The Shadow Bride

A jaded hero determined to retire. A stubborn princess with an unbreakable curse. She could never hope to fill her sister’s shoes . . . at least not without a little magic.

After her twin sister was stolen in the night, Princess Lillian of Umbrae tried to be the perfect daughter and make up for everything her family lost. And when that didn’t work, she made a deal with a shadowy fae prince. But the deal Lily made isn’t working out quite the way she thought it would. And as she is drawn to dance in a twilight kingdom night after night, her family only grows more destressed.

Finding her true love might break her curse, but if eleven identical princesses made of shadow magic weren’t enough to make up for the one who was lost, how can Lily ever hope to find someone who can be satisfied with her alone? Especially after her unstable grandfather, the king, determines that the next would-be hero who attempts to break her curse will risk losing his head completely?

The Shadow Bride is a romantic and comedic fantasy inspired by the Twelve Dancing Princesses.

This is the second installment of The Borderland Brides, a series of interconnected standalone novels. Each new story takes inspiration from a different fairytale couple as the human kingdoms become more entangled with the Fae Courts just outside their borders.