Red Riding Hood runs a local Tavern with her grandmother, Ruby. She doesn’t need a man in her life to be happy, and she prides herself in being an independent woman. During a busy night, a highwayman named, Robin One Eye, shows up offering her protection as a pack of werewolves in the area have become a threat to the local public. He requires a fee, but Red refuses; she's ready to to take her chances with the wolves. Unfortunately, One Eye keeps coming back, sabotaging her business and threatening clients, forcing Red to seek help with the one and only, Alpha King. A hot, arrogant werewolf who's had his eye on her since he stepped foot into Farrington. But Red's been independent for far too long to get tied up again, especially when William not only wants her soul, but heart as well.
In a kingdom ruled by a vampire, royal blood doesn’t mean what it used to—and fairy tales don’t always have happy endings. To wrest her inheritance from her evil stepmother, Cindy must marry a respectable man before she turns 25. The upcoming royal ball is the perfect place to find one—with the help of a fairy godmother. Or at least, a drunken prostitute with some magical skills. At the ball, though, King Caspian sets his sights on her. It’s not like Cindy doesn’t know better—but surely no one’s more respectable than a king. So really, what does she have to lose? Everything, as it turns out. Because the king isn’t human at all, but a monster who’s hell-bent on having Cindy in his bed again. If only he can track her down. Scroll up and one-click this steamy, sexy, adult retelling of Cinderella with a vampire twist!
Snow White has always been a free spirit. She enjoys partying and practising her beloved archery much more than chasing after men. One night, late in the forest, she was hunting a deer for charity when she witnessed her stepmother mercilessly slaughter it before her eyes, performing some sort of magic in the process, vowing to remain the Queen of Tyndil for all eternity. Yanni was devastated when she learned the people in her kingdom believed her to be unfit to rule. After learning a secret, she set off on a journey to Bjorku Kingdom to meet the notorious, known-womaniser, the Ice King. The very same man her stepmother, Ruth, has had her sights on for years. Yanni must repair her reputation in order to become Queen, and with the right man by her side she can change her future. Will she be able to win the man with a heart of ice and prevent her stepmother from triumphing once again?
Read the thrilling second chapter in the saga began in the bestselling romance Beauty and the Beast. May be read as a standalone romance. Sorcha knows every inch of the forest, but a spontaneous visit to her grandmother thrusts her into the middle of a brutal conflict between shifters and an unknown force in the woodlands. As the alpha of Clan TalWolthe, Conall is obligated to protect his fellow wolves at all costs--even if it means his life. After the pack lands in the crosshairs of a huntsman with a grudge, Conall encounters a red-cloaked beauty who may hold the key to defeating an ancient evil menacing their land. Red and the Wolf is a fairy tale retold for an adult audience and improper for anyone below the age of 18. Readers who enjoy strong heroines, caring alphas, detailed world building, and out-of-this-world adventure will be hooked. Perfect for readers of Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Action and Adventure, Sword and Sorcery, and Shifter Romance.
Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself--and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world. "--Publisher.
Since its emergence in the seventeenth century as a distinctive cultural system, children's literature has had a culturally inferior status resulting from its existence in a netherworld between the literary system and the educational system. In addition to its official readership—children—it has to be approved of by adults. Writers for children, explains Zohar Shavit, are constrained to respond to these multiple systems of often mutually contradictory demands. Most writers do not try to bypass these constraints, but accept them as a framework for their work. In the most extreme cases an author may ignore one segment of the readership. If the adult reader is ignored, the writer risks rejection, as is the case of popular literature. If the writer utilizes the child as a pseudo addressee in order to appeal to an adult audience, the result can be what Shavit terms an ambivalent work. Shavit analyzes the conventions and the moral aims that have structured children's literature, from the fairy tales collected and reworked by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm—in particular, “Little Red Riding Hood”—through the complex manipulations of Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, to the subversion of the genre's canonical requirements in the chapbooks of the eighteenth century, and in the formulaic Nancy Drew books of the twentieth century. Throughout her study Shavit, explores not only how society has shaped children's literature, but also how society has been reflected in the literary works it produces for its children.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN SIMPSON From familiar fairy tales and legends âe" Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves âe" Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.
Love isn't always bright and shiny. Sometimes, it's dirty and wrong, buried six feet deep in a secret place where only wild things dare to go. Hidden behind a big black curtain that covers things no one should ever see. Sometimes it happens between two people who should never be allowed to come together. One who is a match, and the other who just happens to be gasoline. One strike is all it takes to burn the whole world down, and that's exactly what they plan on doing. Even if it kills them.
Belle finds true love but dark secrets threaten her chance at a happy ending. Belle descends to a dungeon looking for a chemist she's heard is being kept prisoner. A chemist who knows how to make the cure she's been eagerly looking for. But that's not all she finds... Not only is the chemist wiped of his memories, but he's also the rightful king of the White Rose kingdom--the king who was presumed dead by his brother five years ago. Nathaniel, however, is nothing like his wicked brother. He is intelligent, kind, sweet, and everything Belle has ever dreamed of in a man. Except, she cannot fall in love with him. Belle knows that as soon as his memories return, Nathaniel will need to leave to fight for his kingdom. But she needs the cure, and the only way to get it is to help him get his memories back. It won't be easy. Not with such powerful foes after him, and a beast roaming around the forest devouring the villages. It's her only choice if she wants to be set free once and for all... Beastly Secrets is the thrilling third installment of the Fairytales Reimagined series. This heart-pounding wolf shifter romance is full of adventure, sizzling kisses, and suspense. Scroll up and one-click now! Note: This interconnected series is best enjoyed when read in order.
A Little Red Riding Hood Re-telling The closer I get to him, the harder it is to tell if Vail is my protector... or my greatest threat. Lily Rhodes never believed in fairy tales—until one started coming after her. In the shadow of a haunted forest, she leads a quiet life working at her grandmother's antique shop, blissfully unaware of the dark legacy that has followed her family for generations. When she stumbles upon a mysterious mask that pulls her into a world of ancient curses and dangerous magic, Lily learns that her bloodline is tied to the infamous Red Cloaks—warriors who once protected the world from the Wolf King, a fearsome ruler banished long ago. But the Wolf King has returned, and he wants Lily to wear the cursed mask and free him from his prison. Torn between her duty to stop him and the dark temptation of the power it offers, Lily must navigate a treacherous path. Her only ally is Vail, a cursed knight bound to the Wolf King by an ancient spell. As their connection deepens, Lily must decide if she can trust him—or if he's just another part of the trap laid by the devilish forces within the forest. With the fate of both the human world and the magical realms at stake, Lily must face her deepest fears, unlock the power within her, and confront the devil in the shadows. But wearing The Devil’s Mask comes at a price—and the line between hero and villain blurs with every step she takes. In this captivating romantasy retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, love and power collide in a battle that could destroy everything. Will Lily become the forest’s savior—or its next prisoner? ✨ THE DEVIL’S MASK ✨ is a spicy novella perfect for fans of: • fairy tale retellings • new adult romantasy • friends to lovers • mystery with high stakes • paranormal romance • a bit of magic • sassy heroines • witty banter • Irish mythology and faerie tales • heart-pounding adventure • forced proximity • who did this to you • he falls first • fated mates • dark fantasy vibes fairy tale romance, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, romance paranormal, fairytale romance, fairy tale, steamy fairy tale, faiere tale, little red riding hood, fairytale retellings, fairy tale retellings, fated mates, paranormal romance with sex, pnr, paranormal romance books for adults, new adult romance, series, small town, hot romance, fantasy, fantasy romance, steamy romance, contemporary romance, hot shifter romance, shifter romance series, instalove, romantasy, romantic fantasy, prince charming, friends to lovers, time travel romance, urban fantasy, alpha male, romantic suspense, womens fiction, action adventure, thrilling, great chemistry, dark fantasy Readers also enjoyed books by: Ruby Dixon, Candace Ayers, Michelle Mills, Olivia T Turner, Selena Coffey, Delta James, Lia Davis, Nina Croft, Leia Stone, Sheena Jolie, Kate Sinner, Leslie Diver, Laura Greenwood, Erika Dusk, C.J. Archer, Patricia Briggs, C.D. Gorri, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Kym Dillon, and Sarah Short.
