Candy Houses by Shiloh Walker is the 1st novella in her Grimm's Circle series of f/m paranormal erotic action romances based upon fairy tales, this one an installment featuring Gretel (minus Hansel) and Rip Van Winkle, free courtesy of publisher Samhain.
This has 4 out of 5 flames on the Heat Index over at All Romance eBooks.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the
UK),
Kobo &
Google Play (both available to Canadians), as well as DRM-free in multiple formats available worldwide directly from the publisher (once their webstore is back up from doing maintenance) and
All Romance eBooks.
This will likely also show up @
B&N (maybe also in the
UK), but right now it's being stubborn to drop.
Another novella in this series, which apparently slots between #2 & #3, has been free for several years now in multiple stores:
I Thought It Was You
Walker also offers a further prequel short,
All the Time in the World, starring the heroine of this title free to all @
Smashwords (may be price-matched elsewhere).
There's also a bunch of other non-related freebies on her
Smashwords author page, if you're interested.
Description
So you think you know fairy tales? Guess again.
Greta didn’t get her happy ending her first time around. And now that she’s a Grimm—special kind of guardian angel and official ass-kicker in the paranormal world—romance is hard to find. Besides, there’s only ever been one man who made her heart race, and the fact that he did scared her right out of his arms. Now Rip is back. And just in time too, because Greta needs his help.
On a mission he knows is going to test all of his strengths and skills, the last person Rip expected to see is the one woman who broke his heart. Working together seems to be their only hope. But, when faced with a danger neither of them anticipated, the question is, how will they face the danger to their hearts—assuming they survive, of course.
Warning: Dark, sexy, a little bit scary—this fairy tale is only for grownups and is best saved for bedtime.