Once Upon a Sultan

Dragons and genies, sultans and street rats, magic and adventure...you'll find all those and more in these six stories inspired by 1001 Arabian Nights.

This collection of tales includes:

Fall: Scheherazade Retold:

Dragon vs fairy godmother - who will win?

When young fairy godmother Zoraida finds herself fighting a losing battle with a dragon to save her godson, she's forced to use her magic to flee.

Only to find herself in the middle of a freezing blizzard.

Rescued by a traveller, she faces a new challenge: can they survive the storm to see Christmas morning?

Float: Enchanted Horse Retold:

A brave knight. A lady beset by suitors. An enchanted horse that topples cities.

Disgraced knight Sir Godfrey would do anything to regain his honour. So when the famed Trojan Horse appears at court, Sir Godfrey volunteers to lead a crusade on the magical beast.

Lady Penelope is sick of life at a convent, waiting for her father to decide who she shall marry. So when a knight appears in the convent garden with a magic horse, she jumps at the chance to escape.

The enchanted horse may have ended one war, but with Penelope missing, it may be about to start another.

Can a knight and his lady stop history repeating?

Steal: Forty Thieves Retold:

A shrewd servant. A penniless young woodcutter. A priceless stolen treasure.

Melisende joins a crusade, her head full of glory and victory, only to flee from her first battle. Forced to hide as a housemaid while the enemy army occupies the city she'd hoped to save, she despairs of ever finding her way home.

Mithra plans to settle down with the girl of his dreams, but when the war spills into his city, all dreams of the future are shattered. When he finds a Crusader maiden in the woods and they stumble across a priceless treasure, he thinks his luck might have turned…until he discovers the penalty of stealing from the Forty Thieves.

Can Melisende and Mithra save his family from the Forty Thieves?

Wish: Aladdin Retold:

A sultan's daughter. A pretend prince. Can a genie make all their wishes come true?

When Princess Maram and street rat Aladdin meet in the marketplace, sparks fly, and Aladdin swears to move heaven and earth in order to make the lovely courtesan his wife.

He steals a magic lamp with a genie inside, thinking all his troubles are over…only to find they have barely begun.

Can Aladdin win the princess's hand without losing his head?

Kiss: Frog Prince Retold:

A desert princess. A cursed prince. Can a kiss break the spell?

When Anahita picks up a pet frog on her way to marry a distant sheikh, she laughs at his claim to be a prince under a curse that can only be broken by a kiss.

Until he transforms into a man in her tent.

With one man in her bed as she's preparing to marry another, what's a desert princess to do?

Melt: Snow Queen Retold:

An enslaved enchantress. A magic mirror. Whose match will be made next?

When Queen Briska is accused of treason, she flees to the mountains, building an icy wall around her broken heart. But she cannot flee her punishment – she is forced to help other couples find love. A tough task, when the man she loves is dead.

Amani knew his life was over the moment he was enslaved to a magic lamp. But when a strange twist of fate frees him from the lamp just as he discovers the woman he loves still lives, Amani sets out to find her, and free her, too.

Will the power of love be enough to melt two frozen hearts?