed with their villainous plans, secrets emerge that put Frederick and Adela’s future at risk.The duke's daughter, Adela, masquerades as a peasant for a small taste of freedom. Yet her true identity remains hidden from him.

There, she meets a handsome young woodcarver named Frederick.įrederick, a poor farmer, is the sole provider for his family, and he often has to defend his mother from his father’s drunken rages. But one day, longing for freedom, she sneaks away to the market disguised as a peasant. In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance.Īdela, daughter of the Duke of Hagenheim, is rarely allowed outside the castle walls.

The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson