Kingdom of Fairytales: Kingdom of Fairytales, #0

By J.A. Armitage, Anne Stryker, Audrey Rich and 8 more

What happened after the happily ever after?

You all know the story of your favorite fairytale, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later...

In this prequel, find out what happened just after Cinderella married Prince Charming, and Sleeping Beauty woke up. Learn the secret of what happened after Peter Pan defeated Hook and Aladdin defeated the evil sorcerer.

The Kingdom of Fairytales is the prequel to a spellbinding new series. Following famous fairytale characters, just after their happily ever after, the Kingdom of Fairytales offers an edge of the seat thrill ride in an all new and sensational way to read. Featuring eleven short stories, each with a twist telling the tale of what happened after the fairytales ended.

Lighting-fast reads you won't be able to put down

• Read in real time as each chapter follows a day in the life of a character throughout the entire year, with each bite-sized episode representing a week in the life of our hero.
• Each character's story wrapped up at the end of every season with a brand new character and story featured in each season.
• Published every Wednesday throughout the year with each bite-sized episode representing a week in the life of our hero. Wednesdays will be your new favorite day of the week.

This prequel has twelve bite sized stories to start your binge reading. Wednesdays will be your new favorite day of the week!

Fantasy has never been so epic!

SEASON ONE - SLEEPING BEAUTY

#1 Queen of Dragons
#2 Heiress of Embers
#3 Throne of Fury
#4 Goddess of Flames

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.A.Armitage
• Release date: Mar 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393698111

Book preview

Kingdom of Fairytales

Kingdom of Fairytales

Prequel

J A Armitage Audrey Rich B Kristin McMichael Emma Savant Jennifer Ellision Scarlett Kol R Castro Margo Ryerkerk Zara Quentin Laura Greenwood Anne Stryker

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Edited By Rose Lipscomb

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Contents

1. Sleeping Beauty

2. Little Mermaid

3. Red Riding Hood

4. Rapunzel

5. Rumpelstiltskin

6. Beauty and the Beast

7. Aladdin

8. Cinderella

9. Alice in Wonderland

10. Wizard of Oz

11. Snow White

12. Peter Pan

13. After the Happily Ever After…

A NEW FAIRYTALE ANTHOLOGY

If you enjoyed this book, carry on the saga…

The Kingdom of Fairytales Team

Kingdom of Fairytales - The Prequel

You all know the fairytales, the stories that always have the happy ending. But what happens after all those storybook characters get what they wanted? Is it really a happily ever after?

In this prequel, you will find out what happens next, be transported back to those lands you fell in love with and be prepared to meet some new characters along the way.

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Kingdom of Fairytales is a new way of reading with one chapter a day and one book a week throughout the year beginning January 1st

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Lighting-fast reads you won’t be able to put down

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Read in real time as each chapter follows a day in the life of a character throughout the entire year, with each bite-sized episode representing a week in the life of our hero.

Each character’s story wrapped up at the end of every season with a brand new character and story featured in each season.

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Fantasy has never been so epic!

MapSleeping Beauty

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Sleeping Beauty

The prince cut through the vines, hacking away at the hundred-foot thick wall of brambles said to have been grown as part of a curse. His fingers bled, and thorns cut into the few parts of his skin not covered in thick leather. Warm liquid dripped down his face, and he knew without bringing his hand up to it that it was not sweat, but his own blood. He carried on, regardless, the thirst for knowledge about what lay beyond the wall of thorny vines stronger than the pain that stung him. The legend of the sleeping princess was something he’d grown up with, something he’d always been curious about, but no one talked about it anymore and after failure after failure of young people, men and women alike, to get through the thorns, the legend had grown dim. He’d waited until he came of age to try it himself, believing that only a man and not a boy could get through. His friends had called him foolish, but it was something he had to do. He had to know if the legend was true.

From a distance, she watched. No one had gotten so far before, and up until now, she'd had no reason to think they would. But this one worried her. His tenacity, the way he relentlessly hacked through the vines made her nervous. They'd all given up before now. Every single last one of them.

Most of the time she didn't even bother to come and watch the stupid people trying to get through her magnificent curse. Watching the attempts of fools did not interest her, but something had changed last night. Something had happened to upset the magical ether, and she didn't know what.

The knot in her stomach grew as he ploughed on, relentless in his task.

At the start, it was only she that paid attention to the efforts of the young prince, but as the days went on, more people began to show up. She watched them all, hidden out of sight as they came to see the prince destroying her creation. A hundred years ago, she'd have sent lightning bolts of magic into the crowd, but she'd grown old, and her magic had dimmed. She couldn't afford to use it willy-nilly. Besides, it wasn't the crowd of onlookers that she needed to worry about It was him.

It took the prince a whole week to hack through the brambles and by the time he was through, his face and arms were shredded by the thorns.

She screamed at the injustice of it. No one should have gotten through the curse, and yet, someone had. From the looks of him, he was ordinary. His title was Prince, but beyond that and his unwavering resolve, there was nothing special about him. So why was it that he was able to hack through her curse? What was it that had made her magic vulnerable? This was much bigger than the prince. He probably didn't even know what had happened any more than she did. She had to find out because if there was anything she hated more than losing, it was not knowing why.

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The castle was pristine as though it had been cleaned only this morning. Not a speck of dust lay anywhere. What piqued his interest more was the fact that there were other sleeping people. Not just the princess, but members of the staff, other royals, visitors to the palace. Even the dogs lay in peaceful slumber, unmoving, un-breathing, but alive, held in a curse for a hundred years. He made his way through the castle searching for the princess. While he had no interest in the princess herself, aside from the legend, he couldn’t very well leave her now that he was here.  He had a duty to break the curse and kiss her. The legend had foretold it. It had also foretold love, but he was here for the adventure and nothing more. That and the hero status he was bound to receive when he walked out having saved her. That would finally make his father proud.

He found her at the top of the highest tower lying on a bed, her long blonde hair splayed out around her head, and her eyes closed in eternal slumber.

He'd readied himself for this moment. What he hadn't readied himself for was the punch to the chest seeing