Princess Ahira Future Cover Change

I'm back with some more cover news! I wasn't planning on getting new covers for my YA fantasy book, Princess Ahira, but I saw this cover by Fieriz and I just fell in love with it!

Isn't it beautiful?!? It has the perfect cozy fantasy vibe to match the Princess Ahira story!

I've already updated the ebook and audiobook covers but I wanted to let you know about the change before I switched the paperback cover (just in case you wanted to order a paperback with the old cover).

Buy a paperback with the old cover!

Other Book Cover News:

I am still planning to update all of the Magiford ebook boxset covers with matching designs later this year. These boxset versions are ebook only so it won't impact your paperback collections.

On a related note, my team did a lot of experimenting to see if we could make paperback versions of the Magiford boxsets but they are unfortunately waaaaay too long and even if we shrink the print size they are past the page limit for paperback printing. :( Sorry!

Audiobook: Princess Ahira

This was originally supposed to be a pre-order announcement but Audible goofed and released it instead. Opps! But I guess it's a gain for all the Champions who love this story?!?

The audio team has been secretly working on the audiobook for Princess Ahira since December! It's been soooo hard to keep it a secret, but we are so excited because now you can finally hear it!

And since I'm sure this will be number one question on the mind of all the fairy tale fans. Yes! We are planning to do audiobooks of the Timeless Fairy Tales books but we are still working out the details so there isn't anything else I can tell you at this time.

Click here to buy Princess Ahira on Audible

The narrator for this story is Ferdelle Capistrano and she has a magnificent reading voice that makes you nostalgic for that amazing lady who hosts story time at the library.

Also, for the first time ever I have a fun story to share about the audio process, so here's the tea!

Ferdelle originally auditioned for one of the Elves of Lessa audiobooks but we didn't think she was a good fit for those ladies. We did really like her voice though so when we started to think about Princess Ahira we went back and listened to her audition again. After just a few sentences we all knew she would be PERFECT for Ahira! The amazing thing is that this is only the second time in the history of our audiobook projects that the whole team agreed on a narrator choice (the first one was Nathaniel for King Arthur and Her Knights).

I hope that made you excited to hear this new story! Unlike my other books Princess Ahira is definitely younger YA in tone and the audiobook is an excellent choice to listen to with your kids.

Get Ready for Princess Ahira:

We had fun creating these mini-checklists for the Elves of Lessa audiobooks so we are back again with some suggestions on how to prepare for this new audiobook!

1. Do some cleaning in honor of all the cleaning poor Ahira has to do in this book!

2. Use the instructions on the Princess Ahira Oatmeal blog post to make your ideal batch of oatmeal for a listening snack!

3. Download a copy of the Princess Ahira Fairytale Tracker so you can track all the mixed up and twisted fairytales you encouter in the story!

4. Work on a Princess Ahira themed crossword or puzzle created by the awesome Sheacon planners. You can find link to all of them on the SheaCon page in the Past Blog Posts section.

If you want to know ASAP when a new audiobook is out you can also join my newsletter and signup for the audiobook bonus notifications. My team sends a bonus email to that group as soon as Audible notifies us a new audiobook is live for purchase.

Princess Ahira Fairytale Tracker

It's December, which means I can officially start the Christmas themed blog posts! And what better way to kick off the season but with a free book?!?

Since Princess Ahira is a standalone and not part of a series it doesn't get a ton of attention. If you've never read it before it is similar to my Timeless Fairy Tales series combined with Patricia Wrede's Dealing with Dragons book! (Which you should also read!)

Thanks to some extra work by Vin, the Leader of the Discord Mod Squad, there is now a tracker you can use to log all the fairy tale references that appear in this book. Some of them are appear as a full scene and some of them are only mentioned as a throw away sentence so this is a pretty tough challenge! Can you find them all?!?

Click here or on the image below to download a PDF of the Princess Ahira Tracker that you can save or print.

If you don't already own your own copy of Princess Ahira, don't worry! Between now and December 7th you can get Princess Ahira for free on Amazon, so share the news with anyone you think would enjoy this dragon + princess story!

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Plus there's more! In honor of Ahira, you can check social media for a fun Princess Ahira themed game this Saturday.

I hope you enjoy this free fantasy story!

Ahira isn’t a typical princess. When she’s kidnapped by dragons on her sixteenth birthday she declares it the best thing that has ever happened to her.

No more etiquette lessons!

Assigned to a powerful but extremely messy dragon named Azmaveth, Ahira soon makes friends with the magical creatures around her new home. Even cleaning up after Azmaveth and putting up with with his failed magic experiments isn’t too bad, until he forces her to work with his human steward, Kohath.

Kohath is a piece of work. His bossy attitude combined with his lack of personal space makes him the most infuriating male Ahira has ever met. He’s also hiding a huge secret.

But war is looming with the Valkyrie, and not even the dragons are immune to political maneuvering. A surprise betrayal breaks Ahira’s heart and sends her packing back to her old home. If she does nothing she’ll never see Azmaveth, Kohath, or the rest of her magical friends again. Happily ever afters don’t come easy, but this princess just might be willing to fight for hers.