Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? [Paperback]

Marianne LaCroix (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 18, 2004

In the fantasy land of Faylin, Wolfman Jack Horner was on trial for the attempted murder of Grandma Redford. Defended by his former lover, Jill, Jack has to sit through a fiasco courtroom trial, all because dear Grandma wanted a demonstration of his talented tongue. While awaiting sentencing, Jack breaks free from his cell with a little help from the Bacon Brothers and their magic beans. Sure, Jack gets out of prison, but did he really want to get swept away by an out-of-control beanstalk?

From there, Jack meets Peg, the winged horse, mighty King Titus, and the enslaved Sugar Plum Fairy Princess, Shaylee. When the beautiful Shaylee escapes her chains and goes to Jack for help, how can he resist? During their journey, passion takes control and the couple must depend on their growing love to help them through the trials ahead.

Can Jack and Shaylee escape King Titus and his obsession? Will Titus discover that a forced love is not as satisfying as love freely given?

NOTE: The paperback version of Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? contains a bonus story, The Snowmaiden, another paranormal/fantasy erotica tale by Marianne LaCroix!

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (May 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592798462
• ISBN-13: 978-1592798469
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,670,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MARIANNE LACROIX started writing as a child in elementary school. Her first book was a story about a Christmas underwater featuring an eel, a whale and an octopus which she read to the first grade class to a memorable round of applause. She grew up in New Jersey in a small town located between Philadelphia and Atlantic City where she received her Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Glassboro State (aka Rowan University). Shortly afterward, she married and moved to Southwest Georgia. There she went back to school for nursing. She has worked in a hospital, a nursing home, and a local physician's office.

When she was pregnant, Mari revisited her earlier passion for writing. Always a voracious reader, she decided to write romances she'd like to read. She has written several short stories, novellas and novels and has received numerous recognitions for her writing such as two Romantic Times BOOKclub Reviewer Choice nominees, a Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature (PEARL) Honorable Mention, and a Cupid and Psyche Award (CAPA). She is active in Romance Writers of America and is founder and President (2008-2010) of the Florida Panhandle Romance Writers (FPHRW) RWA chapter located in Tallahassee, Florida, and Member-at-Large (2010) for Passionate Ink, the Erotic Romance Special Interest RWA chapter. Mari loves reading romance, surfing the web, hanging out with her family and friends, and gossiping on the phone.

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars magnificent, jocular and satirical adult fairy tale, May 30, 2004

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This review is from: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (Paperback)

In Faylin, Roberta Redford caught the notorious womanizer Wolfman Jack Horner eating her forty something grandpa. Jack insists he was tonguing her as part of sex between consenting adults, but the embarrassed grandma and her granddaughter claim he tried to kill her. Jack's former lover Jill, who has an ax to grind with him, defends him. The trial goes badly as the females claim there were screams of terror while Jack insists they were screams of passion. Before he can be sentenced, the three piggy Bacon Brothers give Jack magic beans that enable him to break out of jail. Jack climbs the beanstalk through the clouds until he reaches the kingdom of giant King Titus.

Jack meets the shapeshifting Margaret, who loves Titus. However, Titus desires Sugar Plum Fairy, Princess Shaylee, who he holds prisoner. Riding Meg who is in her Pegasus form, Jack meets Titus and falls in love with Shaylee at first sight. He decides to help Peg win her highness so that he can make it with Shaylee. However, love is fickle whether it is on earth, in Fairyland, or in the clouds.

WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF is a magnificent, jocular and satirical adult fairy tale that hooks the audience the moment that Jack ironically finds himself in female trouble until the final confrontation between the four wannabe lovers. The stupendous story line goofs at adult fairy tales, but does so in an affectionate tongue out of cheek manner. A fabulous second shorter tale "The Snowmaiden" is a fine romantic tale starring two lovers plus Father Frost and the Russian tundra. Marianne LaCroix entertains the troops with this one-sitting two-tale book.

Harriet Klausner