Johanna Lindsey’s Once A Princess is old-fashioned, fairy tale fun. The princess in question is Tatiana Janacek, the sole surviving member of the Janacek clan and heir to the Cardinian throne. Cardinia? Don’t spend too much time trying to find it on a map. Cardinia is pure invention, a vaguely Eastern European figment of the…
Mercedes Lackey is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read most of her work and enjoyed it immensely, except for this book. It is presented in almost a fairy tale manner (considering it is based on the story the ballet Swan Lake itself was based on, that’s not surprising). While fairy tales engage the reader…
“. . . the magic of human love . . . ‘Tis the mightiest force in all of creation.” says King Wisdom, ruler of the fairy kingdom of Pillywiggin. Who can dispute this statement? Rebecca Paisley weaves a magical tale of human love forged between a man and a woman in A Basket of Wishes….