Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

The Unenchanted Princess is the tale of a princess born without an enchantment in a magic land where all royalty is surrounded by enchantment. Alexandra refuses to give in to her parents' schemes to find her an enchantment or marry her off to someone willing to overlook her lack. She runs away to escape, but soon learns she is at the heart of a struggle to control the Magic Lands.

Together with the Frog Prince, a Prince Charming who is turned into a crow and a young woman from a land where magic is forbidden, she must learn how to defeat her enemy and dispel the last enchantment.

The Unenchanted Princess

There was no answer, only the sudden onslaught of sleepiness. Anaeth slumped to the floor again. But Herbert felt the fire of his scratched legs and his eyes snapped open. Alexandra felt her throat parched and cracked, and fought off the sleep. Jock's muscles felt the burden of a terrible weight, and he straightened under it. The spell shifted and the three felt their shapes being torn from them. Again, the pain of their trials saved them from the malevolent enchantment. Then the darkness became pain. They were being burned, broken, crushed under unbearable pain. They all had withstood pain before.


An awful shriek split the air. The shadow materialized into a short, red haired little man. His face was distorted with rage.


"I haven't finished with you yet!" he screamed and vanished in a puff of smoke. Anaeth was once again sleeping on the floor, but she groaned and twisted in her sleep. Alexandra shook her, but she would not awaken.


Chapter 63