The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea (Book 1)
The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood (Book 2)
The Coronation Ball: A Four Kingdoms Cinderella Novelette
Happily Ever Afters: A Four Kingdoms Novella
The Princess Pact: A Twist on Rumpelstiltskin (Book 3)
A Midwinter's Wedding: A Four Kingdoms Novella
The Princess Game: A Reimagining of Sleeping Beauty (Book 4)
The Princess Search: A Retelling of The Ugly Duckling (Book 5)
Intended audience: Young Adults Visit Melanie Cellier's home page for information about her current works-in-progress. The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea
One dark and stormy night … … lost and alone, Alyssa finds herself knocking on the door of a castle.
After a lifetime spent in the deep forest, Alyssa has no idea what to expect on the other side.
What she finds is two unruly young princesses and one very handsome prince. When Alyssa accepts the job of Princess Companion she knows her life will change. What she doesn’t know is that the royal family is about to be swept up in unexpected danger and intrigue and that she just might be the only thing standing between her kingdom and destruction.
This retelling of the classic fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea, reimagines the risks and rewards that come when one royal family goes searching for A TRUE PRINCESS.
Danger and romance await a woodcutter’s daughter in a royal palace. Publication History The Princess Companion eBook (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-3-2) is the first novel in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store in January 2016. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-4-9) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood
Princess Ava used to be a weapon - sharp, strong and beautiful. But when she fails at her most important task, she's forced to flee from her own family. Only her personal bodyguard, Hans, remains loyal. Hans claims to know the real Ava but she finds that hard to believe - after all, she's been the villain so long that she can't remember anything else.
Deep in exile, Ava learns her kingdom needs a hero and she might be the only one who can save it. The catch? She'll have to ally herself with the very people she blames for her downfall.
But in a game of life and death where the stakes are an entire kingdom, winning over her enemies will only be the beginning. Can one fugitive save her people, her kingdom and, hardest of all, herself?
In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, the girl in the red hood has been swallowed up by the wolf and must decide if she's willing to fight for her freedom, no matter the cost.
Publication History The Princess Fugitive eBook (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-5-6) is the second novel in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store in June 2016. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-8-7) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. The Coronation Ball: A Four Kingdoms Cinderella Novelette
Hanna knows all about hard work. For years she’s labored to complete her apprenticeship and become a pastry chef. Driven from her home once before, she’s willing to endure whatever it takes to keep her position in the palace kitchens of Northhelm. But when she finally has a chance for all her dreams to come true, everything goes wrong. In danger of losing both her future as a pastry chef, and the man she’s loved for years, Hanna will have to decide if she’s ready to fight for herself, as well as for Stefan.
The Coronation Ball is a novelette of approximately 15,000 words that follows Hans’s sister after she flees Rangmere to build a life in Northhelm. It is an expanded version of a short story previously titled The Pastry Chef's Apprentice, published in the anthology Happily Ever Afters. Publication History The Coronation Ball eBook (ISBN: 978-1-925898-26-2) is the first novelette in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on January 29, 2020. A print edition (ISBN: 978-1-925898-27-9) is available from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. Happily Ever Afters: A Four Kingdoms Novella
Sometimes a fairy tale ending is only the beginning…
Sarah and Evelyn had already risked everything to help Ava win a crown. But they soon learn that a coronation is a beginning, not an ending. Not everyone in Rangmere is happy to see the young queen on the throne, and intrigue and danger lurk all around.
The cousins soon find themselves fighting not only for their new kingdom but also for their own survival in the royal court. When a new threat emerges, the two girls must defeat it to both save the crown and secure their own Happily Ever Afters.
Happily Ever Afters is a novella of approximately 35,000 words. Publication History The Happily Ever Afters eBook (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-6-3) is the first novella and the third release in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store in November 2016. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-6480801-9-0) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. The Princess Pact: A Twist on Rumpelstiltskin
Spinning straw into gold was only the beginning of the story…
Marie, the dutiful princess of Northhelm, chafes under the rigid protocol that governs her life. Then a growing darkness threatens the kingdom and uncovers the lie at the centre of her whole life – a single pact that changes everything.
Throwing off convention, she joins Rafe, a handsome, charming newcomer, on a quest to save her kingdom. Except he doesn’t know she has a mission of her own – to discover the truth about her identity. Increasingly drawn to Rafe’s strength and good humour, Marie is torn by her double purpose. With time running out and death and destruction looming, Marie will have to unravel the bargains that surround her and choose where her true allegiance lies.
In this twist on the classic fairy tale, Rumpelstiltskin, a hidden identity is just one of the things Marie will have to unravel. Publication History The Princess Pact eBook (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-7-0) is the third novel and the fourth release in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on January 23, 2017. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-6480801-7-6) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. A Midwinter's Wedding: A Four Kingdoms Novella
A retelling of The Frog Prince fairy tale. Princess Cordelia is used to being overshadowed by her many brothers and sisters. So when she’s offered the chance to attend her brother’s wedding in a faraway kingdom, she leaps at it. In Northhelm, she’ll finally have the chance to stand out. And maybe, just maybe, she’ll even find romance.
But not everything in the Northhelmian court is as it appears. With her brother distracted by the wedding, only Ferdinand, the ugliest man at court, will listen to Cordelia’s concerns. An observant princess and a strangely amphibious soldier may be the only thing standing between all Four Kingdoms and disaster.
Cordelia will have to overcome prejudice, deceit and danger if she wants to save the day and find romance at A Midwinter’s Wedding.
A Midwinter’s Wedding is a novella of approximately 35,000 words. Publication History A Midwinter's Wedding eBook (ISBN: 978-0-9806963-9-4) is the second novella and the fifth release in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on April 20, 2017. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-6483051-0-1) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide. The Princess Game: A Reimagining of Sleeping Beauty
They call her the Sleeping Princess, but Celeste is far from asleep…
Celeste has been cursed since her sixteenth birthday--just not in the way the rest of the kingdom thinks. All they see is her breath-taking beauty, marred by her foolishness. Only she knows that she retains her brilliant mind. And it’s a secret she must keep at all costs.
Over the years she’s grown accustomed to the necessary deception. After all, her life depends on it. And she’s even found a way to protect her kingdom, working from the shadows. But now a dangerous new threat has emerged, one that Celeste can’t defeat alone. She needs the help of a newly-arrived prince. One who’s altogether too handsome and too charming. Somehow she needs to keep her secret, save her kingdom and find a way to free herself from the curse. The last thing she has time to do is sleep.
In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, it’s only the princess’ mind that is asleep. And sometimes appearances can be deceiving. Publication History The Princess Game eBook (ISBN: 978-0-6480801-0-7) is the fourth novel and the sixth release in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on June 9, 2017. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-6480801-8-3) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide.
The Princess Search: A Retelling of The Ugly Duckling
An outcast. A prince. And a deadly rebellion...
After a lifetime of rejection, seamstress Evie can't trust Frederic, the crown prince of Lanover--not his words of friendship or the way the warmth in his eyes seems to ask for even more. But when they end up on a tour of his kingdom--one filled with increasing danger--Evie's mistrust might doom them all.
In this spin on the classic fairy tale, an ugly duckling must discover her true worth in order to save her kingdom and maybe even find true love. Publication History The Princess Search eBook (ISBN: 978-0-6483051-2-5) is the fifth novel and the seventh release in the Four Kingdoms series. It was published on the Amazon Kindle Store on May 11, 2018. A print edition (ISBN: 978-0-6483051-3-2) is available from Amazon and also from a wide range of online booksellers worldwide.
