Getting eaten by a wolf wasn’t exactly what Red had in mind when he finally escaped the palace walls.
Abandoned as a babe and raised in The Queen’s court, Red has always been an outsider, with his mismatched eyes and sharp tongue keeping most at arm’s length. When he ventures towards the Dark Forest on an important quest to save his kingdom from the grips of a cruel famine, the last thing he needs is a massive grey wolf stalking him. A wolf who makes it clear that Red looks like a very tasty snack.
Wilhelm ‘Wim’ Hoffmann is dangerous, infuriating, and absolutely not to be trusted—no matter how his deep voice makes Red’s traitorous heart stutter. If only Wim wasn’t devastatingly handsome, if only he didn’t cook up such sumptuous meals and use his superior body heat to keep Red warm at night… Then Red might remember that wolves aren’t supposed to be trusted, especially ones with secrets as dark as the forest itself.
But Red knows better than to fall for a wild creature’s charms… Right?
Surviving these treacherous woods—where slave traders and bandits lurk around every corner—will require more than just an uneasy alliance. As their bond deepens with each shared danger, Red begins to wonder if being devoured by a big bad wolf might not be so bad after all…
This GriMM Tales retelling features one red-cloaked menace and the wolf that sees through his armour, touch him and get eaten alive, a smidge of an age gap, a dash of primal play, a wolf who wants strokes, two bedrolls but let’s share one for warmth & a HEA.
Each book set in the GriMM fairytale world can be read as a standalone and contains its own Happily Ever After story. Though you’ll definitely want to read each one, as the tales are connected to each other in multiple magical ways.
THE FACTS
📕 retelling of Little Red Riding Hoos
📘 MM romance
📙 wolf shifter
📗 working together and becoming more
THE GOOD BITS
T.J. Rose has created an amazing retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. This has never been one of my favourite fairy tales, so I was a little bit sceptical going into this one but what a delight it turned out to be. I am new to T.J. Rose but will happily read anything by this author in the future.
Red has been given a special mission by the Queen to free the land from the clutches of an evil witch. Of course, he takes the mission seriously because he’s an orphan who was abandoned on the palace steps when he was a child. Feeling unloved and needing to prove himself, Red embarks upon his quest with hardly enough supplies to keep him alive.
Then Red encounters a wolf who thinks he looks like a tasty snack. An initial bargain saves Red’s life, but his path becomes entangled with the wolf shifter. As these two souls combine forces to complete Red’s quest, things get increasingly complex. Feelings! Oh people! The feelings!
This book is an intelligent, creative, steamy and adventurous retelling. I was absolutely hooked from the very opening pages and continued to stay engaged! The characters are both wonderful. Red is feisty and brave, stubborn and loveable while Wim is mysterious, caring, hard and soft all at the same time.
The dialogue is witty and often humorous, and I loved how the emotions built between the two men as they got to know one another. While they were together such a short period of time before they began to get closer, it felt very authentic because of the way the two characters engaged one another.
This was entertaining, fun, creative and that’s all wrapped up in an engaging plot. Well done!
THE SERIES
Book 01 – Little Red Riding Hood – my review
Book 03 – Hansel and Gerhardt – my review
Book 04 – The Elves and the Shoemaker – my review
Book 06 – The Frog Prince – my review
Book 07 – Rumpelstilzchen – my review
Book 08 – Snow White and the Seven Little Miners – my review
THE LINKS
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.
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