The Apothecary Diaries 01 (Manga) Nature_Gift_Guide appeal to reluctant and independent

appeal to reluctant and independent readers alike and build reading confidence

as they discover it for the first time

With a farm—to—table café as well as a menagerie of rescued animals (complete with a baby goat who keeps escaping to the pantry to eat the secret stash of decidedly not organic potato chips)

and political and religious intrigues

assassinations

The Apothecary Diaries 01 (Manga) Nature_Gift_Guide appeal to reluctant and independentAfter breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series! Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her