


Books in series

#1
The Firethorn Crown
2015
Princess Lily, the eldest of twelve sisters and heir to a mighty kingdom, desperately seeks a break from her mother's matchmaking. Tradition forbids marriage with the man Lily loves, so she would rather rule alone than marry someone who only wants the crown.
Fleeing an overzealous suitor, Lily stumbles into a secret underground kingdom where she and her sisters encounter a mysterious sorcerer-prince and become entangled in a curse that threatens the safety of her family and her people. Lily can free them, but the price for freedom may be more than she's willing to pay.
The Firethorn Crown, a re-imagining of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," is the first in the Firethorn Chronicles, a series of stand-alone novels inspired by fairy tales and other stories. Follow the sisters on their adventures in a land where sorcery is feared, women can rule, and dragons fly.

#2
The Midsummer Captives
2016
A sorcerer's fortress. A lost heir. A determined princess.
Princess Gwen, second in line to the throne of Ituria, has given up on happy endings. After a neighboring kingdom's heir stole her heart and then disappeared four years ago, she buried her heartache and vowed to serve her eleven sisters. Her most recent mission: to arrange a match with her sister Hazel and the lost heir's youngest brother.
But when her traveling party is ambushed, her flight from danger leads her into the path of a blindfolded man with a familiar smile. Imprisoned with him deep in the forest, Gwen and her fellow captives are at the mercy of a treacherous beauty on a mission of her own. Contending with her schemes—and a love potion gone awry—they must find a way past enchanted guardians, who are capable of crushing not only their bodies but also their dreams.
The Midsummer Captives, inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is the second novel in The Firethorn Chronicles, a series drawn from fairy tales and other classic stories. Follow the sisters on their adventures in a land where sorcery is feared, women can rule, and dragons fly.

#2.5
Red Orchid
2023
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Red Orchid was inspired by Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault. It was originally intended as a stand-alone story, but it morphed into a prologue for book three of The Firethorn Chronicles (due out in late 2017). The events take place approximately one year before The Firethorn Crown (The Firethorn Chronicles, book one). You will see these characters again, and their fates will be revealed.

#3
The Red Dragon Girl
2017
A cursed kingdom. A tenacious sorcerer. A dagger-throwing princess out to prove her worth.
Princess Melantha is done with the constraints and expectations of court life. Refusing to let others decide her fate, she sets out to forge her own path outside palace walls, accompanied by a like-minded prince and his pet goose. Melantha's plans soon change as she finds herself caught up in an unexpected curse and pursued by a king for all the wrong reasons. When the one person she distrusts the most appears unexpectedly and offers to help, Melantha must decide if she's willing to pay his price.
Inspired by Rumpelstiltskin.
Fantasy, romance, and adventure combine fairytale-style in the Firethorn Chronicles. Each book in this interconnected fantasy series is loosely inspired by one or more fairytales and can be read as a stand-alone with its own happily-ever-after. For greatest enjoyment, the series should be read in order.

#4
The Moonflower Dance
2019
A lingering curse. A man with a secret. A princess with a plan.
Fed up with meddling sorcerers, Princess Neylan journeys to a distant kingdom to break a beastly curse. Master Healer Keir, who captured her heart through his letters, is relying on her to end his nightly shift into the form of a giant dragon. Armed with a bold plan, Neylan vows that sorcery will never again touch his life, or the lives of her eleven sisters.
But true love's kiss fails, leaving Keir trapped in a cycle of agonizing transformations.
When an unexpected ally reveals himself and offers a risky solution, Neylan must make an irreversible choice that will either give her the knowledge she seeks, or else trap her in the same type of snare she's trying to destroy.
Fantasy, romance, and adventure combine in the fairytale-inspired Firethorn Chronicles, an interconnected series of stand-alone novels drawn from The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Follow the sisters on their journeys in a land where sorcery is feared and dragons fly.
Author

Lea Doue
Author · 10 books
A native of south Georgia, Lea currently lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband, their two boys, and four cats. But, sadly, no dragons.