Skip to main content
book cover for A Bedtime Story

A Bedtime Story

(Beauty Meets the Beast)

You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. Sign In or Register Now

Book 1 of Fairy Tales From the Underworld
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app

1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Feb 10 2025 | Archive Date Mar 15 2026

Talking about this book? Use #FTFTU #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!


Description

A traumance. A tragedy. A love story.

Fairy tales weren't always about finding true love with Prince Charming. Once upon a time, they were dark stories about innocence lost, seeking through veiled attempts to make sense of life's unfathomable hardships. Unfit parents turned to evil stepmothers, kindly neighbors became fairy godmothers, while alluring but dangerous men were presented under the guise of the Big Bad Wolf. Through their trials, the heroes were forever changed. For better or worse.

It is a tale as old as time. Good girl meets bad boy; the pure faces the corrupt. Loosely inspired by classic tropes, Fairy Tales From the Underworld breathes new life into age-old motifs, casting them against the backdrop of modern times. Beasts and monsters no longer lurk in shadows but now inhabit our protagonists, who are plagued by the ceaseless whispers of their inner demons.

A Bedtime Story is not a romance, but a raw erotic tale chronicling the twisted love affair between two profoundly broken souls: the child of the moon and the child of the underworld. Their paths were never meant to cross… And yet, by a twist of fate, Beauty meets the Beast, plunging into a world of lies, deceit and debauchery, where her only salvation lies in the hands of her captor.

As Part I of the Fairy Tales From the Underworld saga, this first installment delves deeply into the psyche of its characters, offering a poignant exploration of the relentless pull between torment and passion in the aftermath of trauma.

(Please note, this book contains graphic sexual content and deals with heavy subject matter, suitable for readers 18+.)

Original instrumental soundtrack by Lana Chacra.

A traumance. A tragedy. A love story.

Fairy tales weren't always about finding true love with Prince Charming. Once upon a time, they were dark stories about innocence lost, seeking through veiled...


Advance Praise

https://www.tiktok.com/@aliradfordd/video/7525152064356338966

https://www.tiktok.com/@poppysabrina_reads/video/7520688330674162966?lang=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@magis_library/video/7522917568416353558

https://www.tiktok.com/@kimskindle/video/7541159789766724872?lang=en


https://www.tiktok.com/@aliradfordd/video/7525152064356338966

https://www.tiktok.com/@poppysabrina_reads/video/7520688330674162966?lang=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@magis_library/video/7522917568416353558

...


Available Editions

EDITION Ebook
ISBN 9798350989915
PRICE $3.99 (USD)
PAGES 377

Available on NetGalley

NetGalley Reader (EPUB)
NetGalley Shelf App (EPUB)
Send to Kindle (EPUB)
Send to Kobo (EPUB)
Download (EPUB)

Average rating from 1 member