Do No Charm: Sometimes the Risk Is Worth the Bait

by Jeanie Johnson, Jayha Leigh

In almost all fairy tales, there was a prince charming, usually a lesser male figure with substandard hair. However, in Fairytale Land, there was the Prince Charming, a superior male with enviable hair and enviable everything else. He and his goddess sired enough Prince Charming’s to populate all fairytales that had been told and would be told. And then one day, one of his progeny sired a female.

Unlike the damsels in fairy tales, Darling Charming didn’t need to be rescued. Unlike every Charming before, her hair was an afterthought rather than at the center of her very existence. Her hair wasn’t who she was, but a postscript useful for keeping her scalp warm on the days that she forgot her hat. If there had ever been a time when she’d executed the Prince Charming hair flip, it was a deeper secret than Rumpelstiltskin’s name was before his ill-fated bargain with the miller’s daughter.

With no set path for her to follow, Darling Charming created her own. An op-ed contributor and re-writer of fairytale endings that didn’t sit well with her, she was no stranger to controversy or angry mobs who hated what she did, what she stood for, and the fact that she gave zero f***s about their opinions, their desires, or their threats. Darling Charming refused to be anyone’s fairy tale. It’s a good thing her family had hired so much security, because there are a few things that Darling was against, and running was at the top of that list. However, there were a few things that Darling was all-in for and at the top of that list was Munro Severe. Cut, silent, and deadly, he had a questionable hairstyle, a questionable wardrobe, and questionable tastes. What wasn’t questionable was the heat she felt when he turned his piercing gaze on her. This character was fixin’ to be Mr. Darling Charming.

No one ever accused Munro Severe of being fun…and walked away without a limp, a little bit of head trauma, and a few major organs rolling around loose in their torso. Rumor was that the no-nonsense liger shifter hadn’t cracked a smile in… ever. But the corner of his full lips did lift the tiniest bit the many times when he’d helped quash an inter Fairytale Land war that Darling had inadvertently started. A male who was accustomed to being overlooked when he wasn’t being looked down upon, Munro knew that he was the character after the last character who should be in a space with any of the characters in Fairytale Land, especially the one named Darling Charming. However, he also knew that despite the consequences, he was going to create a happily-ever-after with this woman…regardless of who he had to fight. As her brother, PJJ would say: Good luck with that.

115 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 7, 2021

About the author

Two pens...one-of-a-kind adventures...zero apologies.

A kickazz tag-team bound together by the pen, Jeanie (the shagalicious wordslinger) and Jayha (the literary badazz) are forces of nature that will either leave you begging for mercy or begging for more.

We are women who have brains we aren't afraid to use; feelings we aren't afraid to express; and, middle fingers that we aren’t afraid to extend. We pen stories that push all kinds of boundaries and we don’t apologize for it. Our heroines are feisty; our heroes are hot, and our stories are one-of-a-kind adventures.
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Reviews

[Selina Durio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious

This author duo never fails to provide a unique read. This “take” on fairytales was more fun than expected. Now I need to go back and reread some of the related books.

[Alicia Pressey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book