What if fairytales were…
Oh, I don’t know… not full of damsels in distress and princesses with almost no autonomy? In this book, our heroine sometimes changes her mind, causes a major inconvenience, and dares to unapologetically embrace her oddities.
Crystal Belle and Songs from the Beast Within
A beauty and the beast continuation
Was she really such a funny girl?
The power of true love is liberating in an instant, but has been painted as if it is a heavy chain any good woman must bear. Who decided that the girl who came to love a Beast had to stay with him all her life to break his curse?
When Belle's life truly begins, she fears her dreams, believing they come at the price of her heart and his soul. Gifted a magical bell by a beautiful enchantress, Belle realizes her power to change her life forever.
This is the story we will tell our daughters when they are accused of selfishness, of being too much, too wild, or too bold for choosing to live their own lives.
Retold Fairytales: Book One
Retold Fairytales: Book One
Retold Fairytales Series
by Vera Lee Bird
Crystal Belle and Songs from the Beast Within is book one of the Retold Fairytale series. Together, we’ll visit some of our childhood favorites and social classics. If you’re into this sort of thing, be sure to join my email list (and get a free short story!) - there you’ll be able to share your ideas and collaborate with me on the plot twists and issues addressed in each fairytale before it is published!
Sleeping Beauty is up next, with inspiration pulled from the German and French origins of the story dating back to the 1300s, and of course that delightful, grainy cartoon my fellow 90s babies would recognize in a heartbeat. I know you… ♫♪
P.S. Looking for Vera Lee? Crystal Belle will be updated with the new pen name when Sleepless Beauty is released in 2024!