Welcome to a sweeping magical world inspired by the mythology of Arabian Nights, where kingdoms clash, mythical creatures stalk the desert, and your wishes coming true doesn’t mean all your problems are solved…
Readers who enjoy kick-butt heroines, hate-to-love romance, and endearing characters who stay with you long after you finish a book will love this addictive new series from Elm Vince and Helena Rookwood.
Book 1: Throne of Sand
A princess with a secret.
A djinni without a past.
A love that could save a kingdom…
Zadie knows she’s nothing like your typical princess. She spends her days reading, riding, and sneaking out of the palace. But between her beautiful elder sister who’s betrothed to a powerful sultan, and her younger brother who’s heir to the throne, nobody seems to care what she gets up to. Until now, that is.
When Zadie helps her sister abandon her engagement to marry for love, it falls to her to play the part of the perfect princess in her place, traveling to the neighboring kingdom of Astaran with the handsome, arrogant sultan she is to marry.
But no sooner has she left her home, Zadie faces a whole new set of troubles. Bandits stalk the desert towns, the palace is under threat from an infamous band of thieves, and there are whispers that the sultan searches for more than just a new bride to magically protect his kingdom’s borders. All is not as it seems in Astaran.
And it’s fast becoming clear to the palace that this promised princess isn’t all she seems, either.
With her secrets piling up, can Zadie prove her true worth to the sultan and his ever-watchful vizier? If she doesn’t, the fate of more than one kingdom hangs in the balance…
Throne of Sand is the first book in the Desert Nights romantic fantasy series.
Book 2: Palace of Wishes
A princess determined to prove her worth.
A sultan hunting for lost treasure.
Magic powerful enough to destroy a kingdom…
Zadie survived the journey into the desert to find the Night Diamond talisman. She’s mastered the djinni of the ring and can finally use her wishes. But her troubles are only just beginning…
To prove to Kassim she’s capable of tracking down the treasure he desperately seeks, Zadie must escape the scrutiny of the vizier and throw herself into a dark underworld of merchants, thieves, and pirates.
But the more she learns about the mysterious treasure the sultan is looking for, the less certain she is that this voyage to find it is a good idea.
Zadie faces a heart-wrenching choice. Help Kassim release a dangerous magic that could destroy kingdoms in the wrong hands, or betray his trust in her completely.
She must decide where her loyalties lie: to her kingdom, to her djinni, or to love.
Palace of Wishes is the second book in the Desert Nights romantic fantasy series.
Book 3: Princess of Smoke
An assassin in the palace.
A princess back from the dead.
The kingdom’s greatest enemy yet…
It’s the week before Zadie and Kassim’s wedding and the streets of Kisrabah are brimming with stalls, spirits, and storytellers.
But when a ghost from her past comes back to haunt her, Zadie’s many lies threaten her dreams of ruling by Kassim’s side.
And when she’s brazenly attacked on the streets, Zadie doesn’t just have to defend her secrets – she has to find out who wants her dead, before they find her first…
With powerful enemies of Astaran hell-bent on sabotaging the alliance, Zadie and Kassim are caught in a race against time if they want the wedding to go ahead at all.
In her darkest hour, Zadie is faced with sacrificing everything for her kingdom.
And to save Astaran, she might just have to.
Princess of Smoke is the third book in the Desert Nights romantic fantasy series.
Book 4: Queen of Djinn
A sultan sworn to bring down the mountains.
Spirits seeking revenge.
A war between the worlds…
In an urgent quest that takes Zadie and her friends across a perilous mountain range, Zadie must face fire-breathing azhdaha and ancient curses in a race against Sultan Iram’s forces to find a hidden treasure that could start or end a war.
But it seems nothing can stop the blood feud between the two sultans, not the enchanted book they seek, not even the vast mountain range between the kingdoms…
When war comes to Astaran, Kisrabah is faced with an impossible army.
This battle will decide the fate of both the human and spirit realms. But Zadie’s come to realize that magic, not might, will determine the outcome of this war.
At the end of it all, will she sacrifice everything to save the man and the kingdom she loves?
Queen of Djinn is the fourth and final book in the Desert Nights romantic fantasy series.
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Book 0: Kingdom of Spirits
A rebellious princess.
Her perfect sister.
A forbidden love that threatens their kingdom…
Sisters Zadie and Lalana are both princesses of Khiridesh – but that’s where the similarities end.
Lalana has always been the perfect princess, a great beauty who’s engaged to a distant, powerful sultan. And that’s always suited Zadie just fine, since all she wants is to spend her days riding, reading, and rebelling against palace life.
But as the wedding draws closer, it seems Lalana’s been keeping secrets of her own…
With the future of their kingdom hanging in the balance, Zadie is forced to choose: her sister’s happiness, or her own freedom?