A dragon on the run. A clever curse. And a Queen willing to sacrifice anyone for the power she craves. Alice has never felt worthy of being a Cavendish. Ten years after being lifted from the slums and adopted into London’s aristocracy, she’s still struggling to navigate the maze of high society without embarrassing her family. A feat that is easier said than done, when it comes to tea parties and the advances of the pompous Hadley Beechworth. Just when a new life is on the horizon, a snarky cat on a mission hijacks Alice’s plans and sends her head-first into Wonderland — where she’s tasked with freeing the fire-breathing Jabberwock in exchange for her ticket home. But in a land where all is not as it seems, one good deed does not necessarily beget another. When Alice’s path takes her all the way to the palace, she discovers the beautiful Red Queen’s tragic past hides a darker secret. Can Alice restore the crown to its rightful heir without losing her head — or her heart? Tumble down the Rabbit Hole to find out in Jabberwock's Curse, the first book in the Looking Glass Chronicles, a no-spice fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland for YA readers. R.V. Bowman spends her days wrangling middle-school students while secretly trying to instill a love of language without any of them realizing it. By night, she picks up her pen (okay, it's really a keyboard, but pen has a nicer ring, don't you think?) and writes fantastical adventures full of magic and heart.Although her major was in English and journalism, R.V. Bowman decided that she preferred the imaginative to the realistic. Her love of books began as a child when she would pester anyone within earshot to read her a story. Once she learned to read on her own, her grandmother fed her reading addiction by supplying her with classics such as Stuart Little, The Black Stallion, and The Hobbit for every birthday and Christmas.R.V. Bowman lives in Northwest Ohio with her husband, two sons, and a very nosy dog named Sherlock.