Once Upon a Modern Fairytale
(2024)(A book in the Once Upon a Modern Fairytale series)
An omnibus of novels by Aurelia Gale
Once Upon a Modern Fairytale is a trilogy of short, instalove contemporary romances starring hunky heroes straight out of your filthiest fairytale dreams.
Beast (Inspired by Beauty and the Beast)
They called him the Beast.
I probably shouldn’t go anywhere near him.
He’s scarred.
Tatted.
Fifteen years older.
Over six feet of pure muscle.
But there's no way I can pass this chance up. The ex-UFC heavyweight champion disappeared mysteriously six months ago, and now he’s rumored to have bought a remote property just outside my small town.
The exact kind of story that could launch my journalism career.
When I make it to his doorstep with a dead phone and smoking engine, he miraculously agrees to sit for an interview…
As long as I stay to help him renovate his new property while he fixes my car.
Maybe I should be scared.
Suspicious, at least.
But for some reason, I can’t help but trust him.
The arrangement starts out strictly professional… but soon I can’t ignore what the infuriatingly, terrifyingly attractive ex-fighter is awakening within me.
Prince (Inspired by Princess and the Pea)
He’s Isaac Prince, soon to be CEO of Royal Furniture Company.
My new boss needs a wife, and I’m supposed to help him find one.
Isaac Prince’s father is finally retiring, but has reservations about passing on the helm. Royal Furniture Company has been a family-run business for almost a century, and Isaac's playboy reputation isn't exactly what their wealthy clientele is looking for. Now his father has given him until the end of the year to remedy his bachelor ways, or he won’t hand over the reins. But with the launch of a new line of luxury mattresses, it’s nearly impossible for him to find the time to do any serious dating.
That’s where I come in: his new personal assistant.
Somehow, I’m supposed to help him find a woman willing to get engaged before the year’s end, all while ensuring the new mattress line launch goes smoothly.
I better keep my own fantasies in check about Isaac getting down on one knee for me, instead…
Wolf (Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood)
I'm Wolf Harrison, Private Investigator.
I’m being paid to report on Scarlett Prince’s every move.
Every tantalizing move.
Those curves… Those hips…
All I want to do is possess her. Make her mine.
It’s torture as I follow her lead when she sets out on the Pacific Crest Trail for her travel blog.
Torture not to reveal who I am.
She thinks I’m a local hiking the trail. Only partly true.
I need to protect her: from the dangers of the Desolation Wilderness, from the horrible man who paid me to tail her…
And from myself.
Genre: Romance
Beast (Inspired by Beauty and the Beast)
They called him the Beast.
I probably shouldn’t go anywhere near him.
He’s scarred.
Tatted.
Fifteen years older.
Over six feet of pure muscle.
But there's no way I can pass this chance up. The ex-UFC heavyweight champion disappeared mysteriously six months ago, and now he’s rumored to have bought a remote property just outside my small town.
The exact kind of story that could launch my journalism career.
When I make it to his doorstep with a dead phone and smoking engine, he miraculously agrees to sit for an interview…
As long as I stay to help him renovate his new property while he fixes my car.
Maybe I should be scared.
Suspicious, at least.
But for some reason, I can’t help but trust him.
The arrangement starts out strictly professional… but soon I can’t ignore what the infuriatingly, terrifyingly attractive ex-fighter is awakening within me.
Prince (Inspired by Princess and the Pea)
He’s Isaac Prince, soon to be CEO of Royal Furniture Company.
My new boss needs a wife, and I’m supposed to help him find one.
Isaac Prince’s father is finally retiring, but has reservations about passing on the helm. Royal Furniture Company has been a family-run business for almost a century, and Isaac's playboy reputation isn't exactly what their wealthy clientele is looking for. Now his father has given him until the end of the year to remedy his bachelor ways, or he won’t hand over the reins. But with the launch of a new line of luxury mattresses, it’s nearly impossible for him to find the time to do any serious dating.
That’s where I come in: his new personal assistant.
Somehow, I’m supposed to help him find a woman willing to get engaged before the year’s end, all while ensuring the new mattress line launch goes smoothly.
I better keep my own fantasies in check about Isaac getting down on one knee for me, instead…
Wolf (Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood)
I'm Wolf Harrison, Private Investigator.
I’m being paid to report on Scarlett Prince’s every move.
Every tantalizing move.
Those curves… Those hips…
All I want to do is possess her. Make her mine.
It’s torture as I follow her lead when she sets out on the Pacific Crest Trail for her travel blog.
Torture not to reveal who I am.
She thinks I’m a local hiking the trail. Only partly true.
I need to protect her: from the dangers of the Desolation Wilderness, from the horrible man who paid me to tail her…
And from myself.
Genre: Romance
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