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Rachel Rowlands, Book Editor & Author
fairytale retellings

The Wicked Prince

Independently published 24 May 2023

Available in ebook and paperback

What if the Little Mermaid died, and her sister decided to seek revenge on the prince?

Mermaid Kyra is devastated when her beloved sister dies as a result of the human Prince Rhydian’s betrayal. Driven by her grief and sorrow, Kyra strikes a dangerous bargain with the sea witch to get her revenge. She will leave her underwater world behind, become human and infiltrate the Whitecliff Estate as a handmaiden to Rhydian’s new fiancée.

Moving into the estate, Kyra encounters Lord Nicholas Turner, the gorgeous young man she once rescued from a shipwreck. With her identity hanging in the balance, she tries to resist her mixed feelings for him to keep her plan and her true nature from being compromised. Falling in love with a human destroyed her sister. She doesn’t intend to let the same happen to her, no matter how sweet and handsome – or how good at training her to sword-fight – he may be.

But as humans begin to die mysteriously around the estate, Kyra and Nicholas uncover darker schemes with lacings of dark magic that could threaten both land and sea. When they join forces to unravel the truth, Kyra must decide whether her thirst for revenge is more important than following her heart.

The Wicked Prince is Book 2 in the Nethervale series, but the series can be read in any order. Each book can stand on its own.

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I haven't posted about what I'm reading in my spar I haven't posted about what I'm reading in my spare time in a while... largely because writing my own books and editing other people's takes up so much of my time, so I'm a slower hobby-reader now. But I'm currently reading and loving this novel in The Bone Season series by @say_shannon! 💙 It's one of my favourite series, with such a gripping supernatural-dystopian plot and a beautiful writing style that always inspires me. Whenever I pick up a book in this series, I find it almost impossible to put down. 

Are you reading anything good this weekend? 🥰

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I'm truly obsessed with my cat café covers designe I'm truly obsessed with my cat café covers designed by the very talented @kelley.mcmorris.art and we now have a beautifully autumnal cover for Book Club to go along with the other seasons (Book Club is out on August 20). Since we have four seasonal covers now, I thought I'd show you some of my favourite details from all the covers for the series!

Do you have a favourite little detail? ✨️🐱

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Look what arrived today!! 🎃📚🐈‍⬛ I'm in love! I can Look what arrived today!! 🎃📚🐈‍⬛ I'm in love! I cannot wait for you all to read my next cosy cat café book – it has a healing romance, a splash of mystery, and a generous helping of community when the town of Oakside comes together to save the cat café. 

Releases on August 20th! 🥰

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Less than four weeks until this series gains a ver Less than four weeks until this series gains a very cosy and autumnal ✨️fourth book ✨️ ☺️ The Cat Cafè Book Club is coming out on August 20. I can't believe how close it is now!

The fourth book was the most challenging for me to write in this series, not least because I wrote it around having surgery in 2025 and adapting to some health stuff. But also because it blends a bit of a mystery plot alongside the romance! I'm so, so proud of how it turned out. It has even more of a heightened sense of community and found family than the other books, and I'm really attached to the characters. It was such escapism for me and I can’t wait for you all to read it and escape into the book club too! 💕📚

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