the ring and the crown melissa de la cruz

She is also the founder of Melissa de la Cruz Studio at Disney Publishing.

One of them is the bestselling “The Isle of the Lost” novel, the prequel to the Disney Channel blockbuster original movie “ Descendants,” which has over a million copies in print.

Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 New York Times, #1 Publisher’s Weekly, and #1 IndieBound bestselling author of over 50 critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. However Ronan Astor, a social-climbing American, and Isabelle of Orleans, daughter of a displaced French royal family who is in love with Prince Leopold, may throw a wrench in the plans. And Aelwyn will get what she’s always dreamed of…the chance to rule. Aelwyn will take on Marie’s face, allowing the princess to escape with Gill and live the quiet life she’s always wanted. Together, Marie and Aelwyn, a powerful magician in her own right, come up with a plan. The two kingdoms must unite to end the war, and the only solution is a match between Marie and Prince Leopold VII, heir to the Prussian throne.īut Marie has always loved Gill, her childhood friend and soldier of the Queen’s Guard. With the help of her Merlin, Eleanor has maintained a stranglehold on the world’s only source of magic, creating the most powerful empire the world has ever seen.īut she’s nearing the end of her reign and has decreed the princess must marry and produce an heir, or the Empire will be vulnerable to its greatest enemy, Prussia. Quiet and gentle, Marie has never lived up to the ambitions of her mother, Queen Eleanor the Second. The Young Adult fantasy book centers on best friends Princess Marie-Victoria, heir to the Lily Throne, and Aelwyn Myrddn, illegitimate daughter of Merlin, the Mage of England, who grew up together. Disney+ announced it has optioned a series based on Melissa De La Cruz’s “The Ring & The Crown” YA book that is published by Disney Publishing Worldwide.

The ring and the crown melissa de la cruz