The second book in the Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale series is all about exploring–with a prince who has no sense of direction!
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Just for fun, here are the real castles that inspired the Blackfly and the Saffron Kingdoms. LOST WITH LEEKS stars the Blackfly Prince Nero and the Saffron royal twins: Prince Magellan and Princess Saffy!
The Blackfly Kingdom is a glorified tollbooth on a rock in the middle of the Rhine. Pfalzgrafenstein castle on the Rhine. © Laurel Decher, 2019. Burg Rheinfels (Fortress Rhine Boulder) is the inspiration for the Saffron Kingdom. ©Laurel Decher, 2019. The view from Magenta Kingdom showing the Rhine and Mosel Rivers merging. See the line where the water joins? Koblenz, Germany.
©Laurel Decher, 2019