The Dancer and the Dragon Speaker

The Intertwined Tales

De: Laurie Lucking

Narrado por: Tawnya Rollingson

Sisters trapped under threat of fire and destruction. Dragons enslaved by a power-hungry prince. A stable hand who must devise a plan to save them all.

Dragons circle the Oneskan palace at night, shrouding the kingdom in fear and mystery. Only Princess Emelia and her sisters know the fiends fly them to the enemy country of Tsantar under cover of darkness, where Prince Leonnar hopes to steal their secrets and gain control of Oneska. Their father’s proclamation that the man who drives away the hovering dragons will marry one of his daughters incites the princesses to redouble their efforts to escape Prince Leonnar’s tyranny.

When the enigmatic new stable hand, Merric, offers to help, Emelia finds him as frustrating as he is attractive. His superior knowledge of dragons gives her new hope, until he shatters her trust by showing more interest in protecting the vile creatures than getting rid of them. But only by finding a way to work with Merric—and with the dragons she detests—will Emelia have any chance of freeing herself, her sisters, and her kingdom from Tsantar’s clutches forever.

Retelling The Twelve Dancing Princesses and The Language of the Birds

The Intertwined Tales is a multi-author series of clean fairytale retellings. Each novella entwines a famous fairytale with a lesser-known story to create one happily ever after. These standalone stories can be enjoyed in any order.

©2024 Laurie Lucking (P)2025 Laurie Lucking

Entertaining story

I have always loved The Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale. Laurie did an amazing job at taking that fairytale and making it her own. I’m not overly familiar with The Language of the Birds fairytale. But I did love this story. Emelia is a likable FMC, the moment we meet her we know she will do whatever she must to protect her family and her home. She is dedicated to stopping Prince Leonnar from gaining control of Oneska. We only see her become distracted when the new stable hand Merric makes his appearance. This stable hand seems to know stuff about dragons and could possibly be the key Emelia needs to end the kingdom's fear of the dragons Prince Leonnar controls.

Narration: The narration was done by Tawnya Rollingson. Who has narrated a few other stories I’ve listened to. She does a good job bringing the story to life and keeping me as a listener engaged.