Borderland Brides Fairytale Retellings Series by Jacque Stevens

A royal Selection Ball. A doomed romance. He’s not exactly a prince, but then, she’s not entirely human . . .Leda happily shifts between two different forms and two different worlds, living as a magical fae creature called a swan maiden. But when a sorcerer steals her feather cloak, she is stuck as a human until it is returned. Cut off from her former magic, her only hope is to persuade a reluctant prince to declare his love and battle the sorcerer on her behalf... moreA royal Selection Ball. A doomed romance. He’s not exactly a prince, but then, she’s not entirely human . . .Leda happily shifts between two different forms and two different worlds, living as a magical fae creature called a swan maiden. But when a sorcerer steals her feather cloak, she is stuck as a human until it is returned. Cut off from her former magic, her only hope is to persuade a reluctant prince to declare his love and battle the sorcerer on her behalf.Navigating the human world is hard. Navigating the prince’s Selection Ball is even harder. The prince’s enigmatic half-brother promises to help her gain the prince’s favor, but soon, Leda finds herself torn between them.Will Leda find her true home at last? Or will her fractured magic release an even greater horror?The Swan Bride is a clean romantic and comedic fantasy inspired by Swan Lake and other Fairytales. less

A jaded hero determined to retire. A stubborn princess with an unbreakable curse. She could never hope to fill her sister’s shoes . . . at least not without a little magic. After her twin sister was stolen in the night, Princess Lillian of Umbrae tried to be the perfect daughter and make up for everything her family lost. And when that didn’t work, she made a deal with a shadowy fae prince. But the deal Lily made isn’t working out quite the way she thought it would... moreA jaded hero determined to retire. A stubborn princess with an unbreakable curse. She could never hope to fill her sister’s shoes . . . at least not without a little magic. After her twin sister was stolen in the night, Princess Lillian of Umbrae tried to be the perfect daughter and make up for everything her family lost. And when that didn’t work, she made a deal with a shadowy fae prince. But the deal Lily made isn’t working out quite the way she thought it would. And as she is drawn to dance in a twilight kingdom night after night, her family only grows more destressed.Finding her true love might break her curse, but if eleven identical princesses made of shadow magic weren’t enough to make up for the one who was lost, how can Lily ever hope to find someone who can be satisfied with her alone? Especially after her unstable grandfather, the king, determines that the next would-be hero who attempts to break her curse will risk losing his head completely?The Shadow Bride is a romantic and comedic fantasy inspired by the Twelve Dancing Princesses. This is the second installment of The Borderland Brides, a series of interconnected standalone novels. Each new story takes inspiration from a different fairytale couple as the human kingdoms become more entangled with the Fae Courts just outside their borders. less