Boots and RosesA Retelling of Puss in Boots and Beauty and the Beast
Liesl is determined to find the man who broke her heart. Getting stuck in a magical valley with an ogre isn’t part of the plan.
Liesl shouldn’t let the rose that Tobias gave her mean anything; she knows he isn’t willing to pursue her. But the discovery that he left his beloved cat behind when he disappeared drives her wounded feelings to the breaking point.
If Beast could remember his own name, maybe he would know how he came to the mountain valley. A restlessness reminds him of a task unfulfilled, but the valley’s magic won’t let him escape.
When a young woman and her cat stumble through the pass, his memories begin to stir. The more time he spends with Liesl, the more he believes that he may know where to find her Tobias – and that he may have wronged her beyond what she can forgive.
But if a confession will harm someone else, can he even ask? Or is keeping his secret worth losing the woman he loves?
Snatch up your copy of Boots and Roses and lose yourself in this clean, no-spice retelling of Puss in Boots and Beauty and the Beast. It is the sixth book in The Roumaterra Chronicles, a series of interconnected, standalone fairytale retellings perfect for readers of Brittany Fichter and Annette K. Larsen.
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Erin Halbmaier
Erin Halbmaier is an author of clean fantasy romance and fairy-tale retellings, best known for The Roumaterra Chronicles. Her stories return to familiar tales such as Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, and The Goose Girl, then weave them into a shared fantasy world where magic and adventure are closely tied to complicated relationships.
Halbmaier's fiction favors flawed characters and hard-earned happy endings. Romance plays an important role in her books, but her stories are written without explicit sexual content and with minimal violence. Rather than making love effortless, she often explores separation, misunderstandings, forgiveness, and the work required to repair damaged relationships.
The Roumaterra Chronicles
Familiar fairy tales take unexpected paths in The Roumaterra Chronicles, a collection of interconnected fantasy romance stories set across the kingdoms of Roumaterra. Cinderella crosses paths with Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin shares a story with The Phantom of the Opera, and Robin Hood becomes entwined with Snow White and Rose Red, reshaping well-known tales into something distinctly their own.
The Roumaterra Chronicles consists of five primary books, and includes two additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
