First published 2017
Princess Sabine tumbles into a Glass Mountain on her wedding day and finds herself trapped with a cantankerous companion called Old Rinkrank. Meanwhile, two rival bakers compete for the contract of their lives in a magical bake-off. A young sculptor in ancient Greece carves a statue for Aphrodite's temple and falls in love with her own creation. Charlotte searches the woods for a cure to save her dying sister but discovers something unexpected instead. Alice faces pressure to marry the Mad Hatter until an unplanned journey to Wonderland shifts her perspective. A mermaid abandons her underwater world for a mortal man, but the Sea Witch has other plans. These stories and ten others reimagine classic tales like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and The Little Mermaid alongside lesser known fairy tales. Each story adds romantic elements to familiar plots while exploring themes of true love, sacrifice, and transformation.
Genres: short-stories, romance, fantasy-romance, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: emotional, intimate, whimsical
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Glass Mountain, Greece, Wonderland
Period: Ancient, Fairy Tale
589 pages · ebook · Fiddlehead Press