The next of Jenna’s Journal’s five featured Fractured Fairy Tales (say that five times fast!) is Patricia Green’s Snowy and the Seven Wharves.  We had a look at six sentences last Saturday, when Snowy won for the tale most voters wanted a peek at.  Well, your wish has come true again this week!  And remember, these snippets will be followed next week with blurbs and excerpts, ultimately leading to our Fairy Tale Ending Contest on June 3rd when all ten tales release.

Doc, the WITSEC Marshal who is guarding her one evening, can’t resist Snow White, though he knows he should.

 A kiss. One little kiss. He tilted his head until her breath caressed his lips. She smelled sweet, like ginger cookies. His lips touched hers and he couldn’t help but want to explore, to take, to mark as his own. Their kiss, at first a tease, deepened as he licked her lips and slid his tongue over her teeth and into her mouth.

Not quite the same Doc and Snow White the Brothers Grimm had in mind!  The original tale was well known all over Europe long before the Grimms collected it as Little Snow White.  SurLaLune gives a wonderful description of its history, suggesting the tale may  actually have originated in Italy. 

More of  our Snowy will be forthcoming next week.  But if you’d like to see currently available works by the same author, visit Patricia Green’s website. 

You can also go to New Dawning International Bookfair to see all the Fractured Fairy Tales and check back with Jenna’s Journal to find out how to win free books and a Kindle during New Dawning’s launch on June 3rd.

Snowy’s favorite man in this retelling is obviously Doc.  Which of the seven original dwarfs was your favorite?