Once-Upon-Thyme Deluxe Edition and full art set

A luxurious deluxe edition with the full set of accompanying art cards, vellum inserts, stickers, bookmarks, and colouring pages.

What happens when nothing goes according to plan in a fairytale?

Once-Upon-Thyme is a quirky fairytale retelling featuring a drunk fairy godmother, a princess seeking a dragon, and the meddling stablehand trying to stop her.

If you're a fan of quirky characters, found family, fun yet heart-warming stories, slow burn and clean romance, all with cozy vibes and, of course, a dragon, then you will love this fairytale retelling - at its heart, a story about finding your place in the world even when you don't fit the norm.

It's not easy being a princess, especially when your fairytale life refuses to follow the script.

Adrianna grapples with many problems. Her evil stepmother is too obsessed with her garden to remember being evil, her evil stepsister is adorable and dear to Adrianna’s heart, and if that wasn’t bad enough, her fairy godmother spends her days drinking, eating chocolate, and flirting with the gardener.

And just when Adrianna thinks her life couldn't get any more absurd, enter Prince Charming—who inexplicably proposes to her stepmother.

Adrianna decides that enough is enough—she's quitting the life of a princess altogether. Except that escaping a fairytale isn’t as easy as she thought, and to preserve her home and her family, she needs to somehow blunder her way to a Happy Ever After. Meaning a prince has to rescue her and propose marriage.

So, accompanied by her tipsy fairy godmother and a distractingly handsome (annoyingly so) stablehand, she sets her sights on a formidable task – finding a dragon, in the hopes this will convince a prince to perform the required rescue and marriage proposal.

Once-Upon-Thyme is a wonderfully twisted take on the classic fairytale formula, full of misfit characters, unexpected twists, and all about the importance of embracing life's beautiful imperfections.

After all, even the most imperfect stories can lead to the most satisfying endings.

This Deluxe Hardcover Edition is 6"x9", with a total of 280 pages, printed on 80gsm white paper. It will include the following: 

• Designed sprayed edges
• A beautifully designed dust jacket with silver foil on the title
• Premium case laminate with custom design
• Premium inside formatting with beautiful 2-page illustrated chapter headings throughout, each illustration representing the setting of the chapter. 
• 22 Full-page colour illustrations
• Digital signature from the author

This Deluxe edition isn't available anywhere other than the author's website. 

It comes with a bundle containing ALL of the printed art and stickers from the Once-Upon-Thyme world.

• Four 4x6 printed art cards featuring the princess, the stablehand, the prince charming, and the kiss from the happy ever after.
• Three colouring pages featuring the ramshackle little Veridi castle, the dragon, and the baby dragon.
• Four vellum inserts with colour character art featuring the princess, the stablehand, a gorgeous illustration of the dragon, and an adorable baby dragon!
• A double-sided bookmark featuring some of the gorgeous artwork from the case laminate and a stunning illustration of the dragon
• Two 4x6 pieces of dragon art.
• Two adorable dragon stickers. One features a young dragon reading alone - nicknamed Dwagon (this one already comes as a stretch goal for all physical tier backers). The other features a mother dragon introducing Dwagon to the world of books, and Dwagon is clearly captivated!
• A beautiful 6x9" double-sided card with the dragon art from the Once-Upon-Thyme Deluxe Hardcover case laminate, and the castle art on the other side.