Queen of Hearts Complete Collection: Queen of Hearts; Blood of Wonderland; War of the Cards. Colleen Oakes

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       Copyright

      This e-book collection first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018

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      Queen of Hearts, Text Copyright © 2016 by Colleen Oakes

      Blood of Wonderland, Text Copyright © 2017 by Colleen Oakes

      War of the Cards, Text Copyright © 2017 by Colleen Oakes

      Cover art Queen of Hearts © HarperCollins Publishers 2016, Cover Photography: Trevillion Images, Road © Shutterstock

      Cover art © Ruben Ireland 2016, 2017, Cover Design by Jenna Stempel

      Colleen Oakes asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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      Source ISBNs:

      Queen of Hearts 9780008175405

      Blood of Wonderland 9780008175436

      War of the Cards 9780008175467

      Ebook edition © 2017 ISBN 9780008273316

      Version: 2017-12-11

      Contents

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Queen of Hearts

      Blood of Wonderland

       War of the Cards

      About the Publisher

      

      

       “How do you like the Queen?” said the Cat in a low voice.

       “Not at all,” said Alice: “she’s so extremely—” Just then she noticed that the Queen was close behind her, listening: so she went on,“—likely to win, that it’s hardly worth while finishing the game.”

      — Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Epigraph

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       One

      “Oh, my future queen, you’re late!” Harris hopped from one foot to the other, his plump face soaked with a cold sweat. He pulled off his thick-rimmed glasses and wiped them on his white checkered ascot. “Dinah! Walk faster, Your Highness! We are late, late, late!” He looked down at his pocket watch with an exaggerated sigh.

      Dinah, Princess of Wonderland and future Queen of Hearts, rolled her eyes.

      “Harris, I’m walking as swiftly as I can.”

      “With all due respect, my dear, we have a very important summons from the King of Hearts. Your father wishes to see you. You know he is not a patient man.”

      Dinah continued to shuffle down the Hallway of the Golden Birds feeling quite like one of the ridiculous bronze fowl perched on the golden pedestals that surrounded her.

      A little bird ran across her path, and Dinah stomped near its feet, sending it shrieking into the air.

      “My child!” thundered Harris. “Control your emotions! I beg СКАЧАТЬ