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Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairy tales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children… Three twisted tales inspired by the classic fairy tales…for adults who still love fairy tales, though they're a little darker now, making that happily ever after so much sweeter.

Disgraced knight Sir Godfrey would do anything to regain his honour. So when the famed Trojan Horse appears at court, Sir Godfrey volunteers to lead a crusade on the magical beast. Lady Penelope is sick of life at a convent, waiting for her father to decide who she shall marry. So when a knight appears in the convent garden with a magic horse, she jumps at the chance to escape.

Ursula thought her biggest worry was hiding her magic powers long enough to catch a husband, until Lord Vauquelin invades and slaughters her whole family. When she emerges from hiding, she finds she's snowed in with a wounded enemy soldier, in a valley full of bears.

All Alba ever wanted was to be the royal shoemaker, like her father. But her despicable brothers have a very different future planned for her. When a good deed backfires, leaving her cursed for her brothers' crimes while the real culprits walk free, Alba will be forced to fight for her freedom, or face losing her dream forever.

With a baby on the way, Maria thought her troubles would be over, but a new storm is brewing with the power to sweep away everything she holds dear.

All Maria wants is to live happily ever after with her husband. But between the crazed crabs, a mysterious illness, and a monstrous shark, Maria may need all her skills as a siren to succeed.