The Queen of Gold and Straw
Fairy Tale Kingdoms Series, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Matthew Lloyd Davies
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Lucy Rayner
About this listen
Greta knows two things to be true. The first: Trolls don't venture into the forest, especially during the day. The second: Kings don't save peddlers' daughters from those trolls, and they certainly don't deposit them atop royal horses and personally escort them home.
But sometimes, they do. And sometimes afterward, life gets very complicated....
The Queen of Gold and Straw is a romantic fairy tale retelling full of humor, first love, new love, promises, lots of straw, and - of course - gold.
Contains mature themes.
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Sharon Shinn's Twelve Houses books have fascinated fans and critics alike with their irresistible blend of fantasy, romance, and adventure. Now in Quatrain, she weaves compelling stories in four of the worlds that fans love in "Flight", "Blood", "Gold", and "Flame".
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Lovely set of novellas, description needs updated
- By Lindsay C. on 09-25-20
By: Sharon Shinn
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Return of the Rose
- By: Theresa Ragan
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Morgan Hayes grows up in the 20th century with a mysterious attraction to a hollow suit of armor that stands in the window of her mother’s antique store. She is 24 years old when she becomes entangled within the armor’s metal plates and is whisked back in time where she is mistaken for a twin sister she knows nothing about. Morgan is forced to marry King Henry’s favored knight, Derek Vanguard, Lord of Braddock Hall. Abandoned by his mother, Derek’s heart is as cold as the stone walls of his castle....
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A FAIRYTALE STORY AND FUN
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 07-16-12
By: Theresa Ragan
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Scarlet
- By: A. C. Gaughen
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Posing as one of Robin Hood's thieves to avoid the evil Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only Big John and Robin Hood know the truth - that the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past. It's getting harder to hide as Gisbourne's camp seeks to find Scarlet and drive Robin Hood out of Nottinghamshire. But Scarlet's instinct for self-preservation is at war with a strong sense of responsibility to the people who took her in when she was on the run, and she finds it's not so easy to turn her back on her band and townspeople.
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Gender Bending in Sherwood Forrest
- By Susie on 03-02-15
By: A. C. Gaughen
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Everless
- By: Sara Holland
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 10 hrs
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In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency - extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one's own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings' palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night.
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Really solid YA
- By E. Zinnia on 01-14-18
By: Sara Holland
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The Mist-Torn Witches
- By: Barb Hendee
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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In a small village in the nation of Droevinka, orphaned sisters Cline and Amelie Fawe scrape out a living selling herbal medicines in their apothecary shop. Cline earns additional money by posing as a seer and pretending to read people's futures. But they exist in a land of great noble houses, all vying for power, and when the sisters refuse the orders of a warlord prince, they must flee and are forced to depend on the warlord prince's brother, Anton, for a temporary haven.
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A really good read...
- By Sheila Medlam on 03-25-16
By: Barb Hendee
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Roses in Amber
- A Beauty and the Beast Story
- By: C. E. Murphy
- Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Amber Gryce believes in magic the way anyone does: as a thing of the past, marked now only by the long reign of an ancient queen sworn to live until her stolen son is returned to her. Such stories are romantic but distant for Amber, surrounded by family and wealth. But like magic, wealth can disappear. Left destitute, Amber's family retreats to a forest holding far from their city home, where Amber's love of roses leads her into the heart of enchantment
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Quite unique, but not my favorite retelling
- By Melinda on 09-24-22
By: C. E. Murphy
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The Bride of Black Douglas
- By: Elaine Coffman
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Lady Meleri Weatherby is desperate to escape the unthinkable: marriage to a man she does not love, a man she knows to be unspeakably cruel. In a bold move, she breaks off her betrothal to Lord Philip and flees her home in Northumberland, vowing to marry the first man she meets, never considering the consequences of such a show of independence.
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good but too short
- By GatorBait! on 11-19-17
By: Elaine Coffman
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The Treasure of Isian
- By: Serena Clarke
- Narrated by: Carolyn Kashner
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Prince Garin is a brave, proud, adventure-seeking prince. Elani is his most trusted servant, and she would do anything for him - even die for him. Their quest to find the mystical Treasure of Isian is immediately interrupted, and they find themselves confronted by angry giants, soul-stealing elves, bewitched dragons, a vengeful water-witch, battling foes, and a mysterious kingdom. Elani must face her greatest fears to save her prince and her kingdom.
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Enjoyable.
- By Natalie @ ABookLoversLife on 12-29-17
By: Serena Clarke
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Tapestry
- By: Madeline Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynn Kurland, and others
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante, Chloe Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Welcome to a world of chivalry and honor, of danger and desire, of legend, and of love…. These four original novellas bring to life all the romance and adventure of the Middle Ages, with the common thread of a rich medieval tapestry woven through each tale by an acclaimed master of historical romance….
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Two out of four is not bad.
- By Teresa on 04-24-12
By: Madeline Hunter, and others
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Princess of Thorns
- By: Stacey Jay
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Though she looks like a mere mortal, Princess Aurora is a fairy blessed with enhanced strength, bravery, and mercy, yet she is cursed to destroy the free will of any male who kisses her. Disguised as a boy, she enlists the help of the handsome but also cursed Prince Niklaas to fight legions of evil and to free her brother from the ogre queen who stole Aurora's throne 10 years ago. Will Aurora triumph over evil and reach her brother before it's too late?
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Great story, great chemistry, great fun!
- By Katy on 01-28-15
By: Stacey Jay
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The Affiliate
- By: K.A. Linde
- Narrated by: Erin Mallon
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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On the day of her Presenting, in front of the entire Byern Court, 17-year-old Cyrene Strohm's lifelong plans come to fruition when she's chosen for one of the most prestigious positions in her homeland - an Affiliate to the Queen. Or so she thinks. When Cyrene receives a mysterious letter and an unreadable book, she finds nothing is as it seems.
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Not a fan of Narrator
- By Priscilla on 05-25-17
By: K.A. Linde
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- Nancy Pants
- 03-22-24
Well Written and Clean!
This was a fantastic retelling of this fairy tale. The whole story was very well thought out and the charecters felt very alive and interesting.
Half way through listening I went back to the description and noticed it says it has "mature themes" I don't like reading explicit content which is what I thought that ment. Nothing had happened so far so I kept listening because I was pretty into the story and decided if it got too dirty for me I would skip that part. I listened to the whole thing.
This book is very clean. There are no explicit love scenes. even the kisses seam sweet and mild to me. There are a few subtle verbal implications about it between charecters but that's it.
This book was very sweet and wholesome in my opinion and I was really happy with how well it was written. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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- Ryan
- 10-08-23
Good
I really like this book I listed to it in two days. The storyline kept me interested. But it ends to quickly, it was going nice then it just ends.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-09-24
The unexpected tale of gold
I loved the endearing story and the beautifully executed twists in this fairy tale. It does not disappoint. The dual voice acting adds even more to the enjoyment.
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- 🐺 SCARLET PIMPERNEL 🐺
- 09-02-19
Queen of Gold
Another great addition to the series!
I really enjoy these narrators, and look forward to more in the future!
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- Kindle Reader
- 12-14-24
sad but good
This was a good read! I always love Shari's writing. This was a sad story, but I still love it. I love the unique take on Rumpelstiltskin. I don't like love triangles, but Shari is one author that writes stories good enough to get over that for. All in all, a wonderful story!
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- GeriatricMillennial
- 12-01-24
Started out strong
I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and this one started out strong. I’m not wild about the female narrator, but I really liked the male narrator and the story was interesting and the romance was sweet.
Things took a turn, and after a series of assumptions and misunderstandings that could have been prevented with a combination of patience and communication, I no longer really cared who ended up with who.
Now I feel like the old lady in Princess Buttercup’s dream in “The Princess Bride,” shouting epithets over her faithlessness.
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