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The Cinders and the Crown
Forget pumpkins. The clock just struck midnight, and the prince turned into a dragon.
Elise doesn’t care about the ball. All she wants is to protect those who raised her after her father died and her stepmother seized control of the estate that should have been hers. So when her stepmother proposes a deal, it’s all too easy to agree. In exchange for staging a theft for her sister to solve to win the prince’s favor, Elise will get her estate back—and with it, the safety of those she loves.
But safety isn’t so easily won.
Prince Corin’s fairy godmother couldn’t save him from his curse. All she could do was tame it with an enchanted amulet, one he must never remove. But when a masked princess of unrivaled beauty reels him in with her laugh at his birthday masquerade, the amulet is stolen and the curse is set free. Now trapped as a dragon from midnight until dawn, Corin must hunt down the thief and regain control of his curse before the monster he’s become lays waste to the kingdom he was meant to rule.
If only she hadn’t stolen his heart, too.
Elise doesn’t care about the ball. All she wants is to protect those who raised her after her father died and her stepmother seized control of the estate that should have been hers. So when her stepmother proposes a deal, it’s all too easy to agree. In exchange for staging a theft for her sister to solve to win the prince’s favor, Elise will get her estate back—and with it, the safety of those she loves.
But safety isn’t so easily won.
Prince Corin’s fairy godmother couldn’t save him from his curse. All she could do was tame it with an enchanted amulet, one he must never remove. But when a masked princess of unrivaled beauty reels him in with her laugh at his birthday masquerade, the amulet is stolen and the curse is set free. Now trapped as a dragon from midnight until dawn, Corin must hunt down the thief and regain control of his curse before the monster he’s become lays waste to the kingdom he was meant to rule.
If only she hadn’t stolen his heart, too.
153 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 6, 2025
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Beth Alvarez
32 books34 followersAward-winning author Beth Alvarez lives in Memphis, Tennessee, along with her husband, daughter, and a very mean cat.
Once a visual arts major, she has worked as a freelance graphic designer. Against all advice, she makes her own book covers.
Reading The Hobbit at 8 led Beth to fall in love with fantasy at an early age. She later developed a love for vampires and the supernatural, which is unsurprising, given she never outgrew the goth phase.
In her free time, Beth enjoys drawing, hitting the road in her beloved Mustang, sipping tea, sewing for her Asian ball-jointed dolls, and making her prior-Marine husband spar in the kitchen for sake of writing more convincing combat scenes.
Once a visual arts major, she has worked as a freelance graphic designer. Against all advice, she makes her own book covers.
Reading The Hobbit at 8 led Beth to fall in love with fantasy at an early age. She later developed a love for vampires and the supernatural, which is unsurprising, given she never outgrew the goth phase.
In her free time, Beth enjoys drawing, hitting the road in her beloved Mustang, sipping tea, sewing for her Asian ball-jointed dolls, and making her prior-Marine husband spar in the kitchen for sake of writing more convincing combat scenes.
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