Hello, readers!

If you’ve been following along, you know I’m passionate about all things fairy tale. My debut novel, Fabled, Book 1: Icebound, is now out in the world, and I’ve got a few little gifts and gatherings to share with you.

✨ Start Reading Icebound for Free
You can grab the first 10 chapters of Icebound when you subscribe to my newsletter. It’s the best way to step into the story and also get behind-the-scenes updates, lore drops, and author notes.
👉 subscribepage.io/onceuponanewsletter

📚 Join the Book Clubs
I’ve set up three places where you can read along, chat, and dive into all things dark fairy tale:

StoryGraph Challenge (Once Upon a Dark Fairy Tale) — choose any dark fairy tale retelling and read along with us.
👉 https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading...

StoryGraph Bookclub (Once Upon a Dark Fairy Tale) — dark fantasy and fairy tale retelling bookclub! Join and enter for a chance to win the full Icebound eBook
👉 https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_cl...

Fable App Bookclub (Dark Fairy Tale Reads) — focused on Icebound for our first book, with discussions and community posts. Join and enter for a chance to win the full Icebound eBook
👉 https://fable.co/club/dark-fairy-tale...

🎁 Giveaway
If you join the Fable App Bookclub or the StoryGraph Bookclub you’ll automatically be entered to win a copy of the Icebound ebook. I’ll be announcing the winner right inside the club so we can celebrate together.

📖 Where to Buy Icebound?
If you’d like to dive right in, Fabled, Book 1: Icebound is available now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.
👉 https://a.co/d/0sySMVZ

Thank you to everyone who’s been supporting this journey, whether through likes, follows, comments, or just quietly cheering from the sidelines. It means more than you know.

– N.M. Mac Arthur