Idylls of Carum Sound

A collection of four romantic short stories:

Seeing Through Him: In a Beauty and the Beast retelling, the alluring Rosabella meets the invisible Leandro and strikes up an unlikely friendship. They must both overcome their insecurities to become friends, but can they overcome their differences to become more?
(First published in Of Legend and Lore: A Collection of Fairy Tale Retellings)

Her Dearest Treasure: In a retelling of The Peasant's Clever Daughter, Sonia takes up the challenge of King Basil to win his heart. After their marriage, he discovers she has not told him everything and tries to cast her out, but will she let him?
(First published in From the Stories of Old: A Collection of Fairy Tale Retellings)

I Loved You Tomorrow: A mindreader meets a woman who sees the future--a future they are meant to share. Rhonwin must overcome his fear of not matching her visions of him, and Moira must reconcile the fact her love is not her love yet.

The Veiled Queen: In a retelling of King Thrushbeard, Queen Barbenia visits Boscada in search for an economic deal via a husband, but comes away with a prince-turned-deckhand after Prince Elio pushes his father too far. Queen Barbenia, known to Elio only as Captain Thrush, teaches Elio the meaning of hard work and comes away the better for it.
(First published in A Bit of Magic: A Collection of Fairy Tale Retellings)

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• moderate language
• brief implied sex
• moderate negative alcohol use

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