The Cinders and the Crown

By: Alvarez, Beth

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952145406
• ISBN13: 9781952145407
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Sacred Tree Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary