Once Upon a
Princess: Beauty and the Faun
In this short
and sexy "fairy tale" paranormal romance novella, a princess finds
that love with a shifter hero is not without complications - but there is
always a happily-ever-after.
Kayla, a poor
young woman runs away when her rich uncle and aunt arrange her marriage to a
shifter prince from another land. Her uncle needs gold to settle his debts and
the king is offering a great reward if he can obtain a willing bride for his
son.
But Kayla's
plans to hide in the Great Forest hit a snag when two mischievous fauns find
her and deliver her to a very sexy faun shifter who is ready to teach Kayla a
thing or two about life and love.
(Also available
on Kindle Unlimited)
Excerpt
What are you fellows doing here?" A
man walked out of the darkness and stood with his hands perched on his hips.
About a foot and a half taller than Ren and Loren, he also had small horns and
pointed ears. "Who is this?"
"I don't know. She was running
away," Ren said.
"Then cut her loose," the man
ordered.
Loren complied, easily cutting through
the limbs holding her in place. A few hacks and Kayla fell to the ground.
"Thank you," she rubbed her
arms, then slowly came to her feet. "I was telling them that I was running
away." When she looked up, she noticed that they were all examining her
with the same smile on their faces.
Kayla looked down and immediately wanted
to run away again. All her clothes were gone, the remains were tattered bits of
cloth on the ground. "Oh my! Stop looking." She wrapped her arms
across her chest. Then realized that wasn't exactly covering everything, so she
moved one hand further down.
"That's not helping," Ren
said.
"I still don’t understand why she
didn’t wear clothes when she ran away," Loren remarked.
"That tree – bush – whatever tore
them off me." Kayla stamped her foot, unable to gesture without revealing
everything. "I'm cold. Can we have this discussion another time?"
"You're right," the man bowed
to her. "My name is Del. I'll take you somewhere to get warm."
"Del? That's an odd name," she
remarked.
"Not as odd as being a naked woman
in the forest after midnight. Unless of course she was here to meet a few
satyrs."
"Well, I'm not." The nerve of
him! "Is that what you are?"
The boys laughed, but stopped when they
saw Del's annoyed expression.
"My good lady, I'm a faun. So are
Ren and Loren. You come into my forest and compare me to a satyr? I should
leave you right here."
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