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From time to time, we will feature books we haven't yet read. When that is the case, we make sure the authors themselves have the same commitment to clean content that we do. 

A Beauty and the Beast retelling, to be released; August 13th

If there’s one thing  Astrid, an aspiring enchantress with budding magical powers, has learned  throughout her studies, it's that magic must only be used for good. But  when an egocentric prince breaks her sister’s heart, Astrid’s only  focus is revenge, and what better way to enact it than with a  well-chosen curse?  

A simple incantation is  all it takes to transform the arrogant prince's appearance to match the  state of his heart. But something goes wrong, causing the spell to  affect not only the prince, but its caster as well. As the curse begins  to change her appearance to reflect the state of her own vengeful heart,  Astrid becomes desperate to break it at all costs, even if it means  entering the castle in disguise and interacting with the prince she  loathes.

To her surprise, Astrid encounters not a conceited  prince, but one very different from the one she cursed. She soon finds  her heart softening, but not in the way she expects—she’s losing it to  the cursed prince she has vowed to hate. The closer they become, the  more desperate Astrid is to free the prince, and herself, from the  curse. But in so doing, she may lose the man she loves forever. 

For how could a prince ever love the woman who turned him into a beast?  

A 1001 Nights retelling, to be released; August 20th

For thirty-nine nights, the sultan of Zunbar has chosen a new wife.
For thirty-nine dawns, they are pronounced dead.

When  Sultan Zayne summons my best friend to be taken as his newest victim, I  can no longer pretend to be blind and volunteer in her stead. My only  plan--weave a story each night and hopefully learn why he would kill in  the first place.

I never anticipated unravelling the tapestry of lies.

But most of all, I never expected to fall in love with him. 

A Bluebeard and Robin Hood retelling, to be released; August 27th

Robin of the Wood  spends her days robbing from the rich to feed the poor. But she and her  merry band of brothers never seem to get anywhere. The more she steals,  the more the evil Lord Guy "Bluebeard" taxes the villagers.

When  Robin discovers that Lord Guy plans to marry yet again, she conceives a  plan for a final, big score. As Guy's wife, she will have access to his  wealth. The lord is notorious for killing his wives shortly after he  marries them, but Robin has no plans to be dead wife number four.

The  only problem is that Lord Guy is devastatingly handsome, brooding, and  nothing at all what she expected. If she isn't careful, she might just  find that he steals her heart before she can rob his riches. 

A Cinderella retelling, to be released; September 3rd

What if the prince fell in love with the stepsister?

Lady  Charlotte needs a rich husband, and fast. Good thing she has plenty of  beauty and charm, with no foolish ideas of love to get in the way of her  plans. When the chance to catch the wealthiest, most eligible bachelor  in the kingdom appears, she will do everything in her power to win such a  prize; even if she must break a few hearts along the way. But in the  end, it is her own heart that's troubled. Perhaps true love really does  exist, but if so, it’s not with the man she has caught… 

A Steadfast Tin Soldier retelling, to be released; September 10th

Grik the goblin spends  his days as a janitor cleaning the Metropolitan Dance Hall, drawn to the  Elvish world and tired of the darkness of his underground home. He  secretly pines for the ballet company’s lead dancer, Rosanna, but his  own ugliness and shyness stands in the way of confessing his love. 

When  a handsome rival appears on the scene, Grik’s jealousy bubbles over and  he commits the unthinkable, plunging the threesome into a river and  down into the depths of the earth. 

Determined to redeem himself,  Grik leads Rosanna and Paul through the place he calls home: but even a  goblin can’t be prepared for everything that is found underground.  Trapped in the dark, nightmares both within and without rise to the  surface, threatening to destroy them all.  

A Hansel and Gretel retelling, to be released; September 17th

No matter how the sugar sparkles, never sample the sweets.

Evony  is the daughter of a witch, with all of her reputation but none of her  powers. She's spent her whole life in the heart of the forest, safe from  outsiders in a wondrous candy cottage as dangerous as it is beautiful.  Kept company by a trio of tiny companions—a loyal gingerbread dragon and  two mischievous brownies—Evony's one desire is to find a place in the  human world. But first, she must find a way to undo her mother's spells  and free the poor souls who fell to temptation. Only two obstacles stand  in her way. A traveler with distracting molasses-brown eyes, and the  one creation the witch left behind with the power to stop her: the  gingerbread man. 

*This series is set in the same world as the Dragons Rising series, but readers can begin with any of the books in this series.