Fairytale Verses Series by S.L. Dove Cooper

Be careful what you wish for...She warned of the pain. She did.But no warning can prepare you.Nothing can.How could I have knownWhat it is like on the dry sand?We just watched.It’s hard, not being able to askQuestions, though I have learned some speechWith my hands. ˆ_ˆI miss my sisters.I have made friends here. I have laughed with them,Learned with them, played with them.I love them.She said I would die if he loves someone else.Will I die? At the beginning I wanted to. It hurtsSo much... moreBe careful what you wish for...She warned of the pain. She did.But no warning can prepare you.Nothing can.How could I have knownWhat it is like on the dry sand?We just watched.It’s hard, not being able to askQuestions, though I have learned some speechWith my hands. ˆ_ˆI miss my sisters.I have made friends here. I have laughed with them,Learned with them, played with them.I love them.She said I would die if he loves someone else.Will I die? At the beginning I wanted to. It hurtsSo much. Life isn’t easy, will never be easy, but…I don’t want to become sea foam. less

Once upon a time… there was a little mermaid who wished for legs so she could walk on land and learn about the strange creatures that lived there. She thought it would be easy, adjusting to life as a human.She was wrong... moreOnce upon a time… there was a little mermaid who wished for legs so she could walk on land and learn about the strange creatures that lived there. She thought it would be easy, adjusting to life as a human.She was wrong.And even after finding happiness with her family, the Sea Witch isn’t yet done with our little mermaid, giving an enigmatic warning about her future…A Harmony of Water and Weald is a companion collection to the asexual fairytale retelling Sea Foam and Silence, delving a little deeper into our mermaid's first experiences as a human as well as what happened after her happily ever after. less

All Marian wants is for society to accept that she's just not interested in... whatever society thinks she ought to be interested in. A princess with a reputation for insults and snide remarks, she's afraid to show anyone who she would be if people would let her. In a fit of temper at her refusal to marry, her father creates her worst nightmare: she is to be wed to the first beggar who arrives at the gates... moreAll Marian wants is for society to accept that she's just not interested in... whatever society thinks she ought to be interested in. A princess with a reputation for insults and snide remarks, she's afraid to show anyone who she would be if people would let her. In a fit of temper at her refusal to marry, her father creates her worst nightmare: she is to be wed to the first beggar who arrives at the gates.Edel was visiting purely for diplomatic reasons, aiming to ensure her daughter inherits a strong and peaceful kingdom. She sees something in Marian that is achingly familiar and when Edel hears the king's proclamation, only one thing is on her mind: to protect Marian from the fate that had befallen Edel herself.Their lives threaded together by magic, Edel and Marian will have to find their way in the world in this queerplatonic, sapphic verse novel retelling of King Thrushbeard. less