A gender-bent, dark fantasy romance retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," featuring a war-torn soldier bent on saving her prince from the dangerous magic that has ensnared him and his brothers. But can she escape the fate of the others before her who have tried...and who have all perished in the attempt?
Releasing late 2024/early 2025 from SnowRidge Press.
Beka Gremikova writes folkloric fantasy and light sci-fi from her little nook in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada. When she’s not travelling, playing video games, or dabbling in various art forms, she can be found curled up in a corner with a mystery novel. Her work is featured in multiple anthologies, and her debut book, UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS OF A DRACONIC KIND AND OTHER STORIES, released with SnowRidge Press in Fall of 2023. Be on the lookout for PROJECT KNIFE, set to release late 2025.
January 2, 2022: Project Dance is now available to add to your Goodreads shelves! This dark fantasy romance retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," started as a short story (but I assure you, if you read the short story, you *won't* know the ending to this one).
I'm working on expanding this into a full-length novel, and it will feature a whole host of new characters, new twists, and even higher stakes! I can't wait to share these characters and world with you. <3 My heroine is a tad...unconventional...for this genre, and I'm so excited for you to meet my tall, buff, beautiful, and no-nonsense Els and her sweet, serious (also buff XD) prince!
Watch this space for more updates as I work through edits.