The Fairytale Collection ~ SON OF THE DEEP

Praise for Son of the Deep​

“A brave young girl suddenly thrust into leadership, a cynical and jealous best friend, a compassionate merman with an angel's voice ... you've never encountered a ‘Little Mermaid’ like this before. K.B. Hoyle has given us a heartfelt fairy-tale retelling whose characters will charm and delight you.” —Gina Dalfonzo, Author of Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis


"As we head into spring break and summer, this is a book you will definitely want to bring along with you to the pool, the beach, or the park down the street. Hoyle's adept use of language and imagery and her masterful storytelling will leave you not just entertained, but also emboldened to bravely love those around you as well." —Lindsey Murphy, Story Warren
Once upon a time…

Orpheo never meant to disobey his father or betray his kind, but when he finds the young human woman weeping over the death of her own father, his compassionate heart moves him to comfort her. 

All Rose ever wanted was to make her father proud, but after the mysterious Boy in the Sea eases her through her grief, Rose throws aside her reservations and vows she will find the boy and marry him. 

As Rose despairs of ever finding him, Orpheo sells his voice to the Sea Witch and gives up his family in a desperate bid to fulfill their love and heal a hundred-year rift between their worlds. But restoration cannot be bought through black magic, and when Orpheo becomes human, Rose does not recognize him. 
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At the end of all hope, only great sacrifice can bring Rose and Orpheo a happily ever after. 
Publisher: Owl's Nest Publishers
Release Date: March 15, 2022
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1957362007
ISBN (Hardcover): 978-1957362021

The Fairytale Collection ~ SON OF BITTER GLASS

The glasshouse was built for Prince Isbrand’s protection. It is good and will keep out the curse. But the glasshouse cannot keep out the Witch.

Eira does not remember her own mother’s death, but she remembers the day Prince Isbrand’s mother died—for Eira loves her best friend as much as any person can love another. On the day Isbrand’s mother was murdered by the Snow Queen, her best friend was cursed—along with all the kingdom of Ravenia—to a slow and icy doom. But Isbrand’s curse is special, and to save him from the fate his mother suffered, his father, the king, imprisons him in a glasshouse and searches far and wide for ways to save his son.

Isbrand has always loved Eira, but now that he lives under the Snow Queen’s curse, he finds himself fated to marry another. Eira is stuck living at his side in the glasshouse where her fate is tied to his own, trying to protect him from the Witch, who calls to Isbrand, tempting him, even within the safety of the glasshouse. And as the curse’s deadline draws near, no plan of the king’s—or Isbrand’s love for Eira—can keep the Snow Queen from stealing him away.
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Left desperate and hopeless, Eira must set off on an impossible journey into the frozen north to save Isbrand. In a world of old magic, fae tricksters, and creatures out of time, it just might be enduring friendship and true love that save a kingdom destined for destruction.
Publisher: Owl's Nest Publishers
Release Date: January 30, 2024 / February 20, 2024
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-957362-18-2
ISBN (Hardcover): 978-1-957362-19-9

The Fairytale Collection ~ SON OF GOLD AND SORROW

A love that is forbidden, a curse that cannot be broken, and four impossible tasks.

James has always been selfish, arrogant, and unserious. Even when he’s tried to do better, he’s feared the folly and mixed motivations that lurk within his heart. So when the princess Aurelia—whom he tormented as a youth—enlists his help traveling a hard road to her homeland, he agrees more out of compulsion than compassion. Little does James know his reluctant decision to give aid to the princess will change his life forever.

When Princess Aurelia stumbles upon Lord James in the enchanted Black Forest of Ravenia, she sees in him the desperate chance she needs to escape a cruel father and a cursed engagement to a wicked man. Placing her hope in James, though, comes with its own entanglements—not the least of which is her traitorous heart. As their road turns dark and dangerous, she must not only hope in him, but also trust him with her deepest secrets. 
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As James and Aurelia struggle for survival, they grow closer with each challenge and find their assumptions about each other giving way to affection, a terrifying and futile affection. Because there is a curse laid on Aurelia, a curse that could mean James’s death for loving her. Unless he can do the impossible and free her from what cannot be broken. 
Publisher: Owl's Nest Publishers
Release Date: October 22, 2024
ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-957362-28-1
ISBN (Hardcover): 978-1-957362-27-4