{"id":2849,"date":"2021-09-05T07:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T20:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/?page_id=2849"},"modified":"2024-04-08T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:01:27","slug":"the-not-so-chosen-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/the-not-so-chosen-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Not So Chosen One"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2849\" class=\"elementor elementor-2849\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349da83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"349da83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a3c074 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a3c074\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e5a5fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e5a5fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Not-So-Chosen-One-NEW-COPY-qlng4259288nzwst0ld514pd57m3ziyaa619wk9zi8.jpg\" title=\"Not-So-Chosen-One NEW COPY\" alt=\"Not-So-Chosen-One NEW COPY\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da734e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4da734e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b418b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b418b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEW! 2nd Edition including special bonus chapter.<\/h3><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">WINNER OF THE PRAISEWORTHY AWARD FOR BEST FANTASY!<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">FIRST PLACE WINNER in OWFI&#8217;s book awards.<\/h4><p>When the Chosen Ones are gone, someone&#8217;s got to pretend . . . 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