Melisandra is up to her elbow in nappies and milk. All her plans – for her beauty shop, for becoming someone, for love – all gone up in smoke. Thievery or tying down Oz are her only chances at a good life now. If only she could find that philandering beast first!

Tam can’t watch his Lyssa make one mistake after another. His heart would be broken – if he had one. Not even in his wildest dreams could he have predicted that the fortune-teller’s magic box would come in handy.

Obsession always demands a price.

Will Mellie find Oz and have her happily-ever-after? Will Tam be able to forget Mellie? And are shrews meant to be tamed or waited out?

Pre-order book #2 Your Heart to Tame and find out. The Cursed Hearts trilogy is a dark, cross-generational (YA/NA) fantasy of love, betrayal, and the fragile line between survival and villainy, spanning torturous decades while a selfish protagonist is forced to grow up.

Melisandra was never meant for polite society. As the fatherless daughter of a witch, she has learned to beg, borrow, and steal her way toward respectability—because no one hands girls like her a future.

So the prince chose another girl. Fine. Mellie never planned on letting anyone into her frozen heart anyway.

At seventeen, she has a far simpler dream: escape Borough village and save enough coin to open her own beauty shop. How hard can it be to find a decent apothecary who needs an apprentice?

Tamerlin knows better than most how words spoken in anger can become an unbreakable curse. Traveling the neighboring lands incognito, he is searching for the one girl who might help him break his own. When he catches sight of a sharp-eyed vixen in a tavern—sweet as candy, spying on patronsand stealing food —he can’t take his eyes off her. But what if the girl of his dreams isn’t the innocent she pretends to be?

Some choices shape monsters.

Because survival always demands a price.

What would you do to make sure you never went hungry again?

Your Heart to Seek is the first book in the Cursed Hearts trilogy, a dark mixed generation (YA/NA) fantasy tale of curses, betrayal, and the fragile line between villainy and survival.

– A defiant Cinderella and Prince Charming with a hairy family secret
– A deal gone wrong for Red’s mom
– A loopy Oz and a villainy godmother masquerading as a witch. Or two.

Grace made a deal: in exchange for the life of her newborn son, she will get Ella her happily-ever-after. A license to be evil, hurray! That was it, wasn’t it? Three years of living in the Magic Kingdom and all the sleepless nights might have made her forget a few details. There’s no point in asking the mirrors anything – they are definitely lying. The only thing Grace knows is that her son’s third birthday is approaching and it’s urgent she marry boy-crazy Ella off. One way or another.

Discover unlikely villains, surprising godmothers, and secrets peeled back like onions in this exciting omnibus, which contains all three books in the Magic Mirrors Saga (and 5 mashup retellings):

1. Cinders: Necessary Evil – a dark Cinderella retelling from dual POV (stepmother and Ella’s – where Ella is no wallflower and you might hate her a little at first for being a bit too self-absorbed.)
2. Embers: Beastly Curses – a 2nd chances Red Riding Hood retelling where Prince Charming’s hairy secret is revealed;
3. Ash: Crooked Fates – a Twisted Wizard of Oz retelling where a certain unlovable villain may or may not get her HEA.

Where’s the 5th fairytale, you ask? Hans & Greta’s tale is a nestled story in Cinders and psst…the cannibalistic witch is not as bad as we’ve all been led to believe.

If you enjoyed Roald Dahl’s whimsy as a child and adore Sarah Pinborough’s captivating retellings, this dark fairytale adaptation collection is a must-read for the young and new adult audience alike.

Trigger warnings: This enchanting trilogy touches upon themes of abandonment, loss of child, abortion (in Cinders) and mental health issues (Korsakoff’s in Ash), adding depth and emotion to the gripping narrative.

Don’t miss out on this deliciously dark fairytale ride. Get ready to lose yourself in all the wicked twists and, of course, in Ella’s Diary.

When Mellie goes to Oz in search of her baby-daddy, she needs a crew to deliver the proof of their liaison – her youngest daughter, Ellie – to the Emerald City. Hijacking someone else’s search & rescue crew? Not a problem. So what if it’s the feared Fairy Queen Morgana’s rescue mission to find her only son.

A cowardly lion and a brainless scarecrow as per the manual are already lined up for the save. The tin-man is already in Oz…somewhere. Darn those iron mirror portals and fae men.

Which one of her entourage will Ellie fall in love with? Will Oz remember Mellie who has born him four kids, including Cinderella? And what about happy-ever-afters, can villains really stomach them?

For failing to uphold her end of the bargain Ella’s “wicked” stepmother Grace now walks the world on four paws. Her husband Peter has become the village huntsman to save his wife from the villagers. And his son from his wife.

Will Grace remember who she is as she is drawn to the boy? Will she find her way back to Peter? And how exactly do you lift a Fairy Queen’s curse?

This adult retelling of Red Riding Hood weaves several classic fairytales together with a splash of darkness, can be read as a standalone novel and is aimed at an adult audience (heat level: mild). For those who wanted to know how Prince Charming’s parents got together, keep an eye out for a nested story of Belle and Beast.

With a restaurant to run, Ella to boss around and a cannibalistic witch to befriend, Grace seems to have made the bargain of a life-time. Everything would be peachy, if it wasn’t for one estranged husband, two lying mirrors and Ella’s teen romances getting completely out of hand. Also, there seems to be a part of the bargain Grace might be forgetting, while her son’s third birthday is approaching. It can’t be anything important, can it?

Meet Ella, the not-so-wallflower heroine with a streak of defiance. Her life is no fairytale either. Following her godmother’s advice to trap an aristocrat, she finds herself entangled with a baron’s son. But as her teen romances spiral out of control, she realizes that not all adults will hold her hand through the consequences of their „advice“. With her stepmother pressuring her to cater a royal ball, Ella’s secrets and the mystery behind her mother’s disappearance come to light.

Will Grace get Ella her happily-ever-after before her time in Magic Kingdom runs out?
What did the evil stepmother get in the bargain?
And why host a birthday ball on the eve BEFORE and not on the evening OF the prince’s DOB?

Discover unlikely villains, surprising godmothers, and secrets peeled back like onions in this thrilling double book. Dive into both the stepmother’s tale and Ella’s diary as they collide in a tale of deception, redemption, and true love that forgives all.

But this is just the beginning! Brace yourself for the grand reveal in book #2, “Embers: Beastly Curses,” where Prince Charming’s story unfolds in unexpected ways.

If you enjoyed Roald Dahl’s whimsy as a child and adore Sarah Pinborough’s captivating retellings, this dark fairytale adaptation is a must-read for the young and new adult audience alike.

Trigger warnings: This enchanting journey touches upon themes of abandonment, loss of child, and abortion, adding depth and emotion to the gripping narrative.

Don’t miss out on this deliciously dark fairytale ride. Get ready to lose yourself in all the wicked twists and, of course, in Ella’s Diary.