Claim: Puss in Boots Retold
Demelza Carlton
Dec 2023 · Romance a Medieval Fairytale Book 26 · Lost Plot Press
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A cursed knight. An enchanted cat. A castle to claim.
Once upon a time…
Caterina’s life is complicated enough. When her father dies, she finds herself as the castellan of Burg Rumpelstiltskin. Between managing the Burg’s extensive lands and trying to stop the castle from falling down, it’s a constant struggle to keep her father’s death a secret from the King and Queen.
Until the Queen appoints a new baron to take over the castle…who arrives complete with his new wife and a peculiar talking cat.
Kempenich sacrificed himself for his family. He never expected to wake up centuries later, let alone in the body of a cat. But his family’s castle is crumbling, with no sign of the legendary wealth he left them. His only hope to restore his family’s fortunes is to seduce the castellan’s daughter, in order to uncover the castle’s secrets.
But can a lady with secrets and a knight turned cat save the castle and find their happily ever after?
A cursed knight. An enchanted cat. A castle to claim.
Once upon a time…
Caterina’s life is complicated enough. When her father dies, she finds herself as the castellan of Burg Rumpelstiltskin. Between managing the Burg’s extensive lands and trying to stop the castle from falling down, it’s a cons...
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Marilyn Smith
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December 17, 2023
This was a wonderful retelling of a fairytale but it has fun twists! A hot guy on the front doesn’t hurt! It’s a great storyline and the characters are great! I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Christinaraven Blinn
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December 8, 2023
Another fun retelling with a few twists thrown in to make things interesting. Made me laugh and groan but found it entertaining. Plus enjoyed seeing parts of the original story and the twists on the tale. A bit of fun and a mystery too. Had to see how it all ends and if everyone gets a HEA.
Peggy Collins
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January 1, 2024
Kempenich is a cat who talks and wears boots. He has been cursed and in this form for a thousand years. He returns to Burg Rumpelstiltskin along with one of his descendants, hoping to break the curse. Although he arrives as a cat, he awakens one morning back in human form. He meets Caterina, the current chatelaine of the castle, whom he comes to love. An entertaining retelling of Puss in Boots, with a few twists. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
About the author
Demelza Carlton is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 fairytale and paranormal romances, with over 4 million copies sold worldwide and readers in 30+ languages. She's best known as the queen of fairytale romance — author of the Romance a Medieval Fairytale series, a 27-book collection of steamy, meticulously-researched retellings of the stories you grew up with: Beauty and the Beast (Enchant), Cinderella (Dance), Little Mermaid (Silence), Sleeping Beauty (Awaken), Snow White (Reflect), Rapunzel (Weave), Red Riding Hood (Hunt), Rumpelstiltskin (Spin), Aladdin (Wish), Hansel and Gretel (Return)… twenty-seven and counting, all set in a single shared medieval world, all written for grown-ups who never stopped loving the happily ever after. If fairytales aren't your thing, there's plenty more on the shelf. Monster romance readers can pick up the Heart of Stone, Heart of Steel and Heart of Ice series — gargoyle shifters who protect the human women they fall for, and Norse gods (Fenrir, Thor, Loki, Odin) walking around in modern-day Perth, with all the chaos that implies. Romantasy fans should head to Fated Mates of Mirror Academy: dragon, lion, wolf, tiger and bear shifters in a steamy fated-mates shifter academy. Think enemies-to-lovers, found family, and one truly unwise dragon nerd. Sci-fi romance readers go to The Colony series — three arcs (Holiday, Aqua, Nyx), aliens with personality, cowboys (yes, really), and an interplanetary romance line-up that's gone seriously sideways. Romantic comedy lives in two places: Mel Goes to Hell (Lucifer is real, he's hot, and he's a terrible boss), and Romance Island Resort, a luxury tropical island where the staff keep falling for the guests — rock stars, billionaires and the kind of bridal parties paradise was made for. For the romantic-suspense and psychological-thriller end of Demelza's catalogue, head deeper. The Siren of War series stars predatory sirens — Homer's deadly seductresses, not Disney's Ariel — lurking in the deep off Western Australia's Indian Ocean coast, in aqua and turquoise water with currents that aren't nearly so polite. And the Nightmares Trilogy is the romantic-suspense series that started Demelza's career: a psychological thriller where a girl is kidnapped by a serial killer, survives against the odds, and turns vigilante when she fears ordinary justice will fail her. What ties everything together: funny, hopeful, sexy stories where the heroine isn't sorry about wanting what she wants, the villains absolutely get what's coming to them, and a little vigilante justice goes a long way. Meticulously researched but never bogged down in detail — bright, fast and unapologetically Australian. The personal bit: Demelza lives in Perth, Western Australia — officially the shark attack capital of the world. On her first ever snorkelling trip she discovered she was afraid of fish, then got over it; since then she's swum with sea lions, sharks and sea cucumbers, and once stood on a spray-drenched cliff as a seven-metre cyclonic swell surged in and shattered a shipwreck below her. (She had the camera out, naturally.) She can also assure you that sharks taste delicious. Where to start: the free reader quiz at demelzacarlton.com matches you to up to nine free books based on what kind of reader you actually are.
Demelza Carlton is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 100 fairytale and paranormal romances, with over 4 million copies sold worldwide and readers in 30+ languages. She's best known as the queen of fairytale romance — author of the Romance a Medieval Fairytale series, a 27-book collect...
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