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My Top 5 Fantasy Authors
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items This list contains my all-time favorite books from my top 5 authors! These fantasy books gave me some of the best summers of my life as a teenager. I would recommend these for avid readers who love romantic fantasies filled with extreme danger and ma...
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Melanie Dickerson
Jody Hedlund
Melanie Dickerson
An 11 part series where each book and character emulates romantic adult versions of childhood fairy tales.
Rose's story follows that of sleeping beauty. As she cares for an injured Lord Hamlin she can only wonder if he cares the same for her despite his betrothal to an unknown mystery princess.
The Healer's Apprentice
Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant is now trapped in indentured servitude to Lord Ranulf. Rumored to be a beastly man with untamed anger circumstances soon unfold that make Annabel wonder if Ranulf's fate is in her hands, perhaps even h...
The Merchant's Daughter
As Gabe tries to woo Duchess Ermengard into allowing him to take her step-daughter Sophia back to his city so she may complete her betrothal to his brother he makes one fatal mistake. As he sang of the duchesses beauty he unknowingly began describing Sophia which invoked great wrath and unthinkable danger for them both.
The Fairest Beauty
Gisela decides to risk the wrath of her cruel step-mother so that she can have one perfect night at the ball. She never thought that one night could bring about so much danger much less that it would bring her together with the one person she'd alway...
The Captive Maiden
Margaretha is torn between Lord Claybrook whom she is betrothed too and the injured Englishman claiming to be a lord that was left for dead by her betrothed. Can she, the girl who is always scolded or talking to much, find the courage to spy on her b...
The Princess Spy
Rapunzel's story may be similar to that of fairy tales but she is by no means the helpless girl in a tower. She can throw knives better than any man and her voice can tame even the wildest of beasts. In a new city once again Rapunzel uncovers a 17 ye...
The Golden Braid
Desperate to escape marriage to a sinister man twice her age Lady Evangeline secretly joins a peasant group traveling back to their home. she acts as a mute to conceal her identity but somehow she still attracts the attention of the servants master L...
The Silent Songbird: Sweet, YA Retelling of The Little Mermaid
The young Aladdin travel from his Arabian homeland to a far away city where he grew up in a small orphanage where he met the beautiful Lady Kirsten. though their status were as far apart as they could be an unbreakable bond quickly grew. As they got ...
The Orphan's Wish
Mulan, the adopted daughter of poor parents must join the dukes army disguised as a young man and fight in the war. While trying to prove herself as a warrior she meets Lord Wolgang who becomes exasperated by the young man who always seems to be in h...
The Warrior Maiden
Katerina faces threats from all sides. Her village has been overtaken by rats, a mysterious beast has been taking the village children, and her own home is shrouded in the evil presence of her step-father. Determined to slay the beast she makes an un...
The Piper's Pursuit
Dressed as a peasant Lady Adela's favorite thing to do is sneak off to the cathedral where her new found friend Frederick is carving beautiful new doors for the chapel. Adela soon realizes that they have begun to fall in love but she has still not re...
The Peasant's Dream
Jody Hedlund
Jody Hedlund has written many book series but these two are my favorite! The Fairest Maidens and The Lost Princesses series are both set in the same fantasy world and follow the stories of 6 beautiful and courages women as they discover themselves an...
Upon the death of her father Lady Gabriella is forced to work in the gem mines of Warwick. She soon meets Vilmar who unbeknownst to her is actually one of three Scania princes. Vilmar has enslaved himself in the Warwick mines as part of a royal test ...
The Fairest Maidens book one: Beholden
Princess Pearl goes into hiding on the Isle of the Outcasts using a veil to conceal her face after her mother, Queen Margery, attempts to kill her during a hunting expedition. There she meets Prince Mikkel who is hiding his identity in order to compl...
The Fairest Maidens book two: Beguiled
Queen Aurora of Mercia has lived her entire life deep in Inglewood Forest hiding from Queen Margery of Warwick who wishes for her demise. Soon it will be time for her to finally leave the forest and take her throne, but when wandering the forest she ...
The Fairest Maidens book three: Besotted
As King Ethelwulf's men overrun the castle the dying Queen of Mercia pleads with Lady Felicia to save her newborn daughters. Felicia vows to do whatever she can to get the two newborn Princesses and their three year old sister to safety. Even though ... Gravely wounded the King of Mercia calls Lance, the fiercest of his Elite Guard, to his bedside and tasks him with protecting his family and keys to an ancient treasure. Lance creates a plan to escape the castle with the princesses but Felicia is ad...
The Lost Princesses Novella: Always
Born into nobility Lady Adelaide has always known she's an orphan, but it isn't until a strange woman visits her home that she learns of her true birthright. Adelaide learns that she is the heir to the throne of Mercia, and on top of that she holds o...
The Lost Princesses book one: Evermore
Raised in an abbey Lady Maribel has never wanted anything more than to take her vows and become a nun. She has always been happy with her life until a stranger shows up and reveals her true identity as one of the three lost princesses. Edmund also gr...
The Lost Princesses book two: Foremost
Growing up deep in the forest Emmeline has always known of her nobility and the fact that if she ever leaves the forest she would surely be captured by King Ethelwulf. Although her adopted father had taught her how to defend herself she has no intere...
The Lost Princesses book three: Hereafter