Bøger af Jenni Archibald

Is beauty a curse? Princess Amerra would rather spend her time in peaceful solitude, writing poetry and avoiding her subjects. Burdened with debilitating shyness, Amerra, or Merri, struggles to speak to even her own family. It doesn't help that she is breathtakingly beautiful, or that she's been cursed to prick her finger and fall into an enchanted slumber. The problems add up when Merri's only friend and confidante betrays her, and the entire kingdom falls into a deep sleep.One hundred years later, Prince Charming kisses the wrong girl, causing the terms of the curse to continue unfulfilled. Merri awakens, but her family and subjects remain bound in eternal sleep in a kingdom overrun by rose brambles.When an eccentric wizard offers his assistance, she must travel to a realm as far away as time. Aided by a prince, thwarted by her cousin, and befriended by new allies who don't believe in fairy tales, Merri guides others to their happily-ever-afters, all while searching for her own.

As Prince Charming's younger sister, Maxine is often overlooked and unappreciated. Accustomed to living in the shadow of her famous older brother, she keeps busy exploring the surrounding lands while avoiding boring royal social events. But when Prince Charming starts rescuing one girl after another, proposing marriage to them, and then breaking off the engagement only days later, Maxine realizes that somebody has to put a stop to the madness before her brother's antics start wars against the Charming Kingdom. Well-equipped with her wits, an unusual gift from her fairy godmother, and an extraordinary mode of transportation, she follows her brother on his latest quest to the faraway peaks in the east. Along the way, she encounters a host of people who may or may not be what they seem. And when Maxine discovers that the Charming Kingdom is being threatened by an unlikely source, she finds that it's up to her to stage the greatest rescue of all.