Fable of Happiness: Book One - A Captivating Fantasy Novel for Adults | Perfect for Relaxation & Escapism

“The day I was born, a curse was put upon me.” ~~ Kas" I was blessed … in everything but love.” ~~ GemmaFable of Happiness is the fairytale to end all fairytales -- the one that rewrites the genre and forever changes our perception of good and evil, heroes and villains, love and hate. It’s a Beauty & the Beast tale beyond comprehension – the paradise of a hidden valley, the terrors of an evil house of horrors, the ugliness that resides inside, and the broken man who elevates above it. This is a perfectly imperfect love story of two people on different paths, from different worlds, with a common purpose. Happiness. How long before one finds the happiness they deserve?Scarred and enigmatic Kas is a man alone in an isolation of his choosing, haunted by an horrific past, and in denial about repressed memories. Bound to a life of solitude in a valley mansion called Fables and fit for a king with the single occupant dressed in rags. This haunting fable is one of loss, cruelty, and inhumanity, but also survival and revival where darkness and light reside and hope for happiness is but a shadow. Into Kas’s ordered world stumbles a trespasser -- Gemma. A woman unlike any he has ever known. Suddenly his seclusion is exposed as he’s drawn to and reviled by her very presence. One is the captor and the other the captive, but which is which? How long before something snaps?Fables is a fantastically enticing paradox – a hidden contradiction within a contradiction. The serenity of the lovely and wild valley drew me in, along with the marvels of the palatial mansion – only to be slapped with the hidden ugliness at its core. The vile secrets that it holds and the torment that its occupant cannot escape, even a decade later in a mysterious life of solitude. This is an ultimately dark and sexually mesmerizing mystery. So much pain, repression, shock, and loss of hope before this solitary world is turned on its head by a single intruder. Emotions spike and keep compounding in the most fascinating ways. The sexual abandon and push and pull of the turbulent MCs had me on trigger’s edge. The violently erotic sex was cataclysmic. Hotter than h3LL with uncontrollable passion and lust that built with each encounter -- a commanding, unadulterated lust and violence-tinged passion uniquely theirs.Kas’s past will astound, his courage will inspire, Gemma’s spirit will beguile. Their selflessness is incendiary. How fragile their dance is. The denial, defense mechanisms, incredible escalating lust, mutual attraction, and sexual perfection … of two hardened hearts. Emotions so masterfully written that every gesture, nuance, hidden or transparent feeling was raw, passionate, and manically intense.Ingenious revelations dwell in very dark places in this sublime tale of impossible love that is beautifully savage and savagely beautiful. A couple so different and yet soul-linked. They ache for each other, yet resist. The beastly lover brings out a passionate violence deep within Gemma. Embrace the crazy of their compatibility and connection, so subliminal yet crystal clear. Desires and hatred become a whirling emotional force that’s explosively unforgettable. The escalating fight in them and denial of their truths, the ebb and flow of trust, battle of wills and dark secrets were hypnotic.There are stories that go to places of wonder and creativity, and authors who transcend the ordinariness of our bookish lives. This is Pepper Winters at her absolute, spellbinding finest in a tortured romance that eclipses obstacles, cruelty, and inhumanity. Move over Q, Jet, and Ren … for Kas. The violently erotic and combustible tale is an inventive twist on Beauty & the Beast, coupled with a deviant and sexualized Oliver Twist. Never doubt that there’s a moral and a message drenched in atmosphere and secrets that want desperately to remain hidden, but slip through the cracks of two people uncertain how to interact. She’s an intruder, and he’s … impossibly intractable.Gemma’s unwavering strength irritates and stokes curiosity about the history of Fables and Kas’s secret past. The turbulent mystery of what took place in this now-silenced mansion where Kas remains too busy hiding from the truth until Gemma’s unwavering strength drags him into the light all wrapped up in an inconceivable romance. Their contest of wills never waivers. Neither concedes, and it escalates and escalates and escalates to the final moments of a cliffy ending that ripped out my heart and I bawled like a baby.Kas is pure alpha savagery – hardened to vicious cruelty with restraint, yet the vulnerability of a young boy, the heart and soul of a warrior, and the passion of a true lover. My heart broke. But, Gemma is a heady match for Kas. Tough, strong, resilient with survival skills. She won’t be mastered – always thinking and sussing out her predicament. The riveting story had me tied up in knots. It’s thoroughly unpredictable to the brink of madness. Violence in their passion, and passion in their violence. Nothing I assumed or guessed before the bottom totally drops out …“The way he watched me was borderline worship … like I was his for the rest of my life and that I was the ruler for the rest of his.”