Once upon a marigold - jean ferris

In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, who lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, is clueless about how amazingNand stupefyingNlove can be.

But now that Christians fallen for Princess Marigold, its up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen.

Who knew love could be so amazing--and stupefying? Not Christian.

He was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope.

He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all.

If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldnt be such a mess.

But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead.

But Christian wasnt warned.

And now that hes fallen for the princess, its up to him to untwist an odd love triangle--er, rectangle --and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom, even if it means bumping off her own daughter.

With echoes of William Goldmans modern classic The Princess Bride, Jean Ferriss hilarious parody of Once upon a time .

overflows with oddball characters and sage observations--and ends with a slapstick happily-ever-after thats full of surprises.