Rothbart's Midnight Dance

Once Upon a Twisted Time

Rothbart's Midnight Dance

Swan Lake and The Twelve Dancing Princesses Retold

Kendra E. Ardnek

Publication
May 28, 2026
Publisher
GiraffeCrafts

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About the Book

He will do anything for his daughter.

Rothbart is determined to see his daughter married to the prince. After all, there is no young woman who could make a better queen. The only problem with the plan? The prince seems determined to marry any other girl in the kingdom. How many girls must he turn to swans by day and force to dance by night? And how quickly can it all fall apart?

Swan Lake and The Twelve Dancing Princesses combined and as told by Rothbart, the dark sorcerer.

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Kendra E. Ardnek

Kendra E. Ardnek is the self-proclaimed Arista of Fairy Tales. She lives in the Piney Woods of East Texas with her dragon babies and massive herd of mini-giraffes, and she is still waiting for one of of her fifty nutcrackers to come to life and marry her. When not writing, you can usually find her sitting in a random…

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