Romance. Magic. A fractured fairy tale for all ages. Monsters deserve happy endings too! Fergus is cursed with a boar’s head, a lizard’s tale, tusks, horns, and grass growing on his head. More than anything, he longs to be human and to be accepted by his human family. His curse will only be broken if he can find a woman who loves him despite his monstrous appearance. It’s just his luck he should fall for a beautiful princess. Only if he can convince her of his gentle heart, despite his beastly appearance, will he earn her affection and possibly break the curse. When that plan doesn’t work, what else is left for a monster to do? This is one of many short stories and novellas that take place in The Chronicles of Forget-Me-Not Forest.

A fractured fairy tale for lovers of beauty and the beast. Samrath is a gentle monster who lives in the forest healing woodland creatures and performing good deeds. After Samrath’s mother is slain by a hunter’s arrow, he must decide whether he chooses revenge or forgiveness. When his father claims the hunter’s sister—a beautiful princess—as retribution for his wife’s death, he insists Samrath eat the young woman. Yet Samrath finds her too lovely to destroy. Also, he doesn’t eat people. Samrath’s father keeps the princess as their prisoner instead. In the process of falling in love with a princess horrified by his monstrous form, Samrath struggles to understand the difference between what he wants and what he needs to heal his ailing heart. Can he figure this out in time before the princess’s plot to destroy him comes to fruition? This is a sweet and clean love story for readers who believe monsters deserve happy endings too! The Gentle Monster is one of many short stories and novellas that take place in The Chronicles of Forget-Me-Not Forest.