Once Upon a Con Series (Once Upon a Con #1-3) - Ashley Poston

Category: Contemporary, Romance, Teen & Young Adult
Language: English
Keywords: Ashley Poston Dual POV Fairytale Retellings Once Upon A Con Standalones

Written by Ashley Poston
Read by Eileen Stevens, Tristan Morris, Eileen Stevens, Emily Lawrence, Caitlin Davies, Caitlin Kelly, Curry Whitmire
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Mixed
Unabridged

Geekerella (Once Upon a Con #1)
Narrated By: Eileen Stevens, Tristan Morris
Bitrate: 62Kbps

Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic science-fiction series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter.

The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot.

With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck and her dad’s old costume, Elle’s determined to win - unless her stepsisters get there first.

Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons - before he was famous. Now they’re nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets.

Playing Carmindor is all he has ever wanted, but Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob.

As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake - until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise.

But when she disappears at midnight, will he ever be able to find her again?

Part-romance, part-love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom.
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The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con #2)
Narrated By: Eileen Stevens, Emily Lawrence, Caitlin Davies
Bitrate: 62Kbps

The Prince and the Pauper gets a modern makeover in this adorable, witty, and heartwarming young-adult novel set in the Geekerella universe by national best-selling author Ashley Poston.

Imogen Lovelace is an ordinary fangirl on an impossible mission: save her favorite character, Princess Amara, from being killed off from her favorite franchise, Starfield.

The problem is, Jessica Stone, the actress who plays Princess Amara, wants nothing more than to leave the intense scrutiny of the fandom behind.

If this year’s ExcelsiCon isn’t her last, she’ll consider her career derailed.

When a case of mistaken identity throws look-alikes Imogen and Jess together, they quickly become enemies.

But when the script for the Starfield sequel leaks, and all signs point to Jess, she and Imogen must trade places to find the person responsible.

That’s easier said than done when the girls step into each other’s shoes and discover new romantic possibilities, as well as the other side of intense fandom.

As these “princesses” race to find the script leaker, they must rescue themselves from their own expectations and redefine what it means to live happily ever after.
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Bookish and the Beast (Once Upon a Con #3)
Narrated By: Caitlin Kelly, Curry Whitmire
Bitrate: 62Kbps

In the third book in Ashley Poston’s Once Upon a Con series, Beauty and the Beast is retold in the beloved Starfield universe as bad boy Vance Reigns meets his match in fanfiction writer Rosie Thorne.

Rosie Thorne and her father have been short on luck - and money - for years.

So when she loses her grocery store job in a heated moment of smashing the patriarchy, she knows she may be forced to give up on her dream of leaving her small town for a prestigious college creative writing program.

On the other hand, Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as Rosie’s been clipping coupons and secretly writing massively popular fanfiction.

When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, he’s forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him: Small Town USA.

Rosie and Vance’s paths collide in a chance encounter, and suddenly cataloging the Starfield library at Vance’s manor house is Rosie’s only shot at saving money for school.

And while most Starfield superfans would jump at the chance to work in close proximity to Vance, Rosie has realized something about Vance: he’s a huge jerk, and she can’t stand him.

Still, there may be more to Vance than meets the eye. As Rosie and Vance begrudgingly get to know each other, secrets are revealed that could change their minds - and their hearts - forever.