FAIRYTALE RETELLINGS

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 What if there was a brother of the beast?
What if that brother had a run-in with Juliet, leading to her capture?
What if Juliet found a love deeper than she ever imagined? 

Royce Romilly is the second son. He wasn’t supposed to inherit. But when tragedy strikes, he sees no other option than to take his handful of trustworthy servants and addle-brained older brother, to a secluded manor house. Now far away from the rumors and whispers of what really happened to the prestigious family, Royce is determined to find peace for, not only himself, but Maxcence as well. While the outside world believes his brother to be dead, he is very much alive and hidden away in the west wing of Royce’s new home. Had there been any other option but to feign Maxcene’s death, Royce would have taken it. Now, all he can do is try and give everyone under his roof a peaceful living, although he struggles with that for himself. Royce is full of self-doubt, uncertainty about his past and future. He grieves for his parents and a lost love. He worries over his brother, and wonders if peace will ever find him. 

Royce and Juliet’s worlds collide when Maxcence escapes, causing an accident with Juliet’s cart and horses. Royce finds them in the next moment and sees no other option but to take Juliet with him. She has seen Maxence, and Royce can’t have anyone from the outside world knowing his older mad brother is still alive. Juliet struggles being held at the manor against her will, and until she receives explanations, she refuses to be cordial to Royce who has only shown his temper. Even with impending threats, danger, and past sorrows, they reach an understanding. Fondness for each other grows, and they soon find themselves in love, but their love and everything else is threatened as the outside world finds its way in.

The story of Troy meets Sleeping Beauty.

Three cruel royal sisters. 

Two lovers fighting against fate.

One beauty to take her true place in the world.

Deep in France’s Swan Forest, Briar Rosalie and Achilles Leroux nurture their secret friendship. The inevitable love that sparks between them is everything Briar Rosalie wants, but Achilles is uncertain. He worries about his Briar Rose. She is naïve to the ways of the outside world, and has been sheltered by her three mothers. 

Achilles encourages Briar Rose to find out the truth about her real identity. What she learns is far beyond anything she expects. She hides the information from Achilles, in fear that he will not want her when he knows that she’s to take her place as queen on her eighteenth birthday. She doesn’t want it. Nor does she want to face her three royal sisters, notorious for their brutality, evil ways, and the slaughter of their parents. 

When Achilles and his brother Paris, attend a ball at the palace with their mother and her new detestable fiancé Raoul Marcourt, Achilles has a sickening run-in with the famous royal sisters. Achilles does not like that his promiscuous brother has eyes for the younger sister who shows interest in Paris as well. 

As events, both cherished and feared, begin to unfold, Briar Rosalie and Achilles find themselves in the middle of chaos, danger, secrets, a Trojan Horse, and end up face-to-face with the Dragon Queen, herself.