Six Wild Crowns

Queens of Elben, Book 1

By: Holly Race

Narrated by: Holly Race, Olivia Dowd

DISCOVER YOUR NEW ROMANTIC EPIC FANTASY OBSESSION.
Six Wild Crowns is a Sunday Times bestselling romantic epic fantasy filled with dragons, court politics and sapphic yearning, perfect for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and House of the Dragon.

The king has been appointed by god to marry six queens. Those six queens are all that stand between the kingdom of Elben and ruin. Or so we have been told.

Each queen vies for attention. Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be Henry's favourite. And if she must incite a war to win Henry over? So be it.

Seymour acts as spy and assassin in a court teeming with dragons, backstabbing courtiers and strange magic. But when she and Boleyn become the unlikeliest of things - allies - the balance of power begins to shift. Together they will discover an ancient, rotting magic at Elben's heart. A magic that their king will do anything to protect.

Praise for Six Wild Crowns:

'A glittering, magnificent epic, dripping with menace and brimming with female empowerment. Absolutely incredible' Francesca May, author of Wild and Wicked Things

'A ferocious tale of female rage and the strength of sisterhood, Six Wild Crowns is an inventive and fantastical reimagining of Henry VIII's queens - and their fight to reclaim the power stolen from them' S.A. MacLean, author of The Phoenix Keeper

'A beautifully written tale of resistance, rebellion, and sisterhood, with an ending that will leave you heartbroken and breathless for more' M. H. Ayinde, author of A Song of Legends Lost
©2025 Holly Race (P)2025 Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Loooved this book

As my first book of 2026, Six Wild Crowns set the bar high. If you love reading fantasy, and have an interest in Henry XIII and his six wives, you'll love this book. Holly Race used what is known about Henry and his six wives to loosely build the characters and situations in the book. I enjoyed the "easter eggs" in the book regarding some of the peripheral folks from the actual queen's lives, as well as some of their background information. I thought Holy Race was really clever in the way she wrote it, and each queen acted pretty much as I'd have expected. (Seymore was a bit bolder than I'd have expected, but I still enjoyed her characterization.) Maybe if you have no prior Tudor knowledge you'll enjoy it less? I'll be excited when book 2 comes out!!