TALIA LORNE · ADULT GOTHIC FAIRY-TALE ROMANCE
Once Upon a Ruin
They told the stories to keep women obedient. The monsters remember what really happened.
In the Veiled Marches, curses are called blessings, captivity is called protection, and the women who resist are rarely permitted to tell their side. Talia Lorne’s Once Upon a Ruin reimagines classic public-domain fairy tales as adult dark fantasy romances with dangerous magic, morally complicated love interests, heroines with agency, betrayal, costly freedom and complete happily-ever-afters.
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Stranded, A Rapunzel Retelling — A captive healer’s living golden braid carries the harm she has taken from others. The thief sent to steal it may be her only way out, but he hides a bargain that could destroy them.
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Reading in order offers continuity rewards, but each book follows its own couple and resolves its central romance.