Ergebnis für "Cinderella" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sophia lebt in Cinderellas Königreich, zweihundert Jahre nach jener Ballnacht, in der Cinderella ihren Traumprinzen fand. Doch Cinderellas Geschichte dient inzwischen nur noch dazu, die Frauen zu unterdrücken und sie möglichst schnell bei einem großen Festakt im Schloss unter die Haube zu bringen. Wer sich diesem Ritual verweigert, wird getötet, und wer am Ende der Ballnacht noch keinen Mann hat, wird ausgestoßen und verfolgt. Doch Sophia will keinen Mann.

What if a single act of kindness could change a young girl’s fate forever? In Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm, a gentle and kind-hearted girl, mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, faces hardship with courage and grace.

Sally‘s Leben ist die Hölle. Ein Vater, der einfach abkratzt. Ein wütendes Stiefmonster, das an ihr Erbe will. Zwei bitchige Stiefschwestern, die ununterbrochen nerven ..... und ein heißer Stalker, der ihre geliebten Doc Martens auf den Gewissen hat. Klingt alles ein wenig nach Cinderella?

It should have been simple. Go to the ball, meet the prince, and secure his patronage for my favorite charity. But beneath the mask, the brooding beast of a man was not at all who I expected. He was dark and intense and eerily quiet. When I left, I could still feel the ghost of his touch branded into my skin. He haunted my dreams, but I never expected to see him again. Then he came for me.

A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this riveting multi-generational saga with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate. 1940s Hong Kong When Japanese soldiers...

Born on an abandoned colony barely held together by sealant tape and hope, Aurora Sato is at the very bottom of the social pecking order. Hard work and brains got her into a coveted spot in the quadrant's top university. But her new supervisor is a woman who's not about to let an upstart like Aurora get anything close to a break. And her home colony is dying. Aurora's research project is their last hope, but only if she can complete it in time. One night out is all she'll allow herself. One night to forget her troubles. She never expects to meet a man who dazzles all her senses.

Indy Zimmerman has a new stalker who won't leave her alone, no matter what she says to him. Never mind the fact that he's one of the most popular guys at school—she's positive Bryant Bailey is only trying to appease his own conscience after pretty much destroying her life. But when Bryant doesn't back down and insists on having some sort of bizarre friendship with her, his magic works, and her walls slowly start to crumble. He's not her type. She's never been into guys like Bryant, but then again, she's never really known anyone quite as stubborn, or caring.

Если мачеха ведьма, жди проблем! Я не успела оглянуться, как очутилась по ее милости в мире оборотней, где меня (обычного человека) приняли за демоницу, способную выполнить чужое желание. И как мне быть, если лисенок, спасший меня от гибели, мечтает о новой маме?

Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske—a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher. “[Narrator Anna] Burnett's portrayal of [Ella’s] longing and frustration is heartrending... [her]...

In the Grimm Brothers’ version, Cinderella is a kind and pious girl who is cruelly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters after her father remarries. She is forced to do all the housework and is given the demeaning nickname “Aschenputtel” (Ashgirl). Despite the hardship, she remains good and kind, praying at her mother’s grave. Aided by a magical white bird that resides in a tree planted on her mother’s grave, she attends a royal festival, where she captivates the prince.

Prince Finrael Ravenspar must defy his father’s will and cross back to the Kingdom of Rirea to save his beloved King Rohan De Clare from the undead. Finally together again, Finrael and Rohan desire only to be with one another and enjoy their newfound love, including attending the royal ball to celebrate the kingdom’s alliance against the Death Mage Marikoth. But ancient prophecies and present enemies are working to destroy both Rirea and the Fae Empire. Will their combined power be able to stop the world from being turned into a graveyard?

Three full-length fairy tales filled with intrigue, romance, and suspense! This collection contains: Traitor's Masque: A Retelling of Cinderella, Goldheart: A Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, and Pirouette: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Upon a Starlit Tide is a dark and enchanting historical fantasy combining elements of "The Little Mermaid" and "Cinderella" into a wholly original tale of love, power, and betrayal. *The hardcover edition features beautiful custom endpapers.* Saint-Malo, Brittany, 1758. To Lucinde Leon, the...

In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous reimagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella’s ""evil"" stepmother. We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess...

Dakota Krout presents Book 2 in the Damsels of Distress series.

If a fairy godmother can get one sister into a marriage, getting another out of one should be easy… Lady Theodosia Balfour has certainly gotten the short end of the stick—her stepsister, the newly crowned Princess Beatrice, is telling everyone in polite society that Theo, her sister, and...

The first three fairy tale retellings from the Return to the Four Kingdoms series: The Secret Princess: A Retelling of The Goose Girl, The Mystery Princess: A Retelling of Cinderella, and The Desert Princess: A Retelling of Aladdin. These interconnected fairy tale retellings each feature a different heroine who finds herself friendless in a strange land and who must fight to save her new home and win her happily ever after.

With her in-laws out of the way, Cinna has finally gotten the premiere title: queen. Now all she has to do is keep her husband from discovering the truth about what got him crowned—and she only sees one way to do it. She has to start a war to cover her tracks and eliminate anyone who might reveal the truth. But her old friend Johann is in a new position of authority across the sea, with the Senate's ear and ties to the enemy throne. For once, he’s playing by her rules, and doing it well. Cinna has no idea what’s coming for her.

Cinna has achieved what she always wanted: power, wealth, and the ultimate status symbol — a crown. In marrying Prince Hans, she should be able to leave her old life as a servant behind. But even though her old family is dead and the only person who could expose her imprisoned, her past won’t leave her alone. Her husband’s throne is threatened and her own position is precarious, so Cinna will have to turn to what she does best — scheming, conning, and killing her way to a secure future.

Once upon a time in the fantastical medieval land of Yule in a kingdom called Yew, Drosselmeyer and Hob were tree spirits by day and could take human form at night. After Clara's father Seth, a good-hearted woodcutter, suddenly dies, Drosselmeyer focuses his one remaining eye on secretly looking after his goddaughter, Clara. She is treated like “Cinderella” by her stepmother Madeline and her eldest daughter Pearl.