The magical weren’t all from the Kingdoms. And not all of the magical seemed to have problems with electronics that the Kingdom magical did. One faction of the human-sized fairies, who had been involved in a power struggle for more than a century, had found a home in Las Vegas amidst all that technology, and they seemed to be doing fine…
Wickedly Charming
by Kristine Grayson
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He’s given up on happily-ever-after…
Cinderella’s Prince Charming is divorced and at a dead end. The new owner of a bookstore, Charming has given up on women, royalty, and anything that smacks of a future. That is, until he meets up with Mellie…
But she may be the key to happily-right-now…
Mellie is sick and tired of stepmothers being misunderstood. Vampires have redeemed their reputation, why shouldn’t stepmothers do the same? Then she runs into the handsomest, most charming man she’s ever met and discovers she’s going about her mission all wrong…
***
“Grayson deftly nods to pop culture and offers clever spins on classic legends and lore while adding unique twists all her own.”
—Booklist starred review
“I love this take on an old story… Exceedingly endearing…”
—Night Owl Reviews Reviewer Top Pick
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Utterly Charming
by Kristine Grayson
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He could be her own personal Prince Charming if only dreams did come true…
Mysterious, handsome wizard Aethelstan Blackstone hires beautiful, hardworking attorney Nora Barr to get a restraining order to protect Sleeping Beauty from her evil stepmother. But if Sleeping Beauty is supposed to be his soul mate, then how come he’s becoming bewitched by Nora?
And when Nora finds herself baby-sitting a clueless maiden from the Middle Ages, avoiding a very wicked witch, and falling hard for a man whose magic she doesn’t believe in, she begins to think that love itself is only a fairy tale…
***
“Grayson uses smooth prose and humorous, human characters to create a delightful, breezy tale perfect for anyone who truly enjoys happy endings.”
—Publishers Weekly
“This is another fascinating tale! I love how Kristine
Grayson adds twists to the fairy tales that we all know and love!”
—Bitten by Books
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Acknowledgments
Many thanks to my sister Sandy Hofsommer who helped me understand the nature of fairy tales and for remembering; and to my husband Dean for discovering the romantic heart of a short story that lead to Charming and now Kissed.
About the Author
Before turning to romance writing, award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch edited the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and ran Pulphouse Publishing (which won her a World Fantasy Award). As Kristine Grayson she has published six novels so far and has won the RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance, and, under her real name, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, the prestigious Hugo award. She lives in Oregon with her own Prince Charming, writer Dean Wesley Smith (who is not old enough to be one of the original three, but he is handsome enough) as well as the obligatory writers’ cats. www.kriswrites.com.
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