Best of
Fairy-Tale-Retellings

2022

The Rose and the Thorn


Katherine Macdonald - 2022
     There is a pale, penetrating loneliness etched into the walls of this forgotten place. A kind of loneliness made living... is this what it feels like to be a ghost, alone in some kind of half world? Taking shelter from a storm, Rose accidentally strays into a deserted fairy realm, and finds herself trapped there with only a mysterious talking beast for company. Although initially reluctant to befriend her strange companion, Rose quickly finds herself growing closer to him. She names him Thorn, and as the castle blossoms into a place of beauty, so too does their friendship. But something else lurks within the walls, a dark force that will stop at nothing to be free once more... If Rose is to survive and lift the curse placed upon the castle, she will have to face her fears and conquer the nightmares that have haunted her since childhood, as well as confront the terrifying creature that stalks the shadows in the night. A passionate retelling of a classic tale, fairy tale fantasy meets Gothic. Will have you sobbing and laughing, and truly believing in the power of true love.

Rose of the Oath: A Beauty and the Beast Novella


Hope Ann - 2022
    But there’s no arguing with the strange, scarred host of a hidden valley who’s taken her brother captive. Without the resources to mount a rescue, Elissa desperately settles for the next best thing: exchanging her freedom for her brother.But the longer she stays in the valley, the more Elissa realizes it isn’t just her prison. It holds secrets that her host jealously guards. Secrets that could hold the key to her escape. Except maybe the curse isn’t a curse at all. And maybe secrets are the only thing keeping her alive. A Beauty and the Beast retelling, Rose of the Oath weaves the timeless elements of roses and captors and beauties with deeper shades of betrayal, sorrow, and sacrifice.The first novella in the Legends of Light series, this short novel is a stand-alone story and contains a handful of allegorical themes.

Heart of Thorns


Katherine Macdonald - 2022
    She alone can kill me.No other death for me but her.Cursed as a child, a lonely beast waits in vain for the one who might rescue him, as the weight of the curse slowly sucks the life from the castle he calls home. Six have come, and six have failed... and he is running out of time.When a young girl named Rose appears in his realm, and gifts him with a name, Thorn, he quickly finds himself falling for her. But Rose has secrets of her own, and there is a darkness inside the walls of the castle that will stop at nothing to be free once more...NB: The "equal" to the sumptuous Beauty and the Beast tale, "The Rose and the Thorn." Relive the magic from Thorn's eyes. While the stories can be read in any order, it is recommended that you read "The Rose and the Thorn" before embarking on Thorn's own tale.

Burning Rose


Hope Ann - 2022
    There was a rebellion, a promise, and a sacrifice. There was the Oathkeeper.Fairy tales retold as you have never heard them before.

Son of the Deep


K.B. Hoyle - 2022
    He was a Son of the Deep. Nothing but magic could change these things.Once upon a time...Orpheo never meant to disobey his father or betray his kind, but when he finds the young human woman weeping over the death of her own father, his compassionate heart moves him to comfort her.All Rose ever wanted was to make her father proud, but after the mysterious Boy in the Sea eases her through her grief, Rose throws aside her reservations and vows she will find the boy and marry him.As Rose despairs of ever finding him, Orpheo sells his voice to the Sea Witch and gives up his family in a desperate bid to fulfill their love and heal a hundred-year rift between their worlds. But restoration cannot be bought through black magic, and when Orpheo becomes human, Rose does not recognize him.At the end of all hope, only great sacrifice can bring Rose and Orpheo a happily ever after.

Red's Revenge


Ava Hall - 2022
    Literally and Figuratively.With blades on my hips and my wolf at my side, I'm no longer that same little girl, scared and alone in the woods. Now, I'm just as big and bad as he is, and I'm out for blood.But as much as I'd like to be a lone wolf, the men of Grimm City keep luring me in. There's Peter, my first love, a boy who became Neverland's fiercest crime boss. Then there's Robin Hood, the scarred, ruthless rogue with a boyish grin.And finally him, the stranger at my doorstep who wants revenge as much as I do.As they battle over a heart that can't allow itself to love, I have my own war to win.And I'll kill anyone who stands in my way.

Snow Warrior White


Allie Burton - 2022
    But it might cost her the one she loves.Destiny Snow planned to fight in the battle with the prince, but she’s kidnapped by a secret banshee clan. The banshees don’t want to hurt her. They demand she take her place at the side of the future leader of the clan. Destiny believes there’s safety in numbers and she’s finally found other banshees. Except they’re nothing like her.Ruled by the Grand Lord Justicar, the secretive banshee clan holds her incapacitated grandfather hostage. Destiny needs to remember her past and take possession of all her magic to heal her only living relative. But when she comes into her full powers, it releases a cataclysmic force no one can control.Can a reluctant banshee control her shocking powers and give up the guy she loves to save her grandfather?Snow Warrior White is the fifth book in the twisted fairytale series A Glass Slipper Adventure. If you like powerful heroines, family secrets, and cursed lovers, then you’ll love Allie Burton’s new installment in this spellbinding series.Buy Snow Warrior White and leap into a magical quest!Other books in the series include: Cinderella Assassin, Cinderella Soldier, Cinderella Spy, Snow Wicked White, and Snow Witching White.