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Romance a Medieval Fairytale #13-15
Once Upon A Spell
An assassin princess. A witch who vows vengeance. And three curses that must be broken...
Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairytales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children...
Three twisted tales inspired by the classic fairytales...for adults who still love reading fairytales, though they're a little darker now, making that happily ever after so much sweeter.
This box set includes:
Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold
A miller's daughter. A cursed knight. The power of a name.
Once upon a time...
Molina has one desire: to see her inventions spread throughout the kingdom. When Prince Lubos offers to take her to the capital as his bride, she jumps at the chance.
But impressing the king may take more than a simple spinning wheel. To marry Prince Lubos, she will need to work a miracle.Molina enters into a desperate bargain with a mysterious man who turns all he touches into gold. A man with a tragic tale of his own, all tied up in his family name.
The future hangs in the balance, but will either of them live to see it?
Kiss: Frog Prince Retold
A desert princess. A cursed prince. Can a kiss break the spell?
Once upon a time...
When Anahita picks up a pet frog on her way to marry a distant sheikh, she laughs at his claim to be a prince under a curse that can only be broken by a kiss.
Until he transforms into a man in her tent.
With one man in her bed as she's preparing to marry another, what's a desert princess to do?
Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold
A witch's vow. A knight's quest. A wolf hunting to kill.
Once upon a time...
Six years ago, Rosa lost her family to a wolf attack during the coldest winter in living memory. But now the wolf is back, as bloodthirsty as ever, and she vows vengeance.
Work is hard to find in the dead of winter, and Sir Chase welcomes the chance to slay wolves if it means he'll have a warm bed and food for the winter. He never counted on having to compete with a woman for his prize.
When the wolf proves more than one hunter alone can handle, can the unlikely pair join forces to defeat the menace?
Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairytales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children...
Three twisted tales inspired by the classic fairytales...for adults who still love reading fairytales, though they're a little darker now, making that happily ever after so much sweeter.
This box set includes:
Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold
A miller's daughter. A cursed knight. The power of a name.
Once upon a time...
Molina has one desire: to see her inventions spread throughout the kingdom. When Prince Lubos offers to take her to the capital as his bride, she jumps at the chance.
But impressing the king may take more than a simple spinning wheel. To marry Prince Lubos, she will need to work a miracle.Molina enters into a desperate bargain with a mysterious man who turns all he touches into gold. A man with a tragic tale of his own, all tied up in his family name.
The future hangs in the balance, but will either of them live to see it?
Kiss: Frog Prince Retold
A desert princess. A cursed prince. Can a kiss break the spell?
Once upon a time...
When Anahita picks up a pet frog on her way to marry a distant sheikh, she laughs at his claim to be a prince under a curse that can only be broken by a kiss.
Until he transforms into a man in her tent.
With one man in her bed as she's preparing to marry another, what's a desert princess to do?
Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold
A witch's vow. A knight's quest. A wolf hunting to kill.
Once upon a time...
Six years ago, Rosa lost her family to a wolf attack during the coldest winter in living memory. But now the wolf is back, as bloodthirsty as ever, and she vows vengeance.
Work is hard to find in the dead of winter, and Sir Chase welcomes the chance to slay wolves if it means he'll have a warm bed and food for the winter. He never counted on having to compete with a woman for his prize.
When the wolf proves more than one hunter alone can handle, can the unlikely pair join forces to defeat the menace?
412 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 14, 2021
About the author
Demelza Carlton
936 books3,875 followersUSA Today Bestselling Author Demelza Carlton has always loved the ocean, but on her first snorkelling trip she found she was afraid of fish.
She has since swum with sea lions, sharks and sea cucumbers and stood on spray-drenched cliffs over a seething sea as a seven-metre cyclonic swell surged in, shattering a shipwreck below.
Sensationalist spin? No - Demelza tends to take a camera with her so she can capture and share the moment later; shipwrecks, sharks and all.
Demelza now lives in Perth, Western Australia, the shark attack capital of the world.
The Ocean's Gift series was her first foray into fiction, followed by the Nightmares trilogy. She swears the Mel Goes to Hell series ambushed her on a crowded train and wouldn't leave her alone.
She has since swum with sea lions, sharks and sea cucumbers and stood on spray-drenched cliffs over a seething sea as a seven-metre cyclonic swell surged in, shattering a shipwreck below.
Sensationalist spin? No - Demelza tends to take a camera with her so she can capture and share the moment later; shipwrecks, sharks and all.
Demelza now lives in Perth, Western Australia, the shark attack capital of the world.
The Ocean's Gift series was her first foray into fiction, followed by the Nightmares trilogy. She swears the Mel Goes to Hell series ambushed her on a crowded train and wouldn't leave her alone.
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June 12, 2023Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold (Book #13)
This was an interesting retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin" and I enjoyed reading about Molina and how this series draws so many connections to other books within it. This book also sets things up really well for a possible future retelling of "Rapunzel" that I hope will be added at some point in the future.
Series Character and Story Connections for Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold
The next tale in this series will be Kiss: Frog Prince Retold (Book #14)
Sir Chase's tale is in Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold (Book #15)
The tale of Xylander, Lubos' half-brother is in Reflect: Snow White Retold (Book #16)
Kiss: Frog Prince Retold (Book #14)
Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold (Book #15)
This was a really interesting retelling of "Red Riding Hood" and while it does have some scenes that were a little darker than my usual preference that isn't really surprising when reading a book based on "Red Riding Hood" and the rest of the book was good enough to make those scenes worth it. I enjoyed reading about both Rosa & Sir Chase and was glad to read Sir Chase' story after having read about him in a few other books from this series.
Series Character and Story Connections for Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold
The next book in the series is Reflect: Snow White Retold (Book #16)
The tale about Abraham, Chase's brother in law, is in Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold (Book #13)
The tale of George and the dragon (and Melitta, the mind-reading girl who saved Chase from Queen Margareta's wrath), is in Embellish: Brave Little Tailor Retold (Book #07)
Queen Margareta's tale is Silence: Little Mermaid Retold (Book #05)
This was an interesting retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin" and I enjoyed reading about Molina and how this series draws so many connections to other books within it. This book also sets things up really well for a possible future retelling of "Rapunzel" that I hope will be added at some point in the future.
Series Character and Story Connections for Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold
The next tale in this series will be Kiss: Frog Prince Retold (Book #14)
Sir Chase's tale is in Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold (Book #15)
The tale of Xylander, Lubos' half-brother is in Reflect: Snow White Retold (Book #16)
Kiss: Frog Prince Retold (Book #14)
Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold (Book #15)
This was a really interesting retelling of "Red Riding Hood" and while it does have some scenes that were a little darker than my usual preference that isn't really surprising when reading a book based on "Red Riding Hood" and the rest of the book was good enough to make those scenes worth it. I enjoyed reading about both Rosa & Sir Chase and was glad to read Sir Chase' story after having read about him in a few other books from this series.
Series Character and Story Connections for Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold
The next book in the series is Reflect: Snow White Retold (Book #16)
The tale about Abraham, Chase's brother in law, is in Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold (Book #13)
The tale of George and the dragon (and Melitta, the mind-reading girl who saved Chase from Queen Margareta's wrath), is in Embellish: Brave Little Tailor Retold (Book #07)
Queen Margareta's tale is Silence: Little Mermaid Retold (Book #05)
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