All she needs to do is to lead Prince Victor to his death. It will take all of Zahir’s skill to protect Rebecca from the true purpose of the masquerade, a force more sinister and older than either of them expect.īook 3: The Wayward Tower: A Rapunzel NovellaĪria knows how to escape imprisonment. But secretly, his feelings expand beyond friendship. Now he only raises his blade in defense of one: his queen and dearest friend, Rebecca. A peerless swordsman and trained fighter, he once fought for his country. Facing the possibility of engagement to a man she cannot stand, Rebecca takes her first chance of freedom: an enchanted masquerade located beneath a trap door. Once a scared princess, ruthlessly controlled by her older brother, she now finds herself inheriting a kingdom that never expected to have a queen. Rebecca has lived a life of restrictions.

After all, he remembers all too well what happened to the previous caretaker.īook 2: A Dance with Magic: A Twelve Dancing Princesses Novella As much as Rose may draw him in with her beauty and stubborn strength, he knows she must escape before the next full moon. Trapped within his own home and in the body of a hideous beast, Kris never wanted to share his prison with another. Will she manage to complete her quest or be pulled in by the secrets of the manor?

Held captive in an enchanted manor, she finds herself face to face with a beast who is equally horrifying and kind. After traveling into enemy territory, Rose falls into a trap. But when her husband dies at war, she must return his arms to his place of birth to set his spirit to rest. Rose Gardner never thought she'd leave the small town of West Ridge. This omnibus includes all four novellas in the Twin Kingdoms series.īook 1: The Rose and the Claw: A Beauty and the Beast Novella

As the next generation takes the reigns, will they be able to break from the ever-repeating cycle of war to find true peace? Will love win out over ancient evil?

These are the stories of the Twin Kingdoms, a collection of fairy tale retellings set in two nations descended from a pair of dueling brothers. A beast held captive in an enchanted manor.Ī young queen stumbles into a hidden masquerade.Ī prince scales a tower to save the woman he loves.Ī princess falls for an assassin who carries an arsenal of magical tricks.

The Rose and the Claw by Nancy O'Toole