{"title":"Laura J. Mayo","description":"In addition to being a two-time winner of her town's annual pie contest, Laura J Mayo is also a fantasy writer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, their two children, a dog named Birch, and a ball python named Smoky. Unsurprisingly, many of Laura's other interests are solitary, including reading, sewing, cooking, baking, admiring her air plants, and getting figuratively lost in deep, dark woods. How to Summon a Fairy Godmother is her debut novel.","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-survive-a-fairy-bargain-a-laugh-out-loud-fairytale-what-if-paperback","title":"How to Survive a Fairy Bargain: A Laugh-Out-Loud Fairytale What-If - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodosia's already survived being the evil stepsister in one fairy tale, but surviving fae bargains, fairy rings, and being turned into a hedgehog will be a whole new challenge in this hilarious sequel to Laura Mayo's \u003ci\u003eHow to Summon a Fairy Godmother\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Theodosia Balfour is in a panic--she has no clue how to handle her new life as a fairy's familiar. 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Drop-dead gorgeous, incredibly cunning, and slightly devious, Cecily of the Ash Fairies is much more interested in gathering powerful favors and smoking her pipe than providing charitable magic for humans in a bind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Before she receives magical assistance, Cecily sets Theo to three tasks, seemingly to prove that Theo is a selfless and kind person. Helping her along the way are Cecily's familiars, the flirty human-turned-mockingbird Phineas and the aloof Kasra, a fox shapeshifter who should not be as handsome as he is for someone with such cutting remarks. As Theo works on her tasks, she shockingly finds kinship with the magical creatures she's helping, and starts to wonder if a continued life among her human peers is what she really wants after all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom debut author Laura J. 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