Christmas 2025: Free Fantasy Books

As is my tradition every December I've teamed up with a group of other sweet fantasy romance authors to bring you some free books to add to your TBR pile!

Many of them are shorter (my book, The Princess and the Pea, is a novella but there are also a few short stories) so they are the perfect read if you are trying to squeeze in some reading time around all your holiday activities!

My fellow fairy tale author pal, Gabrielle Landi, has screened these authors as best as she can but as usual you should check the existing reviews on Goodreads if you are concerned about language or heat levels.

Click here to check out the Clean and Sweet Fantasy Romance books!

There are several fairy tale offerings as well as more epic fantasy type of fantasy romance. Enjoy!

Little Mermaid Retellings

Ahh, the classic tale where girl falls in love with boy, girl gives up her entire life for the boy, boy falls in love with someone else, and the girl... turns into a daughter of the air?!?

The original story by Hans Christian Andersen had some weird stuff going on (click here to read my sarcastic summary of it if you aren't familiar with his version). But it is a classic story that has captured our hears for generations and there are plenty of beautiful adaptations of it for you to read!

I will first point out that I have written a retelling of this story, but because of my grievances with the original tale I changed the main heroine of my version from a mermaid to a selkie:

The Little Selkie - by K. M. Shea - In my version the heroine is a selkie and is forced to give up her voice for reasons not related to the hero, but most of the same elements of the story remain. This is also one of the most popular heroines I've ever written because even though she can't speak for most of the book she manages to take down the bullies in some inspiring ways. :)

Now for the full list of 70+ books all of which were suggested by my reader community (I asked for no spice and low language but check reviews if you have questions about the book's content). Since these are coming directly from readers you can think of them as a book rec from a friend.

List of The Little Mermaid Retellings:

The Little Selkie by K. M. Shea

The Silent Songbird by Melanie Dickerson

Silent Mermaid by Brittany Fichter

The Silent Prince by C. J. Brightley

A Princess of Wind and Wave by Melanie Cellier

A Cascading Hope by Yakira Goldsberry

Sea’s Secret by Kayla Eshbaugh

Filia and the Fall Festival by Leialoha Humpherys

The Prince and the Sea Witch by A. G. Marshall

Princess of Mermaids by A. G. Marshall

A Sea of Golden Chains by Callie Thomas

The Siren and the Scholar by J. M. Stengl

The Net That Holds Me by Scarlett Luna Strange

Maiden of the Sea by Sarah Beran

Song of the Sea by Deborah Grace White

Vazula Chronicles by Deborah Grace White

Beacon by Camille Peters

A Little Mermaid by Aya Ling

To Break A Silence by Lydia Mae

Part of Your World by Liz Braswell

Poor Unfortunate Soul by Serena Valentino

Prince of Song & Sea by Linsey Miller

The Mermaid’s Tale by L.E. Richmond

Selkie’s Song by Kimberly A. Rogers

Siren's Treasure by Suzanna Fowers

Lake Locked by S. R. Nulton

The Siren by Kiera Cass

The Mermaid and the Cursed Prince by E.J. Kitchens

Elodie of the Sea by Shari Tapscott

Finding Mera by Elizabeth D. Marie

The Little Mermaid by Jenni James

Mermaid Exile by Rebecca Fittery

The Wicked Prince by Rachel Rowlands

Song of Seas by Laura Greenwood

Hunting Sirens by Mary Mecham

Brine and Bone by Kate Stradling

Mermaid on Heels by Karen Daliath

Balanced Scales by Laura Greenwood

Of Tridents and Strife by Nicole Zoltack

Her Forgotten Sea by Eliza Prokopovits

Once Upon a Cake by Gabrielle Landi

The Stone Mermaid by Aisha Urooj

A Spark of Seas by Susannah Welch

Voice of a Siren by Kassidy Kameron

Bookworms Can’t Date Mermaids by Lucy Winton

Pearl of Magic by Emily Deady

Song of the Sea by Meredith Leigh Burton

Song of the Selkies by Sarah Pennington

Of Sea and Song by Chanda Hahn

Forever by Chanda Hahn

Head Over Tails by Brianna Tibbetts

Mazarine by CeCe Louise

Golden Lotus by Meagan Myhren-Bennett

The Storm Dancer by Valia Lind

Sirens and Blades by Amanda Kaye

The Little Mermaid's Voice by Shonna Slayton

Hightower Little Mermaid series by Jaque Stevens

Shattered Resistance by Madisyn Carlin

A Mermaid's Secret by Amy Horikami

Sea of Sirens by Amberlyn Holland

Parting Worlds by Kaitlyn Davis

Mermaid's Loss by Dee J. Stone

The Tomb of the Sea Witch by Kyle Robert Shultz

The Little Cyborg by J.M. Page

A Little Persuaded by Kendra E. Ardnek

When on Land by Kendra E. Ardnek

Of Song and Darkness by Jessica Spruill

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

The Mermaid's Madness by Jim C. Hines

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Did you know I have a whole series of these blog posts featuring book recommendations, popular retellings, and lists of books vetted by readers? Click here to start reading or use the Book Lists category to filter them.

Character Appreciation Week: Pegasus

Last year we had a week devoted 100% to everyone's favorite Trash Griffin, French Fry, from my Magiford Supernatural City series.

This year we are doing something similar for the most popular horse/equine related character across all my books: Pegasus.

He appears in both the Timeless Fairy Tales series and the Fairy Tale Enchantress series, and he even has his own dedicated short story showing his POV!

We are scaling things back this year and there will just be two main giveaway/contests (one on the Discord server and one in the Facebook group). The Giveaway/contest prizes will be some exclusive Pegasus themed swag, and even if you don't win one of the giveaways I am making one of my books FREE for most of the week so everyone can get a prize!

Here's the schedule for Pegasus Appreciation Week:

• September 29th - October 3rd : Discord Server Giveaway

• September 29th - October 3rd : Facebook Group Giveaway

• September 30th - October 4th: Puss in Books eBook is FREE*

*The reason why the free book is Puss in Books for this event is because there is a scene from the book that also appears in The Constellation's Dilemma short story! I highly recommend reading both versions so you get both POVs!

Click here or on the image below for all the reading options for A Constellation's Dilemma.

Did this short story change your opinion of Pegasus? Did anything surprise you?

As an extra bonus, here's a quote image from this short story that my team made last year but we didn't have a chance to share it anywhere!