Royal Beast: A Dark Fairy Tale Romance -...

This is not the fairy tale your momma used to tell you! This dark and steamy version of a classic fairy tale is well-written with great characters - some you'll love and some you'll love to hate. James fits the beast character perfectly with his overbearing, dominant nature and heart of gold underneath it all. Rosemary is everything he could want in a submissive and more. I loved the dialogue between these two as James often finds himself on the less than dominant side of the conversation. With this one, Chase delivers yet another fun read and I can't wait to see what she does next.

Disenchanted: Not Your Typical Fairy Tal...

Ella Upton lost her fairy tale life years earlier. Now she’s embittered about her lot in life. When a ball is being held by the king, it looks like she will be forced to do what she must to make sure her step-sisters get to go.

I was apprehensive about this story. Any time an author takes liberties with classics, I grit my teeth and hope it’s something I can read. After looking at other reviews, I got a little worried. However, after I began to read the story, all my worries were swept aside. I absolutely loved Ella’s character and the new take on her step-mother and step-sisters. I liked the world the author created with a classic great. I can’t wait to read the next part of this story to see what happens to Ella next.

**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

Lena was created for one purpose, to rescue a race that is commonly thought of as extinct. Her body has been shaped to carry out her task, but when she has completed her assignment it is up to her creators to determine her fate. Life as a full sized being, or a minute woman in the tiniest city in the Coalition. (Thumbelina could never have imagined this.)

Review

I read a lot of Viola Grace because I find her short stories perfect for when I don't have a great deal of time but would like a little love story and a trip into a world carefully build. The more you read Grace the more you will like here because the world just because more layered over each book in a series. The romances are always more sketches and the first moments of meetings but the characterization is always strong so I am a happy reader. 

Micro Lena is an excellent example of the best of her work and great place to get started reading her!

I love a classic tale retold in new an interesting ways. I also love the whisper of a story line that gives a romance I am reading hidden depths and really asks the reader to think about this love story and that one in a compelling way.

I just spent many days at Disneyland so I have folk tales and fairytales on the brain. 

I am a Disney nerd but mainly because I love the way people of all ages come to play at Disneyland and allow themselves to frolic in the stories being spun.

I saw lots of grown up Steampunk coolness because of the Mad T Party that is going on, Rockabilly hotness (this was strange but yummy), Minnie Mice sexpots, Pirates and then the childern dudded out in every way. 

I saw for the first time little princes all over the places as well as the tulle of little princesses. 

Good times. 

Anyway, I love the base beat of a fairy tale in my romance novels to mix up an old great song with a new melody. 

Here are some of my favorites. 

Beauty and the Beast:

1. Beast by Judith Ivory

2. Lord of the Abyss by Nalini Singh (She is the beast.)

3. Yours Until Dawn by Teresa  Medeiros

4. The Chocolate Rose by  Laura Florand

5. Beauty Dates the Beast by  Jessica Sims

Cinderella

1. Charming the Prince by Teresa Medeiros

2. The Chocolate Temptation by Laura Florand

3. ONCE UPON A TIME...THE GLASS SHOE  by Kay Hooper

4. Falling for the CEO by Audra North 

5. Seducing Cinderella by Gina Maxwell

Peter Pan

1. Hook's Pan (Kingdom Series, Book: 5) by Marie Hall 

The Princess and the Pea 

1. The Princess and the Pea by Victoria Alexander

Rapunzel

1. The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand (Yep, another one. Its one of the reason I love her books. Subtle though.)

2. The Bordeaux Trilogy by Morgana de Winter

3. Golden Threads by Kay Hooper 

Red Riding Hood

1. No Place Like Home by Mary Carter, Linda Lael Miller, Kat Martin and Laura Florand 

2. Red (Transplanted Tales) by Kate SeRine 

Sweet Sexy Dreams to You! 

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A wish to be normal and a life that becomes everything but. A Mermaid’s Wish.

Taem wants to be a normal mermaid, unremarkable and blend into the background. What she finds is that she is the kind of woman who makes things happen, and while her body is unremarkable, her personality gets her noticed.

Sardu is the prince of mermen who notices the sharp-tongued organizational wizard, and he wants her for his own. The trouble is, how can he get to her with protocol blocking his every path? ebook, 49 pages 

Review

This is a brief sweet mermaid romance where both the hero and the heroine are mer people. Yea! Fun stuff.

I have a like of Viola Grace's short work.  She is a wonderful story short writer of Science Fiction Romance and Fantasy Romance. Her books build on one another creating a rich world. Alone her books are not as compelling but as a large collection they are great.

I think they are overpriced at times and I tend to get them through lending services but ofter they are the perfect bite of a book when I have had a long day. 

I created a Goodreads list for the Best of Viola Grace if you would like to check it out.