The Roumaterra Chronicles · #2
Songs and Spun Gold
A Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin and The Phantom of the Opera - Part 1
A prince who doesn’t want to be king. A miller’s daughter pining for the boy from her past.
As the sole heir to the Ralnoran throne, Prince Axel is expected to behave like a prince, but he prefers to be at the local theater, working with his mysterious voice tutor. He knows it’s impossible given his position, but his dream is to join the cast and sing on the stage.
Oldest daughter of the village’s miller, Katy spends her days spinning wool into fine yarn. She needs to accept the advances of her tanner friend, but she can’t shake the memories of the young noble who used to buy flour when he was in the area, even though she can’t remember his name and it’s been years since she last saw him.
When her father makes an ill-advised drunken comment that gets back to the king, Katy is dragged to the capital and given an impossible task. If she succeeds, she marries the prince; if she fails, her family loses everything.
Can Katy put the good of the kingdom above her family? Or will she let her heart lead…and hope for a miracle?
Songs and Spun Gold is part one of a clean, no-spice retelling of Rumpelstiltskin and The Phantom of the Opera. It is the second book in The Roumaterra Chronicles, a series of interconnected, standalone fairy tale retellings perfect for readers of Brittany Fichter, Celeste Baxendell, and Annette K. Larsen.
The series
Familiar fairy tales take unexpected paths in The Roumaterra Chronicles, a collection of interconnected fantasy romance stories set across the kingdoms of Roumaterra. Cinderella crosses paths with Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin shares a story with The Phantom of the Opera, and Robin Hood becomes entwined with Snow White and Rose Red, reshaping well-known tales into something distinctly their own.
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Erin Halbmaier's retellings focus as much on relationships as magic and adventure. Princes and princesses are allowed to make mistakes, marriages can be tested after the expected happy ending, and secrets, difficult choices, and old promises have consequences. Each story explores a different corner of Roumaterra while connections between characters and kingdoms gradually give the series a wider sense of place.
Written as clean, no-spice fantasy romance, the series combines fairy-tale magic with flawed characters, emotional conflicts, adventure, and hard-earned happy endings. Most of the books can be enjoyed as standalone stories, while reading them together reveals the threads connecting their reimagined fairy tales.
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