I’m excited to welcome creator Melissa de la Cruz to the weblog at present to share a bit about her latest ebook, Rings of Destiny, which is a comfortable grownup fantasy romance between a surly barmaid and a cursed prince! Learn extra concerning the ebook and Melissa beneath the interview.
1. Describe Rings of Destiny in 5 phrases or much less.
What if hobbits had been scorching?
2. What was the inspiration behind Rings of Destiny?
I wished to write down an attractive Lord of the Rings ebook with a romance on the heart. As I discussed within the earlier reply, I pitched it as “What if hobbits had been scorching?” And likewise “What if the rings had been an individual?” And I’d all the time wished to write down a few long-suffering barmaid and a prince with a secret.
3. Inform us about the principle characters on this ebook. What may readers prefer to find out about them earlier than diving in?
Aren is a tough employee and really drained, and really sarcastic. Dietan may be very charming, however very damaged. Each of them don’t suppose they deserve love after which they discover one another.
4. Is there a specific scene or ingredient in Rings of Destiny that you simply’re excited for readers to expertise?
My favourite is the tent scene! That to me is humorous, romantic and attractive and I wished to verify I bought all these emotions proper.
5. Describe your story improvement and writing course of. Do you plot and plan all the pieces out or do issues come collectively as you write? How do you retain observe of all of the little particulars about your world and characters?
I write a synopsis then an overview then a really detailed chapter define. Then I write 100 pages of the draft after which see if the define nonetheless holds. Then simply maintain rewriting until it goes.
6. Romantasy as a style is actually blossoming and changing into increasingly more fashionable yearly. What units Rings of Destiny other than different books within the style?
I believe it’s a bit extra of a humorous and candy learn, extra like an attractive fairytale that makes it a bit completely different.
7. You’ve had a protracted and wonderful profession as an creator, with a lot selection within the books you’ve written and the initiatives you’ve been part of (and nonetheless are). Of all the pieces you’ve executed, the place do you’re feeling most at residence?
I like writing something fantasy – city fantasy, fantasy, romantasy. Center grade fantasy can be enjoyable.
8. Talking of your profession, what would you’re keen on to do this you haven’t executed but?
I might love to write down an airport thriller and a memoir.
9. What’s been your favourite expertise with a fan of your work?
Just a few followers have tattooed quotes from my books on their pores and skin, that’s actually particular.
10. Inform us about an early studying expertise of yours once you actually fell in love with books.
I cherished a Little one’s Treasury of Fairytales, one in every of my favourite books as a child.
11. I simply have to handle the truth that you had been concerned within the creation of a few of my favourite Hallmark Christmas motion pictures! Are you able to share a bit about how that took place and what it was like working with (and writing for) Hallmark?
Rachel Boston, who was on Witches of East Finish, requested me to write down a Hallmark film for her and so we made Christmas in Angel Falls. The producer of that film and I bought alongside rather well, so we did three extra. It was nice working with Hallmark!
12. As a fellow artwork historical past main, I’d like to know a few of your favourite artworks! And in case you have a favourite inventive motion and/or artist, I’d like to know these as effectively!
I like Jeff Koons. I like how cynical he’s, how a lot he makes enjoyable of artwork, and this cynicism additionally creates wonderful artwork. I respect that and I adore it.
Rings of Destiny by Melissa de la Cruz
Printed by Entangled: Crimson Tower Books on January 6, 2026
Genres: New Grownup — Fantasy, Romance
Tropes: Forbidden Love/Off Limits, Overcoming Odds
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She’s a barmaid who doesn’t imagine in fairy tales. He’s a prince cursed to stay one.
Aren Bellamore has little interest in being anybody’s princess. She’s too busy operating the Raven’s Beak tavern, warding off undesirable marriage proposals, and dreaming of escape. However when a brush with demise and a dangerously good-looking stranger upend her life, Aren finds herself sure to a discount that would change all the pieces.
Prince Dietan has carried the cursed Rings of Destiny historic weapons of devastating energy since childhood. The magic is killing him, and the enemies are closing in. To make the journey to reverse his curse, he wants a bride to cover his secrets and techniques. Aren desires freedom. Pretending to be his fiancée ought to give them each what they need.
However as their perilous journey pits them towards political schemes, monstrous Kilandrar, and a rising attraction neither can deny, the road between make-believe and future begins to blur. And the destiny of two kingdoms could rely upon whether or not a cynical barmaid and a cursed prince are keen to threat their hearts.
About Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 New York Occasions, #1 Writer’s Weekly and #1 IndieBound bestselling creator of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. A lot of her greater than fifty books have additionally topped USA Immediately, Wall Road Journal and Los Angeles Occasions bestseller lists and been revealed in over twenty international locations. A former vogue and sweetness editor, Melissa has written for the New York Occasions, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Attract, the San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. She has additionally appeared as an knowledgeable on vogue, traits and fame for CNN, E! and Fox Information. Melissa de la Cruz grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco along with her household, the place she graduated highschool salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Coronary heart. At Columbia College, she majored in artwork historical past and English. She lives in West Hollywood along with her husband and daughter.
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