by Jim C. Hines
Especially when it was hard. My beta readers told me they got choked up while reading the final few chapters of this book. Well, good! Because I had the same problem while writing them, and I’d hate to be the only one.
Thank you to everyone who has read these books. Thank you for joining me for these stories. Thank you for your letters and your e-mails. It makes my day to hear from someone who loved one of my books, to know that something I wrote connected and resonated with that person. Thanks also to everyone who told their friends about the series, or posted reviews. The bottom line is that without all of you, I’d have no writing career. And I really, really like my career!
As long as I’m thanking people, I have to give a shout-out to www.surlalunefairytales.com. This is a wonderful resource, and includes annotations and research information for a ton of fairy tales. I’ve used them a great many times over the past six years.
Thanks also to Sheila Gilbert, Debra Euler, and everyone else at DAW Books. To my agent Joshua Bilmes. To my friends and fellow authors Stephanie Burgis and Seanan McGuire, who read a draft of Snow Queen and helped me pound it into shape. To my cover artist Scott Fischer. To my family, who put up with me and the emotional roller coaster that is my writing process.
One thing I’ve learned from this series is that the line between ending and beginning is a thin one. I hope you enjoyed the final (at least for now) book in the Princess series. If you need me, I’ll be in my office beginning the first book of the Magic ex Libris series. That book is tentatively titled Libriomancer. What will it be called when it comes out in 2012? Your guess is as good as mine . . .
—Jim C. Hines
Once upon a time...
Cinderella, whose real name is Danielle
Whiteshore, did marry Prince Armand.
And their wedding was a dream come true.
But not long after the “happily ever after,”
Danielle is attacked by her stepsister Charlotte,
who suddenly has all sorts of magic to call upon.
And though Talia the martial arts master—
otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty—
comes to the rescue, Charlotte gets away.
That’s when Danielle discovers a number of disturbing facts: Armand has been kidnapped; Danielle is pregnant; and the Queen has her own Secret Service that consists of Talia and Snow (White, of course). Snow is an expert at mirror magic and heavy-duty flirting. Can the princesses track down Armand and rescue him from the clutches of some of Fantasyland’s most nefarious villains?
The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
978-0-7564-0532-8
“Do we look like we need to be rescued?”
DAW 130
There is an old story...
...you might have heard it—about a young mermaid, the daughter of a king, who saved the life of a human prince and fell in love.
So innocent was her love, so pure her devotion, that she would pay any price for the chance to be with her prince. She gave up her voice, her family, and the sea, and became human. But the prince had fallen in love with another woman.
The tales say the little mermaid sacrificed her own life so that her beloved prince could find happiness with his bride.
The tales lie.
Danielle, Talia, and Snow from The Stepsister Scheme return in
The Mermaid’s Madness by Jim C. Hines
978-0-7564-0583-0
“Do we look like we need to be rescued?”
DAW 109
Roudette’s story was simple.
A red cape. A wolf. A hunter.
Her mother told her she would be safe, so long as she kept to the path. But sometimes the path leads to dark places. Roudette is the hunter now, an assassin known throughout the world as the Lady of the Red Hood. Her mission will take her to Arathea and an ancient fairy threat. At the heart of the conflict betwen humans and fairies stands the woman Roudette has been hired to kill, the only human ever to have fought the Lady of the Red Hood and survived: the princess known as Sleeping Beauty.
Danielle, Talia, and Snow from
The Stepsister Scheme return in
Red Hood’s Revenge
by Jim C. Hines
978-0-7564-0608-0
“Do we look like we need to be rescued?”
DAW 179
Jim Hines
The Jig the Goblin series
“Clever satire… Reminiscent of Terry Pratchett and Robert Asprin at their best.”
—Romantic Times
“If you’ve always kinda rooted for the little guy, even maybe had a bit of a place in your heart for Gollum, rather than the Boromirs and Gandalfs of the world, pick up Goblin Quest.”
—The SF Site
“This exciting adult fairy tale is filled with adventure and action, but the keys to the fantasy are Jig and the belief that the mythological creatures are real in the realm of Jim C. Hines.”
—Midwest Book Review
“A rollicking ride, enjoyable from beginning to end… Jim Hines has just become one of my must-read authors.”—Julie E. Czerneda
GOBLIN QUEST
978-07564-0400-0
GOBLIN HERO
978-07564-0442-0
GOBLIN WAR
978-07564-0493-2
To Order Call: 1-800-788-6262 www.dawbooks.com
DAW 100
Celia Jerome
The Willow Tate Novels
“Readers will love the first Willow Tate book. Willow is funny, brave and open to possibilities most people would not have even considered as she meets her perfect foil in Thaddeus Grant, a British agent assigned to look over the strange occurrences following Willow like a shadow. Together they make a wonderful pair and readers will love their unconventional courtship.”
—RT Book Review
TROLLS IN THE
HAMPTONS
978-0-7564-0630-1
NIGHT MARES IN
THE HAMPTONS
978-0-7564-0663-9
To Order Call: 1-800-788-6262 www.dawbooks.com
DAW 170