Thoroughly Kissed

THE SIDEKICK’S JOURNEY

Darius has been a sidekick forever. Always the best friend, never the hero. Known throughout the ages by a variety of names from Merlin to Sancho Panza, Puck to Andvari, Darius has kept his real identity secret.

Three thousand years ago, he disrespected true love. So, as punishment, the Fates took away his good looks and forced him to unite 100 soul mates before he got his looks back. He just united his 98th and 99th couple. He has one left when he meets Ariel Summers.

Ariel Summers, a world-famous triathelete, is hiking the Idaho Wilderness to come to terms with a career-ending injury. She falls off a cliff, but somehow manages to stop on a ledge halfway down. But she needs help, and a handsome man provides it—using magic. She meets Darius in his true form, which he can revert to once a year—and falls in love with him.

Or does she? Because Darius’s lifelong enemy, Cupid, lurks in the woods, and he’s shot an arrow at Ariel. Did it hit? And does it matter? Because Darius knows Ariel is part of the final couple he must unite. He can’t bear to unite her with anyone else. But Darius doesn’t deserve true love. So he must break Cupid’s spell, find Ariel’s soul mate, and unite them. Even though he doesn’t want to.

“With her series of magical romances, Kristine Grayson has carved out her own special and unique place in the romance genre.”
—Romantic Times

“The reigning queen of paranormal romance.”
—The Best Reviews

“…[Kristine Grayson] will have a long and glorious career.”
—The Romance Reader.Com

“Kristine Grayson gives ‘happily ever after’ her own unique twist!”
—Kasey Michaels

Bestselling author Kristine Grayson's fairy tale romances bring the classic stories into the present day, where fairy tale characters must grapple with the complexities of modern life as well as their own destinies.

This time when Sleeping Beauty wakes up, she wants nothing to do with the man who kissed her. Consoling Alex Blackstone, the rejected suitor who is a brilliant magician but inept when it comes to women, falls to modern career woman and lawyer, Nora Barr. Nora now has to deal with Beauty's evil stepmother, and the discovery that Alex just might be her own personal Prince Charming...

Welcome to the fractious fairy tale world of Kristine Grayson, where the bumpy road to happily ever after is paved with surprises...

He lived through ages with the curse of attracting women...who end up dead...

One upon a time, he was the most handsome of princes, destined for great things. But now he's a lonely legend, hobbled by a dark history. With too many dead in his wake, Bluebeard escapes the only way he knows how—through the evil spell of alcohol. But it's a far different kind of spell that's been ruining his life for centuries.

How will she survive this killer Prince Charming?

Jodi Walters is a fixer, someone who can put magic back in order. She's the best in Hollywood at her game. But Blue has a problem she's never encountered before—and worse, she finds herself perilously attractived to him.

"Grayson deftly nods to pop culture and offers clever spins on classic legends and lore while adding unique twists all her own."—Booklist Starred Review for Wickedly Charming

Kristine Grayson’s popular Fates Trilogy—Simply Irresistible, Absolutely Captivated and Totally Spellbound—together in one volume.

The Fates, who are in charge of True Love, anger Zeus—who hates True Love. Love has never worked for him. So he decides to depose them and put his teenage daughters in charge. That puts love—and life—in jeopardy. And it’s up to the Kineally siblings to rescue them.

The Kineallys all have magic but don’t realize it, at least at first. They think they’re pretty normal—a comic book collector, an accountant, and a psychologist. But they’re not normal. Neither are their heroic love interests. Together, they must save the Fates and find love, one couple at a time.

“[Simply Irresistible] is an enchanting blend of sweet romance, mythology, and magic as Grayson puts her own unique magical stamp on figures from Greek myths and fairy tales, including a deliciously over-the-top super villain and a hero who inspired the creation of Superman. And Grayson’s clever, humor-tinged writing is absolutely delightful.”
—Booklist

“Kristine Grayson paints a vivid picture of Las Vegas, the glitzy tourist side, the seedier side that the tourists don’t see, and the parts that are inhabited by faeries and the mage. The characters are just as colorful (sometimes literally) and just as well drawn.”
—Romance Review Today

“Rounding out her Fates trilogy, the spellbinding Grayson again gives readers their money’s worth by taking the familiar and turning it on its ear, with humor and charm.”
—RT Book Reviews

Called “The Reigning Queen of Paranormal Romance” by Best Reviews, bestselling writer Kristine Grayson has made a name for herself publishing light, slightly off-skew romance novels about Greek Gods, fairy tale characters, and the modern world. Her novel Utterly Charming, which Sourcebooks reissued in October of 2011, won the 2001 Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Her most recent novel, Charming Blue, appeared from Sourcebooks in September 2012.

“Simply Irresistible is an enchanting blend of sweet romance, mythology, and magic as Grayson puts her own unique magical stamp on figures from Greek myths and fairy tales, including a deliciously over-the-top super villain and a hero who inspired the creation of Superman. And Grayson’s clever, humor-tinged writing is absolutely delightful.”
—Booklist

“The reigning queen of paranormal romance.”
—The Best Reviews

Dexter Grant, the inspiration for the greatest superhero of all time, lives in reduced circumstances. Now he runs a pet store in Portland, Oregon, and privately calls himself a Kitten Superhero because he saves stray animals. He aspires to something greater, but his magic has been restricted—by the Fates.

The Fates, three women who control the magical universe. Only they’ve lost their position, and they’re on the run. They’ve turned to an old friend for help, but that friend is dead. Her niece, Vivian Kineally, runs her estate. Vivian, who doesn’t even know magic exists. Vivian, who loves comic books. Vivian, who also happens to be psychic.

The Fates steer Vivian to Dexter Grant. They want his help. He’s not willing to give it. But now that he’s met Vivian, he’s not willing to give her up either. Dexter Grant must save the Fates—and discover his own fate, all at the same time.

Travers Kinneally doesn’t believe in magic. But ever since he picked up his son Kyle at his sister’s house in Oregon, strange things have happened to him. First, his sister asked him to drive three strange women to Las Vegas. The women, whom he calls the Wyrd Sisters, seem to attract every weird thing to them. Kyle even calls them the Fates.

The Fates need to find a detective named Zoe Sinclair. When Travers finds her, she’s not what he expects. He thought he’d find an 80-year-old woman. Instead, he finds the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen.

Zoe knows she’s in trouble from the moment Travers appears. He has brought the Fates, who’ve been demoted by the Powers That Be. Worse, he has no idea that both he and his son control a powerful magic.

She doesn’t want to help them, but she can’t avoid it—not just because of the magic, but because of Travers himself. He’s handsome, smart, and in trouble, the kind of trouble that can get a savvy detective killed.

Book Two of the Fates Trilogy.

“An excellent story that’s every bit as good as the previous volumes in this engaging series, Absolutely Captivated is not to be missed. It will definitely go on my keeper shelf.”
—The Best Reviews

Called “The Reigning Queen of Paranormal Romance” by Best Reviews, bestselling writer Kristine Grayson has made a name for herself publishing light, slightly off-skew romance novels about Greek Gods, fairy tale characters, and the modern world. Her novel, Utterly Charming, which Sourcebooks reissued in October of 2011, won the 2001 Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Her most recent novel, Charming Blue, appear in September 2012 from Sourcebooks.

Book Three of the Fates Trilogy.

Child psychologist Megan Kinneally answers an urgent message from her brother Travers: Come to Las Vegas immediately. He needs some kind of help. When she arrives, she finds her nephew alone with a dog and three strange women whom everyone calls the Fates. Her practical brother suddenly believes in magic and secretly, Megan does too. Otherwise the experience she just had on the interstate between Vegas and Los Angeles makes no sense.

Rob Chapeau, aka Robin Hood (yes, the Robin Hood), has just made a mistake. He let one of the most beautiful women in the world see him hunting fake rabbits in the desert with his very real falcon. Rob still mourns the death of his true love eight centuries before. But if a woman can ever bring him out of mourning, it’s the surprising Megan Kinneally who has no idea that she has the strongest magic of all—or that she’s enchanted him.

Can Rob and Megan save her family, rescue the Fates from a fate worse than death, and find true love? Their journey will take them into the bowels of Las Vegas, where the Faerie Kings rule and emotions vanish. And, to make matters worse, an old enemy of the Fates appears just as everything looks like it will resolve in a true happily ever after.

“Rounding out her Fates trilogy, the spellbinding Grayson again gives readers their money’s worth by taking the familiar and turning it on its ear, with humor and charm.”
—RT Book Reviews

Called “The Reigning Queen of Paranormal Romance” by Best Reviews, bestselling writer Kristine Grayson has made a name for herself publishing light, slightly off-skew romance novels about Greek Gods, fairy tale characters, and the modern world. Her novel Utterly Charming, which Sourcebooks reissued in October of 2011, won the 2001 Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Her most recent novel, Wickedly Charming, appeared in May of 2011 from Sourcebooks. Charming Blue, her next novel from Sourcebooks, will appear in September 2012.

Kristine Grayson’s twisted worldview shows itself in these five stories of love, geeks, and happily ever after. In “The Charming Way,” a nerdy Prince Charming falls in love with an Evil Stepmother. “Geeks Bearing Gifts” shows that even Greek Gods need computer dating services sometimes. “Name Calling,” the most “normal” story in the book focuses on a woman who won’t get married until she figures out what to do about her last name. “Knowing Jack,” and “Artistic License,” are a change of pace for Grayson—not Greek Gods, but grifters in lighthearted romances set in the old West.

Called “The Reigning Queen of Paranormal Romance” by Best Reviews, Kristine Grayson has made a name for herself publishing light, slightly off-skew romance novels about Greek Gods, fairy tale characters, and the modern world. Her novel, Utterly Charming, won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Wickedly Charming, her next novel, will appear in May of 2011 from Sourcebooks, along with reissues of several more of her books.

“Kristine Grayson gives ‘happily ever after’ her own unique twist!”
—Kasey Michaels

“With her series of magical romances, Kristine Grayson has carved out her own special and unique place in the romance genre.”
—Romantic Times

“Magical and sweet…I was charmed.”
— Susan Andersen

“A magically sweet romance.”
—Booklist

“Watching the romance play out is plenty of fun.”
—Locus Magazine

“…[Kristine Grayson] will have a long and glorious career.”
—The Romance Reader.Com