April Grace
As an avid reader of YA fantasy, my inspiration has always come from fairytales. I think my favourites are family stories, so found family is a big trope in my books. I also love adding a little romance, but I always have strong friendships in my stories.
Steel Princess: A World of Magic, A World of Steel
TWO WORLDS: ONE OF MAGIC, ONE OF STEEL.
She just wants to belong.
Determined to fit in and connect with her human friends, android Silver has always felt like an outsider within her human travelling community. In the Queendom of Elysia, humans are seen as outsiders, their steel Queen claiming every last one of them as rebels. They’ve always been on the run.
Like her mother, Silver just wants to help others.
But when cruel Queen Magnolia’s soldiers come looking for their missing Princess, who was stolen by rebels when she was only three years old, Silver begins to unravel an endless string of secrets woven into the family she has always cared for. Could her parents have stolen her from the Elysian palace when she was small? Worse, could she be the Princess they’re looking for?
After journeying to their Northern Mountain Sanctuary where her parents were born, Silver finds a new purpose:
She must kill the cruel Queen and take her throne before she destroys them all.
He only longs to know who he really is.
Tinker Eden has only ever known life in the palace lab. Taken from his home in the Northern Mountain Sanctuary when he was only three years old and brought to the palace, he spends his days working under close supervision of Master Lennox, building, rebuilding and repairing the Elysian android royals until his fingers bleed. He knows nothing of his parents or their lives, and remembers barely a thing of his childhood, leaving far too many questions about his own life unanswered.
So when Master Lennox’s assistant reveals he’s been working with a community outside of Elysia and sends him to the Sanctuary where he was born to work on the missing Princess, Eden seeks the opportunity to return home and learn more about where he came from. When Silver and Eden meet, their connection is clear, but things don’t always go to plan. Kidnapped by pirates while searching for his parents at the Elysian harbour, Eden finds himself caught up in an adventure across the seas to Elysia’s magical enemy Kingdom of Panyria, who have plans to infiltrate the Steel Queendom.
He discovers a world full of magic, new friends, and the family he’s always wished he had.
Both only want to make the world a fairer place for everyone.
Songbird Heir – A World of Magic, A World of Steel
Book 2 is coming soon! More updates will be revealed on this one soon. 🙂
The Girl Behind The Glass – Spellbound Chronicles: Dark Fairytales Retold
Blurb:
What if Snow White had a stepsister?
Winnie is the daughter of the mayor of the cursed Mirror Village, Cranwick. She has always felt trapped, since her city is controlled by the brutal Roth witches, and the only way out of the city is through their mirror portals.
Princess Frost is the lonely princess of Icefall, the Winter kingdom. She has felt abandoned since her mother’s death five years ago, especially since, for the last three years, he has been courting a princess that she knows nothing about.
From different sides of their world, when Winnie’s mother starts to become secretive, sneaking around the city and talking to the witches through the mirrors, Winnie and Princess Frost each uncover a trail of her secrets. Winnie’s mother has found herself trapped into a forced marriage with the Winter king, soon to become Princess Frost’s stepmother, in order to find a cure for Winnie’s father’s sickness.
But there is far more to the new queen of Icefall than meets the eye. She gave her heart away to the witches to heal her husband’s sickness, but courting the Winter king through the mirrors has opened up feelings she had not planned to uncover. When tragedy almost strikes on their wedding night, Princess Frost has no choice but to flee, leaving Winnie to follow her and find herself in a world she doesn’t understand.
The two stepsisters must find a way to take down the cruel queen, with the help of a coven of powerful witches and a few mage soldiers, to end Winnie’s mother’s brutal schemes, or lose everything.
But how far would you go to save those you love if the villain of your story was the person you loved the most in the world?
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April Grace 