Woken Kingdom
YA Fantasy Romance Series
by Poppy Rose Solomon
Woken Kingdom is inspired by classic ballet stories like Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, following mesmerising romances in a spellbinding fantasy world. You can purchase copies of all four books anwhere you buy books online, or request your local bookshop order in copies for you. Grab Woken Kingdom now at any of these links:
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#1 April 10 2023
Woken Kingdom
Maya never imagined a sleeping princess’s curse would lead her to robbing a grave.
‘For anyone who is a fan of fairytale retellings, secrets, adventures, fierce female protagonists and lots of fun, grab a coffee and settle with a comfy blanket because you’re going to love this’ – author S.J. Pratt
A hundred years ago, a fairy cursed an entire kingdom to sleep. The outside world moved on. The kingdom's resources rotted away. Now awake, the 'sleeping beauty' and her prince remain safe in their glittering castle – but the townspeople are starving.
Seventeen-year-old bookmaker Maya won't wait to be saved. Her family doesn't get a prince's magical kiss, so she makes a plan: find her elusive grandmother’s grave, claim the priceless crown hidden within, and make her family rich.
Problem is, this treasure is enchanted. It can only be accessed by a human with blessings from all seven fairies. These powerful beings are scattered across a world Maya doesn't recognise, one of vast magical territories she can't navigate alone.
She doesn't trust a soul, yet in comes her worst nightmare. Teddy is another runaway, suspiciously keen on helping her. He's infuriatingly optimistic and far too sweet. As they journey through glittering cities and cursed forests, narrowly avoiding the black swan huntress also competing for the crown, Maya falls for the boy who could betray her at any moment.
Teddy's secrets could destroy everything Maya wants. To save her family, must she doom the new world she’s just beginning to love?
Perfect for readers who love the dangerous whimsy of Stephanie Garber and Heather Fawcett, Woken Kingdom is a dreamy fairytale series filled with enchanting romances, found family, and sharp-edged heroines.
Woken Kingdom is the debut novel of Poppy Rose Solomon, your new favourite fairy princess/Australian fantasy author.
#2 October 10 2023
Cygnus Curse
Cursed to transform into a black swan, a deadly guardian must ally with the young pirates who ransacked her life.
‘I've rarely enjoyed the found family trope quite this much! Every one of the characters was loveable yet flawed in their own ways’ – author RC Thomson
Sierra’s last – and most disgraceful – option is forcing those who cursed her to reverse the magic. Then, she can finally be free and return glory to her warrior family.
She should hate every second with the pirate crew. Yet travelling and troublemaking across their magical world as they search for the power to help her, Sierra starts to see them as . . . friends. Is their life the true freedom she longs for?
But she’ll never learn to love their captain, Arden. Arrogant. Reckless. Infuriatingly alluring. He represents everything she hates, but their rivalry is made all the more vicious by their deep chemistry.
Back in Bearra, war is coming. Maya, Teddy, and Dawn have a quest for Sierra: she must search for a fabled weapon that could destroy an evil fairy. Finding this weapon and breaking her curse, however, could cost Sierra the family she’s found.
Will she save her honour, or the pirates who are stealing her heart?
Inspired by Swan Lake, this tale is for readers of enemies-to-lovers romance who get lost in found family, morally grey heroes, and intricate fantasy worlds in the vein of Six of Crows.
Cygnus Curse is the sequel to Woken Kingdom, a new YA fantasy series.
#3 June 23 2024
Haunted Princess
Relia returns to life to be with Princess Dawn, even though her love will burn the world to the ground.
‘Poppy has a way of writing characters that I can’t help but feel intense emotion toward them. I feel like I know them personally and some I want to desperately give a little kiss on the forehead to and others I want to punch in the face, they’re just so real’ – Haylee, Goodreads, on Cygnus Curse
A century ago, a lonely girl was made a promise: although her dearest was cursed into an indefinite sleep, they could be reunited. She just had to die.
The malicious fairy, Lire, didn’t tell Relia she wouldn't return as herself.
Disguised as 'Carlotta' and gifted with magic, she becomes Dawn’s closest confidante. Her devotion makes her the perfect spy.
Dawn’s new maid is kind, soft, and always knows what she needs. Dawn didn’t think she could love again after losing Relia. Yet as the Fairy War corrodes her kingdom, and her heart breaks piece by piece, Carlotta reminds Dawn what it felt like to be truly awake.
Relia is running out of her borrowed time. Dawn knows she’s being watched. She demands they quest to find an enchanted mirror capable of exposing infiltrators. Suddenly they are beyond the restrictions of the kingdom. Alone, free, and getting unbearably closer to each other . . . and to their doom.
Both Dawn’s kingdom and her romance are built on a crumbling foundation of lies. When the truth is revealed, can she forgive Relia, or will the betrayal destroy her and leave Lire victorious?
Giselle meets Romeo and Juliet in this sapphic love story for fans of dreamy, whimsical fairytale authors like Stephanie Garber and Allison Saft.
Haunted Princess is the third book in the Woken Kingdom series, a new YA fairytale saga .
#4 December 16 2024
Spellbound Empire
General Isla will save the world and rule it . . . as long as she isn’t side-tracked by the handsome political rival who loves her.
Found mysteriously alone in the deep snow as a child, Isla was raised by an exceptionally powerful woman to become the perfect ruler and usurp the Ice Empire’s royal family. Ruthless, ambitious, and terrifyingly competent, she refuses to let anyone stand in her way. Especially Prince Zeus.
The Fairy War is approaching its dangerous close. An eruption of magic could end them all. Isla must remain focused on keeping the world from the fairies’ clutches, but after allying with a cursed kingdom, she's finding its young rulers impossible to wrangle.
She and Zeus reluctantly hatch a plan to retain their power: fake an engagement and pool their resources. But the prince is charming, politically dangerous, and disastrously in love with her. How can they ever trust each other in their never-ending game of cat and mouse?
Pretending to fall in love should be easy. Pretending she isn’t truly falling for him is far more difficult.
And when she’s gifted a nutcracker – a mysterious object which, like her, is immune to magic – she'll realise uncovering the secrets of her past is the key to saving the world.
A Tchaikovsky-inspired romantic fantasy for readers who love snowy, magical landscapes, fake relationships, political intrigue, and dangerously determined main characters.
Spellbound Empire is the sparkling finale to Woken Kingdom.
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