Once Upon a Cowboy – a contemporary retelling of the Snow White fairytale After nearly dying in an assassination attempt, Princess Alessandra of Glorvaird escapes to a place no one would ever think to look for her: small town Oklahoma and a ranch staffed by a herd of wooly, uncouth cowboys. One cowboy in particular gets under her skin, until she sees his softer side. She knows this interlude … interlude can’t last forever, but that doesn’t stop her from wishing it might…
When Alessandra’s enemies close in, Gideon must fight to save the woman who has become so much more than a princess…
Cowboy Charming – a contemporary retelling of the Cinderella fairytale
There’s nothing glamorous about Ethan Townsend’s life. At twenty-five, he’s given up his college education and pretty much everything else to run the family dairy farm in north Texas and provide for his two spoiled stepbrothers.
Princess Mia of Glorvaird is visiting the States to help manage her sister’s upcoming engagement ball. Bonus: she can escape the media blitz over her last—very public—breakup back home. When she meets hard-working Ethan, she realizes she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places.
Even though attraction sparks, how can Ethan expect to build a real relationship with a princess when his stepbrothers sabotage him at every turn?
The Toad Prince – a contemporary retelling of the Frog Prince fairytale
Prince Pieter of Glorvaird has never met his royal cousins, but he’s determined to find a way to hurt them the way he’s been hurt. On his mission for revenge, he finds himself traveling a stretch of Texas highway, where he finds a beautiful and stranded young woman. The last thing he needs is a distraction, but McKenna is guileless, nothing like the women who chase his title. He is instantly drawn to her.
Hometown girl McKenna Cline has hedged all her bets on becoming rodeo queen. Four events are all that stand between her and the scholarship she needs to start living her dream of attending law school.
When the rodeo princess kisses the toad, will he become the prince he was born to be?
The Beastly Princess – a contemporary retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale
Her scars frighten everyone away…
Crown Princess Eloise is used to tabloid headlines calling her a monster and touting her fiery temper.
Pro bull rider Cody Austin was only supposed to be in Glorvaird to stand up in his buddy’s wedding. But when he ends up a temporary prisoner in the castle, things take a serious turn. He finds himself drawn to the crown princess, drawn even to the emotional scars that she works so hard to hide. The more time they spend together, the more he sees the true princess behind the walls she has so carefully constructed.
But when Cody’s uncle falls desperately ill and Cody must return home, will the princess continue on in kindness, or return to being a beast?
The Lost Princess – a contemporary retelling of the Princess and the Pea fairytale
She has never belonged anywhere…
After Kylie Winters loses her mother, she takes a journey of self-discovery. She barely arrives in the small town where she grew up before she has a run in with the law—and comes face to face with the policeman who was her childhood best friend. When it seems danger has followed her into town, Nick is the one she turns to for help.
Nick Harris spent years wondering about the girl who disappeared from his life. He loved Kylie as a kid, and it’s not long before those feelings come rushing back.
And then the news breaks that Kylie is a long-lost princess…
A Fairytale Christmas
Reunite with the five couples in this bonus 50-page novelette. Alessandra and Gideon have a secret… Did Eloise get her happily-ever-after with Cody…? Will Pieter finally pop the question…? And more.
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Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 This took forever to read. Poorly edited. Never finished Pieter’s story. Never included his brother’s story. Very little carry through with the princesses in later sequels.
1. Book 1: Once Upon a Cowboy:4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novel Once Upon a Cowboy: Alessandra and Gideon in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
This is a quickly growing attraction romance which contains glimpses into the troubled Hale siblings’ love lives, snippets into the life of a ranch during calving season, some danger and touches of suspense. An almost successful assassination attempt leads to Princess Alessandra of Glorvaird being discovered half frozen hiding in the back of ex-Navy SEAL and small-town Triple-H, Texas rancher, Gideon Hale’s truck. With the help of his ranch hands and his family, Alessandra and Gideon find hope, security, and love despite a few hurdles.
2. Book 2: Cowboy Charming:4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Cowboy Charming: Mia and Ethan in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
Drama packed. This sequel contains the revelation of a 20-year-old secret, Alessandra and Gideon start of their royal wedding planning, carefree Princess Mia’s whirlwind romance, a theft at the ranch, and a second chance at love and family for single guardian, dairy farmer and jack of all trades Ethan, who has giving up his teen years and college plans to raise his ungrateful delinquent stepbrothers.
3. Book 3: The Toad Prince: 4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Toad Prince: McKenna and Pieter in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
Full of tension and family drama. Alessandra and Gideon return to America to find her missing half-sister before her father the king dies and, her cousin Prince Pieter comes to the USA for vengeance only to find peace with abuse surviving, rodeo queen hopeful 19-year-old McKenna Cline
4. Book 4: The Beastly Princess: 4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Beastly Princess: Eloise and Cody in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
This is a drama and tension filled episode with only a small portion focused on Eloise’s poignant life and romance. Lacy Williams seamless blends a wedding for Alessandra, the death of the king, a pregnancy for Mia, an unexpected romance forburn scarred Eloise with medically sidelined professional bull rider Cody Austin, the locating of the “lost Princess” Kylie Winters, and the continued concerns regarding the unstable escaped Aunt.
5. Book 5: The Lost Princess: 4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Lost Princess: Kylie and Nick in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
Contains a fair amount of violence and a heartwarming ending. Set mainly in America this sequel combines Gideons search for Kylie, Pieter’s search for his mother, Kylie’s reunion romance and brief updates on the other princesses.
Feeling adrift after her estranged mother’s sudden death, Chicago CPA Kylie Harris takes her mother’s dog snow on a one year cross country trip retracing the homes of her youth hoping to find peace and closure only to wind up in Bear Lake, Oklahoma, stopped by the Police, reunited with her childhood neighbor, and a target of violent crime.
6. Book 6: Kissing Kelsey: 3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Kissing Kelsey: Kelsey and Matt in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
Bittersweet and poignant featuring the heartbreak and rocky relationships of the two remaining Triple-H Texas Ranch siblings Matt and Carrie, this sequel proposes a happy ending for Matt but more disquiet and self-inflicted heart ache for Carrie.
Feeling adrift after being medically discharged with amnesia from a TBI, former Air Force Sergeant Matt Hale returns home to the Triple-H ranch in Texas where his first memory is of “his girlfriend” Olympic Silver Medalist runner Kelsey Whitley prior to their breakup ten years ago. While at the same time, hairdresser, abuse survivor and single mom Carrie struggles to raise her asthmatic young daughter Scarlet while fighting her attraction to Trey, her fear of losing her independence and her distrust of Alpha men.
7. Book 7: Courting Carrie: 4 Stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Courting Carrie: Carrie and Trey in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
A Poignant story of love and homecoming with some drama and a happy ending.
Heartbroken but still loving Carrie almost two years after she has broken up with him, ranch hand Trey Reynolds finds himself leaving the woman, family, and land he loves in hopes of reducing Carrie’s stress and pain only to have Scarlet’s plot to gain a husband for her mother by Christmas and the unexpected appearance of her abusive father push Trey and Carrie together.
Provides glimpses into the disintegrating relationship of Carrie’s best friend veterinarian Sarah Campbell and, of a friend from high school,ranch hand Chase’s feelings for Carrie.
8. Book 8: Stealing Sarah: 4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Stealing Sarah: Sarah and Chase in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
A tension filled sequel with some violence, the themes of abandonment, foster care and reduced sense of self- worth which are blended with Sarah and Chase’s friends to more romance and, with glimpses into her sister Kayla’s unsettled life.
Veterinarian Sarah Campbell’s life is turned upside down when her assistant goes on maternity leave, Sarah suffers a brutal attack, her fiancé breaks up with her on her 30th birthday and, she finds herself attracted to her a former high school friend, Triple-H ranch hand Chase.
Contains a suspenseful teaser for the sequel which involves Café Owner and dog rescue hopeful Kayla.
9. Book 9: Keeping Kayla: 4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Keeping Kayla: Kayla and Nate in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
A short fast paced story containing wonderful characters and some drama.
A rash action at age nineteen comes back to haunt Kayla Campbell but turns out to be a blessing in disguise when she decides to foster ten-year-old orphan Miles.
After ten years, a technicality reunites Triple H Foreman Nate O’Malley with his childhood bride, dog rescuing former foster child Kayla Campbell, reinforcing his determination to win her back.
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10. Book 10: Melting Megan: 4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Melting Megan: Megan and Dan in the Cowboy Fairytales books 1-10 boxset by Lacy Williams and this review was given freely.
Interesting characters and a bit of drama.
Former Triple H ranch hand and reformed gambler Dan Evans receives early parole, is welcomed back to the ranch, struggles with his sense of self worth and need to pay the Hale’s back while falling in love with single guardian Dr. Megan Fuller.