Forbidden Love

Oh, that’s a favorite storyline, one that’s particularly suited to fantasy. Romeo and Juliet had feuding families to separate them, but why stop there? What if a prince falls in love with a lowly orphan? What if he’s at war with her people? What if he’s a fierce and...

Beauty and the Beast

A time-tested romantic archetype—the monster whose humanity must be restored through love—and my favorite storyline. How does it go? The Beast has made himself a monster by committing acts so inhumane, he’s cursed with an exterior as ugly as his heart. To deal with...

Author Excerpt Day–Bloodstone

What if looking at the face of the man you loved meant death? BLOODSTONE by Helen C. Johannes Beauty and the Beast, timeless romantic fantasy reimagined… LASR 4.5 Stars: “A man whose face can kill, a woman bound to him by a promise, and both haunted by mysterious,...