Suzannah Rowntree: 10 books

Six fairytales you thought you knew, set against a tapestry of historical backgrounds.A lonely girl plots revenge in the shadow of a mountain. A stolen princess fumbles a century backward. A dwarfish man crafts brilliant automatons. A Polish Jew strikes matches against the Nazis. A dead girl...

You've heard these stories before. But not like this... Hidden in a dusty Indian village, Preeti Kamla hopes her bad luck is over...until the Demon Rajah claims her as his bride. In imperial Byzantium, Michael the fisherman dreams of power and fortune. But will his ambition destroy the...

Camelot is falling. Can she save it? Blanche was an ordinary girl in 1900 England...until the knight crashed through her door. Now, her guardians say she’s a princess lost in time. Now, her father’s enemies want her dead. Raised in the wild, Perceval has never known...

What if the Twelve Dancing Princesses tried to steal your soul? As a daughter of nobility in Renaissance Venice, Gemma Caloprini must marry - or die behind convent walls. But when an unwanted betrothal goads Gemma to defy her father, she risks her most dangerous secret: the Glass Doge, a sinister...

What if it was Beauty who was cursed...not the Beast? Preeti Kamla has the evil eye. Her bad luck has brought tragedy and disgrace upon her once-wealthy family...but when a handsome stranger promises to break her curse, Preeti almost believes him. Until a twist of fate whisks her away...

What if Sleeping Beauty was a martial artist? For a hundred years, Princess Morning Light has meditated in a hidden temple surrounded by ten thousand thorns. Could her long-lost sword skill be the key to stopping the Vastly Martial Emperor? Rebel leader Clouded Sky doesn't believe in...

Never eat the faerie fruit... John the blacksmith loves two things above anything else: his peaceful life in Middleton Dale, and the tailor’s free-spirited daughter Janet. Wandering into Faerie in search of adventure is the last thing he’d ever do. But when Janet does just that,...

Not all wishes should be granted... In a city seething with intrigue and rebellion, Michael the fisherman and his wife Eudokia dream of a better life for their family. When Michael catches a fish that can grant wishes, he and Eudokia finally get their chance to taste the wealth and power of...

Hunted by demons. Lost in time. Welcome to the First Crusade. Syria, 636: As heretic invaders circle Jerusalem, young Lukas Bessarion vows to defend his people. Instead, disaster strikes. His family is ripped apart. His allies are slaughtered. And Lukas is hurled across the centuries...

**Ruby Black is the spitting image of a dead girl. And it's going to get her killed.** Moonshine liquor, jazz-fuelled dancing, and the risk of a police raid are all in a night's work for cabaret singer Ruby Black. But everything changes when a rugby star mistakes her for a murder victim. Now,...