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Release Day: The Beggar Prince by Kate Stradling

It’s time for the second book in our Once Upon a Prince series! This week it’s Kate Stradling’s The Beggar Prince: A King Thrushbeard Retelling.

Haven’t got yours yet, or were waiting on the paperback? Get it here now:

The Beggar Prince on Amazon

So far, both of the first OUAP books to release have become instant bestsellers, which is absolutely mind blowing and incredible! We’ve been so lucky to have a great team and even better readers supporting us, so thank you to everyone who’s bought copies, preordered, reviewed the books and posted about our series on social media. You’re all amazing!

Blurb:

An unwilling suitor. A mocking princess. A marriage they both abhor.

Diplomacy and a demanding mother send Thorben of Hauke to a neighboring kingdom, there to present himself as candidate for marriage to their princess. Beautiful Leonie of Elisia is famous for insulting every suitor she receives, and Thorben banks on her dismissing him as well—which she does, with vicious aplomb.

This time, though, her ridicule proves her father’s breaking point. The King of Elisia vows that Leonie will marry a beggar, and Thorben departs inwardly applauding the punishment… until a terrible storm deposits him tattered and bedraggled at the castle’s kitchen door. Before he can weasel out of his mishap—or even pull rank—the marriage is done.

But what’s legal in Elisia might not be in Hauke. Disguised as a beggar, Thorben leads Leonie home to secure an annulment.

If he’s lucky, he’ll get it without revealing his true identity… and before losing his heart to his exquisite but sharp-tongued bride.

The Beggar Prince, a retelling of King Thrushbeard, is book 2 of Once Upon A Prince, a multi-author series of clean fairy tale retellings. Each standalone story features a swoony prince fighting for his happily ever after.

What are you waiting for? Go and meet Thorben and Leonie!

And then check out Kate’s other brilliant books. I highly recommend Deathmark!

Happy reading,

Lyndsey

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Cover Reveal: The Poisoned Prince by Kristin J. Dawson

I’m so excited to reveal the FINAL cover for our upcoming fairytale retelling series, Once Upon a Prince!

If you’re a fan of Snow White retellings, you are going to absolutely LOSE IT over this one!

A huntsman torn between his duty, his family, and his love of an orphaned girl with dangerous secrets must save the kingdom from a mad queen in this friends-to-lovers retelling of Snow White.

This book is one of twelve in our upcoming series of well-known fairytales retold from the Prince’s point of view. The Poisoned Prince will be released on 3 November!

Blurb

A royal huntsman. An illegitimate daughter. And one heart ​— delivered on a platter​.​

Max ​is ​​training to become the royal huntsman​, a respected position his lineage has held for generations. Orphaned Snow​ is an unremarkable palace servant of questionable origins.

Although Max banters with Snow every morning, ​and she can sense his mood at a single glance, the best friends are thrown apart when the king winds up dead. Under the queen’s rule, the kingdom devolves into chaos — and Snow is a threat to be eliminated. When Snow is betrayed, Max ​risks everything to save her life​, despite the painful discovery of the secrets she’s been hiding. With the help of seven dwarven allies, they must all work together to dethrone the mad queen.​

But as the queen’s magic strengthens, so do the risks. 

The longer Max juggles the traitors, lies, and unstable queen, the more he realizes he must choose between his family and the woman he’s grown to love. And it’s painfully clear that he can’t save both.

The key ​to saving the kingdom ​may lie in Snow’s unraveling of her past, ​​but ​her​​ heart lies in the hands of the queen’s huntsman.

The Poisoned Prince, a retelling of Snow White, is book 6 of Once Upon a Prince, a multi-author series of clean fairy tale retellings. Each standalone story features a swoony prince fighting for his happily ever after.

And that, as they say, is all folks! All twelve, absolutely stunning covers are now out in the world, all twelve incredible, fairytale romantic fantasy novels are available to preorder, and will begin releasing on 29 September!

We can’t wait to share our stories with you, but there’s plenty more fun to be had between now and release day. Keep a weather eye on the horizon kids, we’ve got lots of exciting things planned…

Lyndsey

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Cover Reveal: The Shoeless Prince by Jacque Stevens

I’m so excited to reveal the next cover for our upcoming fairytale retelling series, Once Upon a Prince!

The autumnal vibes in this one! The chemistry! The cat! I actually beta read The Shoeless Prince and LOVED it, so I can tell you with complete confidence that this story is incredible and you’re going to love it too.

In this retelling of Puss In Boots, a shoeless miller’s son makes a fateful bargain with a mysterious “magic cat” on his quest to romance a princess, become the hero his kingdom needs, and fit into a very fancy pair of hunting boots.

This book is one of twelve in our upcoming series of well-known fairytales retold from the Prince’s point of view. The Shoeless Prince will be released on 17 November!

Blurb

A shoeless son of a miller. A high-fashion tabby. An adventure far more than they bargained for.

Leo is not a normal cat.

Archie Miller might be a dreamer, but he’s seen the complex mousetraps the stray barn cat builds, and he knows he’s right. When his late father wills him the “magic cat” as his only inheritance, Archie is ready to prove it, making a deal with the supposed faerie to gain his fortune.

But the ornery brown tabby has plans of his own. And when Archie ends up entangled with a shapeshifting ogre and a reckless royal beauty, it seems he has unleashed more magical mayhem than he can handle.

Can the shoeless son of a miller romance a princess, become the hero his kingdom needs, and fit into a very fancy pair of hunting boots? Or will all his dreams become a toe-pinching nightmare?

The Shoeless Prince, a retelling of Puss in Boots, is book 8 of Once Upon a Prince, a multi-author series of clean fairy tale retellings. Each standalone story features a swoony prince fighting for his happily ever after.

We’ll be revealing a new cover every week until all twelve are out in the open, so keep your eyes peeled for more of the Once Upon a Prince series covers!

Lyndsey

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P.S. Next week is the FINAL cover reveal! But we’ve got lots of fun stuff planned for the few weeks before the first book is released in September!