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Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family.

Yasmine Galenorn is the New York Times bestselling author of the Otherworld novels and the Fly by Night series.

Marjorie M. Liu is an attorney who has lived and worked throughout Asia. She hails from both coasts, but currently resides in the Midwest, where she writes full-time. When not writing, she enjoys listening to music, painting, designing websites, and returning to old movie favorites, some of which involve light sabers, various applications of the Force, and small green men with pointy ears. She is also, occasionally, commandeered by poodles.

Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine. Her first novel, The Shapechanger's Wife, was selected by  Locus as the best first fantasy novel of 1995. She has won the William C. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer, and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. A graduate of Northwestern University, she has lived in the Midwest most of her life.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; Original edition (October 27, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0515147281
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  1. Laurell K. Hamilton

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    Laurell K. Hamilton is the bestselling author of the acclaimed Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novels. She lives near St Louis with her husband, her daughter, two dogs and an ever-fluctuating number of fish.

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    New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

    She is the author of the:

    The Moonshadow Bay Series

    The Wild Hunt Series

    The Whisper Hollow Series

    The Fury Unbound Series

    The Bewitching Bedlam Series

    The Indigo Court Series

    The Chintz & China Series

    The Bath and Body Series

    The Otherworld Series

    The nonfiction Shamanic Witchcraft Series

    With over seventy-five books on the shelves, she wrote in traditional publishing for twenty years and now indie publishing since 2016. Make sure you don't miss any releases by signing up for her newsletter at http://galenorn.com/newsletter/ (copy and paste link into another browser)

    Yasmine lives in the Seattle WA area with her husband and is the mother of four cats.

    Because so many people ask, you pronounce her name this way: Yaz-mihn (NOT Jasmine--it's a "Y", not a "J"). Last name is pronounced: Gal-eh-norn The accent is on the first syllable.

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    Marjorie Liu is an attorney and New York Times bestselling novelist and comic book writer. Her work at Marvel includes the series X-23, Black Widow, Han Solo, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men. She is also the co-creator of The Night Eaters series (Abrams) and Monstress, from Image Comics, which has won multiple Hugo Awards, British Fantasy Awards, the Harvey Award, and five Eisner Awards, making Liu the first-ever woman—and woman of color—to win an Eisner in the best writer category.

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Sharon Lotz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2009
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This book contains 4 stories on the subject of 'happily ever after' weddings. It was a great read and it introduced 3 authors that I had not read before. I bought the book because I am familiar with Laurell K. Hamilton. The book introduced me to Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu and Sharon Shinn. I now have 3 new authors to explore.
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C Thilmany
4.0 out of 5 stars 3 out of 4 stories make this a worthwhile purchase
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2009
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The focus of the stories in these anthologies all involve girls who are being forced to wed against their will. Laurell K Hamilton headlines the book, but unfortunately her story is both the shortest as well as the least enjoyable. The first story in the book, it ends at the 11% mark on a Kindle - and that includes all of the title pages before the story. The rest of the stories are actually quiet good and make the book a worthwhile purchase.

Laurell's story is more along the lines of a fable. To prevent her father from announcing her betrothal to a lecherous old man, Elinore declares that she's going to rescue Prince True, an arrogant prince taken captive decades ago by a sorceress. Challenges must be met to proceed to the next test to get close to freeing the prince and no one who has ever returned from the attempt. Elinore goes in expecting to die, preferring death to the marriage. The story isn't long enough to feel anything for this rather stiff character, but Elinore does make some rather smart, if unexpected decisions.

Yasmine Galnorn's story focuses on a Selkie who had run from a marriage 100 years ago and is now pregnant and with a man she loves when her former, very dangerous fiancé catches up with her. The story involves the D'Artigo sisters from the Sisters of the Moon series where we had earlier met this story's heroine.

Majorie M Liu provides the story of a princess who runs away looking for answers in a magical but dangerous forest a week before meeting with her intended, a fabled Warlord. The kingdom needs this man, the son of her mother's best friend, as their ally as roving bands cause havoc and destruction. She is rescued barely in the forest by a troupe of wandering performers and gets to be just Sally, keeping her identity a secret and falling for the leader of the group. This is the most emotional story in the book.

Sharon Shinn's story takes roughly 40% of the book. It involves a princess who refuses her father's demands to marry a neighbor who she's known all of her life but finds boring. So to find a suitor and marry her off, he holds a series of challenges involving fighting ability, courage and wisdom; the winner gets to marry the princess. Princess Olivia grows quite a bit in this story as she finds things aren't always as they appear.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ANY Book With Laurel K Hamilton In Big Print, ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2015
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ANY Book With Laurel K Hamilton In Big Print, With 3 More POWERFUL Authors Writing About 4 Strong Women Should Be Read At Once! 393 Pages Of Constant Intrigue And Lots Of Action Is Very Hard To Put Down Between Stories You Should BUY This Book At Once!
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GaiaSiren
3.0 out of 5 stars A good collection
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2016
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A few of these stories drag on but the majority are well worth reading. I especially liked the story of Elinore the Younger who becomes Elinore the Brave, the exact title escapes me ; ).
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Cal Donia
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2017
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I really enjoyed each story. The women in the stories were all strong smart women. Read and enjoy. Each story kept me going
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Lori Allen-Kelly
4.0 out of 5 stars Never After, What true love looks like
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2014
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This is one of the most entertaining and personally enriching books I have read in some time. I adore the perspective of the stories and romances that center around finding what's the right fit for you rather than finding your prince, about being wrong and learning from it, and about saving yourself and having your own adventures. I would recommend this book to any woman 14+. This is feminism at its best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Older than I thought!
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2014
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I actually purchased this as a softcover and forgot. It was just as much fun the second time around. Nice variety of short stories and authors, similarly themed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
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Katherine J. Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 1, 2016
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C.Fred
3.0 out of 5 stars les promises rebelles
Reviewed in France on December 8, 2009
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Ce livre raconte l'histoire de quatre jeunes femmes qui ont été promises à des mariages arrangés par leurs familles, qu'elles refusent absolument.

j'ai beaucoup aimé les histoires de Laurell.K.H, de Marjorie.M.L, de Sharon.S et un peu moins celle de Yasmine.G.

La première décide de partir dans une quête pour sauver un prince que personne n'a réussi à sauver depuis 50 ans, au risque de sa vie; qu'elle préfère perdre plutôt que d'épouser celui qu'on lui a choisi. Sa quête aura un résultat inattendu et plutôt bienvenu. Une histoire rafraichissante dans sa simplicité.

La deuxième a fui pour éviter son mariage il y a 100 ans, aujourd'hui elle a trouver le bonheur et est sur le point de fonder sa famille. Seulement son ancien promis vient se rappeler à elle pour lui gâcher la vie et la récupérer dans un mariage où il veut toujours la forcer (persistant n'est ce pas).On retrouve les soeurs D'artigo de la série "soeurs de la lune" qui se retrouvent en première ligne pour aider notre héroine.

La troisième a tellement peur de celui qu'on a choisi pour elle que sur les conseils d'une dame de compagnie part seule en voyage pour une foret maudite où elle pourrait trouver des réponses à son problème. Sur le chemin, elle est récupérer par des saltimbanques avec qui elle voyagera. Ceux-ci sont assez énigmatiques et surtout plus qu'ils ne laissent voir. Cette histoire a une suite surprenante dans ses évènements. vraiment interessante!!

et la dernière histoire, nous montre une princesse à l'esprit contradictoire qui refusent d'épouser quelqu'un qu'elle trouve totalement barbant et qu'elle connait depuis toujours. Un tournoi (assez spécial voyez la deuxième épreuve) est donc organisé pour sélectionner son fiancé. j'ai trouvé la fin hyper drôle puisque le roi (père de la jeune fille)a reçu un juste payement pour ses actions.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2015
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Laurell K - say no more
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Tracey Shellito
3.0 out of 5 stars Paperback Pleasures?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2009
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While most folks will be buying this for Laurell K Hamilton's name on the cover, be advised that as well as being the shortest story in the bunch, it's also a bit tame. Without her trademark sex and violence it's a childrens story for the non-feminists. By far the better works are Sharon Shin's Wrong Bride Groom and Liu's Tangleroot Palace which shine for their writing as well as their story. However, the whole collection is a very lightweight read which will quickly be forgotten. Not a bad book, but could have been so much better and will not do much to make publishers pick up short story collections, or win fans for the authors in this particular volume.
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