The Ball of Glass and Velvet

The Ball of Glass and Velvet

The Twelve Dancing Princesses {A Fractured Fairy-Tale}

Every Wednesday night, the princesses vanish.

By morning, their shoes are ruined.

And another piece of themselves is gone.

Princess Evette has spent years surviving the mysterious dances beneath the lake — elegant horrors hidden beneath royal silence. In the drowned ballroom below the kingdom, masked courtiers waltz beneath breathing chandeliers while the music slowly steals memory itself.

Then another suitor dies.

And a stranger named Seth arrives carrying wounds, forgotten history, and a connection to the lake he cannot explain.

As names disappear and the kingdom begins to decay from within, Evette and Seth must uncover the truth behind the underwater court before the next dance claims them forever.

A dark, atmospheric fractured fairy-tale inspired by The Twelve Dancing Princesses, blending:

• Gothic fantasy
• Romantic mystery
• Haunted royalty
• Memory horror
• Slow-burn tension
• Fairytale dread

Perfect for readers who love lyrical dark fantasy with cinematic atmosphere and emotionally layered characters.