Arrows and Gems by Erin Halbmaier
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Arrows and Gems

When an outlaw who believes she is a spy rescues her after a fall, Helena must decide who she trusts: the outlaw, or the unlawful regent hunting him.
Erin Halbmaier gallantly borrows from Robin Hood’s riches to begin Arrows and Gems with a twist, delivering the adventure and emotional beats of a fairy-tale retelling.
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The Springborn by Carrie Anne Noble
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The Springborn

When an 1800s coal town girl grows antlers, she lives in shame and isolation until she meets a moth-winged boy who knows her secret–and has secrets of his own.
Carrie Anne Noble’s The Springborn leaps to life with rich characters that ache with humanity, walking through themes well-known by teen and young adult readers.
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Curse of Silence by Erin Halbmaier
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Curse of Silence

While trapped in the body of someone else, Princess Daphne must find a way to tell someone who she is without written or spoken words if she wants to resume her true form and stop the traitorous kitchen maid.
A loose retelling of the Goose Girl classic, Erin Halbmaier’s Curse of Silence uses the framing of fairy tales to explore themes of appearances and true worth.
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Once Upon an Apple by Gabrielle Landi

Once Upon an Apple

A lord’s son, a milkmaid, and seven mischievous goats are the stars in this Snow White–inspired cozy fantasy romance fairy-tale retelling with found family feels and Hallmark movie vibes.
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Songs and Spun Gold by Erin Halbmaier

Songs and Spun Gold

A foolish deal set her course, but Katy must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her family…especially when the musical prince is far sweeter than she expected.
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Tested by Sarah Carlisle

Tested: A Princess and the Pea Retelling

Aine is desperate to escape an arranged marriage by competing for the hand of the prince, but her suitor is willing to do whatever it takes to prevent her from winning–including sabotage.
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Pumpkin War by Kendra Umstattd

Pumpkin War

This Cinderella is the princess of the enemy kingdom.
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Minu by S. K. Ehra

Minu

Minu spent lifetimes creating an enchantment to grow a paradise from the ashes of the old world, only to have it corrupted by an immortal adversary.
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Once A Queen, Sarah Arthur
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Once A Queen

Eva finds herself unraveling dangerous secrets and wrestling with grief for a vanishing childhood, all while facing the fear that growing up means giving up fairy tales forever.
Once A Queen is a gentle, intriguing fantasy that brings its world and characters to life with vividness and compassion.
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The Midnight Prince by Angie Grigaliunas
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The Midnight Prince

A bitter prince and a discarded servant get a second chance at love—but only if they can put aside their hurts and sift through the magic and lies that separated them in the first place.
The Midnight Prince by Angie Grigaliunas creates a unique twist on “Cinderella” with a retelling that adds fey courts and political intrigue.
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Wandering, Loren G. Warnemuende

Wandering

Princess Maleen, freed from her tower exile, forges into the unknown as she pieces together what happened to her conquered kingdom, and discovers who she can trust.
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The Itsy Bitsy Liar by Abigail Manning

The Itsy Bitsy Liar

Can the cursed Lacey Arachne untangle herself from the webs she’s crafted? Or will she be doomed to fall with the coming storm?
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A Wolf's Rose, M. C. Kenendy
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A Wolf’s Rose

A young woman with a magic ring is captured by an agent of evil with supernatural abilities who wants to use her ring to assassinate the nation’s leaders.
M. C. Kennedy combines “Little Red Riding Hood” with “Beauty and the Beast” to create a deeper story of hatred, forgiveness, and redemption.
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A Forest of Stolen Memories by Callie Thomas

A Forest of Stolen Memories

Cursed to forget, Roselyn refuses to marry a prince she doesn’t remember and escapes into an enchanted forest to search for her stolen memories—and perhaps her true happily ever after.
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Exile, Loren G. Warnemuende
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Exile

No matter which choice Maleen made, marriage to a man she didn’t love or exile in a tower, it appeared bondage was the life her father lay before her.
This gentle fantasy from Loren G. Warnemuende shows little magic or strange creatures, focusing on complex emotions and relationships.
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The Truth Beyond the Lies, Kathleen Bird

The Truth Beyond the Lies

In a world filled with steam and clockwork, one not-so-normal girl searches for what it means to be truly loved by her family and friends.
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Frost, Winter's Lonely Guardian, E. E. Rawls

Frost, Winter’s Lonely Guardian

Seventeen-year-old Norah meets a handsome guy with snowflakes in his hair who says he’ll train her to become the next Winter Guardian.
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Curse of the Midnight King by Yakira Goldsberry

Curse of the Midnight King

Faye enters a dangerous bargain with the Midnight King in an attempt to free her sisters from a curse she helped create.
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Shadow, Kara Swanson
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Shadow

Peter Pan has crash-landed back on Neverland. But this is not the island he remembers.
Kara Swanson’s page-turner soars while wonderfully concluding this creative retelling of the classic Peter Pan.
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The Beauty of Magic, Rachel Ann Michael Harris

The Beauty of Magic

Svana will have to survive her step-mother’s deadly magic to save those she loves or become the next victim.
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A Dragon By Any Other Name, S. D. Grimm

A Dragon By Any Other Name

This time, Beauty is the Beast, and she wants Prince Charming dead.
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The Hâgthorn Wound, John Paul Tucker

The Hâgthorn Wound

Will’s longing for his missing father ignites a dramatic and fateful quest into the mythical country of Fairus.
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To Slay a Curse, Rae Graham

To Slay a Curse

A young woman cursed with a parasitic monster must quest within her own mind to slay it.
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Cinderella Spell, Laurie Lee
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Cinderella Spell

Cinderella has her prince, but a fairy tale ending is not what she has in mind.
In Laurie Lee’s dark fairy tale retelling Cinderella Spell, Cinderella is more than she seems, and true love doesn’t lie where you think.
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Dust, Kara Swanson
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Dust

The girl who fears her own destiny is on a collision course with the boy who never wanted to grow up.
Nothing is as it seems, and wishing on stars will get her nowhere in this delightfully twisted sequel to a classic.
—Lorehaven review, fall 2020
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Paper and Thorns, Elijah David

Paper and Thorns

Lost in a labyrinth and faced with impossible tasks, one Beast will stop at nothing to save the woman who cursed him.
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Gretchen and the Bear, Carrie Anne Noble
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Gretchen and the Bear

Sixteen-year-old Gretchen encounters three bear shape-shifters who believe she’s a legendary heroine, and learns the true meaning of sacrificial love.
Carrie Anne Noble’s delightful fantasy/sci-fi mashup Gretchen and the Bear defies every expectation.
—Lorehaven review, winter 2020
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Beast of the Night, E. E. Rawls

Beast of the Night

A one-armed, practical girl. A rude lord hiding a curse. A dark secret with the town’s fate hanging in the balance.
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The Knight in Battered Armor, Brianna Tibbetts

The Knight in Battered Armor

A captive princess and the son of a knight prove that shining armor is the sign of a coward, but battered armor reveals the hero within.
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Fairest Son, H. S. J. Williams
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Fairest Son

When mortal huntress discovers a maimed faerie prince up in the mountains, she must choose her side in an ancient feud.
H. S. J. Williams’ novella Fairest Son contains familiar echoes: seven “dwarves,” a poison apple, a poem of prophecy. But the story is unique.
—Lorehaven review, winter 2018
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Dagger's Sleep, Tricia Mingerink

Dagger’s Sleep

In a land of mountains, canoes, and fairy tales, one princess races to wake the sleeping high prince in this gender-swapped Sleeping Beauty retelling.
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Common

One person knows of the plot against the royal family and cares enough to try to stop it—the servant girl they banished.
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Burning Rose, Hope Ann

Burning Rose

An age of unrest explodes into a war that touches the lives of a dedicated sister, a young wingmaster, and a pardoned rebel, changing their lives forever.
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Dongeng, Anna Tan
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Dongeng

Thrust into a world of magical creatures, one girl must discover how to save them from fading.
Author Anna Tan creates a beautiful multicultural world for Dongeng, weaving in characters from traditions both familiar and foreign.
—Lorehaven review, spring 2018
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The Beast of Talesend, Kyle Robert Shultz
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The Beast of Talesend

He didn’t believe in magic or monsters—until magic turned him into a monster.
Kyle Robert Shultz creates an enchanting story world grounded in familiarity yet saturated with fairy-tale qualities.
—Lorehaven review, spring 2018
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Beast, Chawna Schroeder

Beast

A feral child raised among dogs becomes prey in a royal hunting tournament.
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Paper Crowns, Mirriam Neal

Paper Crowns

With cat Halcyon, irascible wysling Azrael, and fire elemental Salazar, Ginger ventures into the world of fae to bring a ruthless queen to justice.
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Knife by R.J. Anderson

Knife

Forget everything you think you know about faeries. Creatures full of magic and whimsy? Not in the Oakenwyld. Not anymore.
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Waking Beauty

Prince Arpien intends to gain a throne and the sleeping beauty’s heart with a single kiss. But kissing the princess is only the beginning of a series of unforeseen obstacles: man-eating bugs, deadly spindles, talking lapdogs, and fiery pickles.
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The Mermaid's Sister, Carrie Anne Noble

The Mermaid’s Sister

One day, Clara discovers iridescent scales just beneath her sister’s skin: Maren is becoming a mermaid and must be taken to the sea or she will die.
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Sew, It's a Quest by Kendra E. Ardnek

Sew, it’s a Quest

Royal twins race against their birthday to find their Fairy Godmother before they’re stuck with each other’s gifts forever.
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Veiled Rose by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Veiled Rose

Rose Red trusts no one with her secret. She hides in the forest, her face veiled in rags, shunning the company of all save her old father and her nanny goat. Her life is bleak and lonely.
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