Return to the Four Kingdoms Box Set 2

Three Fairytale Retellings

By: Melanie Cellier

Narrated by: Esther Wane

The final three fairy tale retellings from the Return to the Four Kingdoms series.

Book 1—The Golden Princess: A Retelling of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Exiled from her old life as the daughter of a vizier, Zaria still grieves the lost friends of her childhood. She’s grown accustomed to her new role as a servant, though—up until the day she stumbles on the fabled lost cave of treasures.

The wealth inside is enough to transform anyone’s life, but Zaria isn’t the first to find it. A gang of cutthroat thieves got there first, and their behavior makes Zaria question everything she sees. With an unknown enchantment at work, and forty criminals desperate to protect their hoard, she doesn’t want anything to do with the gold.

But when her royal friends reappear, Zaria discovers the cave is the key to defeating a threat to the entire kingdom. She can’t turn her back on her people, even if that means facing thieves and traitors with Crown Prince Tarek at her side. Zaria thought she’d found peace with her past, but now she isn’t sure if she’s more in danger of losing her life or her heart.

In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a servant girl must outwit a cunning adversary before she can claim the treasure her heart truly desires.

Book 2—The Rogue Princess: A Retelling of Puss in Boots

Kali has always dreamed of adventure, but she never expected to find it in the company of a talking cat. Puss definitely has an agenda, but he isn’t sharing it with her. All she knows is that he wants a miller’s child to accompany him across the Great Desert to the mysterious lands beyond.

Kali doesn’t mean to let her opportunity go, even if she doesn’t understand the purposes of the mysterious creature at her side. But when she encounters thieves and misadventure, she realizes something bigger is underway. Her people are under threat, and she can’t turn her back on them—no matter how irritated she is by the fellow traveler who turns up wherever she goes. Kali knows Xavier isn’t to be trusted, but she and Puss need his help. Only together can they avoid the traps laid for her and uncover the truth.

In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Puss in Boots, a miller’s daughter will have to trust a tricksy cat and a handsome young man if the three of them have any hope of saving her people.

Book 3—The Abandoned Princess: A Retelling of Rapunzel

When Daisy dreamed of leaving home on an adventure, she never imagined ending up trapped in a tower, cut off from the world and invisible to others. The years pass slowly, leaving Daisy desperate to reclaim her old life, however dull.

But her captor has bigger plans, and Daisy knows she can’t just rescue herself. She has to shatter her captor's enchantments forever. When opportunity comes, however, it arrives in an unexpected guise. Young and handsome, Prince Xander has come to rescue a princess from a tower. Instead, he finds himself battling at Daisy's side for the fate of a kingdom.

In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale Rapunzel, the princess in the tower can only be seen by the one she loves if she first saves an entire kingdom.

If you enjoy clean romance, adventure, and intrigue, then try the books in the Return to the Four Kingdoms series now! 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.

©2024 Melanie Cellier (P)2024 Luminant Publications

Fantastic reimagining

I have read/listened to countless books from Melanie Cellier. Those some points are obvious of how things are going to go. That’s how it is with a reimagining of it already told story.
However, her imagination is wildly beautiful. Each story falls into the next. Beautiful clean and leaving you with a sigh of satisfaction. With slight undertones of what I can only describe his kingdom principles.
I think the party love the most is that the narrator is always the same. I love Esther Wanes narration.
Perfect inflections at the right moments, and a voice you love to listen to.
Well, I do see some of the same languages used over and over to describe certain tendencies, her writing has just gotten better and better through the years.
I have thoroughly enjoyed each book she has written. And I appreciate her imagination.

Favorites

This was my favorite box set, I loved all three of the books and would read again and again.

I love these books!

This is an amazing set of books that is descriptive inspiring and heartfelt.It is a must read!

Return to the four kingdoms

I love the fact that I don't have to worry when I'm listening to her books and young kids are with me. Her books are wholesome and fun to listen to.

Royal adventures

All the stories have an exciting and enchanted storyline. The narrations brings the characters and adventures to life. I love Daisy's story! Melanie Cellier fairytale story writing is the best that I've read/listen too