Survived
A Princess’s Goose Girl Retelling
A reluctant goose girl. A restless prince. A past that won’t stay buried.
Three years ago, Princess Saewynn nearly brought scandal to her kingdom by trying to elope with a palace guard. Her royal aunt and uncle have never forgiven nor forgotten—and now they’re sending her across the continent to marry a stranger, with only a handmaiden for company. But the journey turns deadly when brigands attack, and while Saewynn escapes with her life, she loses everything else. Her name. Her title. Everything she once was. Is fate offering her a chance to start over?
Joao no longer knows where he belongs. With his older brother married and ready to inherit the throne, Joao finds himself adrift. Once, he was both his father’s secret finder and keeper—the shadow behind the crown, trusted to uncover what others wished to hide. But now that peace has settled over Caldeira, the palace has little need for spies. Or so it seems.
When a bedraggled young woman takes a job as goose keeper at the palace, Joao can’t ignore her. She’s too poised, too graceful—too much to be a simple servant. He’s spent years uncovering lies for the crown, and his instincts tell him this girl is hiding something. But with his parents flooding the court with eligible princesses in hopes he’ll choose a bride, Joao doesn’t have time for mysteries… or for the new guard who never seems to let the goose girl out of his sight.
The longer he watches her, the harder it is to keep a clear head. Because unlike the princesses his parents parade before him, she reminds him very much of the kind of woman he’d once hoped to marry.
Survived is a sweet, clean retelling of The Goose Girl. This version features the princess and Lied follows the handmaiden. While it can be read alone, the books of The Enchanted Tales of Tír are best enjoyed in order.
The Enchanted Tales of Tír reading order:
Unmasked: A Cinderella Retelling (Book .5) – Newsletter Exclusive
Tested: A Princess and the Pea Retelling (Book 1)
Nettled: A Wild Swans Retelling (Book 2)
A Gentle Hope: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling (Book 2.5) – Part of the Hope Ever After series but will eventually become Book 3 in this series
Lied: A Handmaid’s Goose Girl Retelling (Book 4)
Survived: A Princess’s Goose Girl Retelling (Book 5)