All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Table of Contents The Charming Way Copyright Information About the Author The Charming Way Kristine Grayson Book Fair The very words of the sign filled Mellie with loathing. Book Fair indeed. More like Book Unfair. Every time someone wrote something down, they got it wrong. She’d learned that in her exceptionally long life. Not that she was old—not by any stretch. In fact, by the standards of her people, she was in early middle age. She’d been in early middle age, it seemed, for most of her adult life. Of course that wasn’t true. She’d only been in early middle age for her life in the public eye—two very different things. And now she was paying for it. She stood with her hands on her hips (which hadn’t expanded [much] since she was a beautiful young girl, who caught the eye of every man) and looked at the pavilion, with the banner strung across its multitude of doors.
