Your Heart For a Story of Mine: the Fantasy Shorts and Novellas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798231851898)

A collection of fantasy queer romance short stories and novellas from R. Cooper

How to (Not) Train a Firecat (m/m)

River takes care of the giant cats that protect members of the royal family but he is not part of their guard. Only guards have firecats, and River doesn't believe he is special enough to have a firecat of his own, or to belong anywhere near the royal family. But if he wants to protect someone he loves, he is going to have to accept that he is worthy of the great cats' attention.

My Man Godric (m/m)

Bertie is just the king's foolish, poetry loving, sometimes crossdressing brother. useless in times of crisis, or so he tells himself. He is completely beneath the notice of someone like the country's most famous general, Godric of the South. It's too bad that he happens to be in love with Godric... and that with the entire country at stake, Bertie might be the only one who can save it.

Casper Gets His Wish (m/m)

As an accountant at the North Pole, Casper Silverbell gets no respect--especially from the head of Gift Development. Flirtatious, fun Dmitri Hollyberry is everything Casper resents about creative elves. He's also just different enough from the others that Casper had once wished Dmitri would be the one to ease his loneliness. But no matter how good Casper is, that Christmas wish won't come true.

Not Your True Love, But Your True Love (m/ trans f)

After a curse gone awry has turned him into a cat, Melchior 's devoted assistant calls in Scarlett Waterhouse, Mel's rival in the mage-for-hire business, to help. Now the two of them are alone, collaborating on finding a cure to Mel's problem-any cure but the old standby, the cliché so many mages use to end their spells; the confusing notion of True Love's Kiss.

The Winter Prince (m/m)

At seventeen, Prince Arrow had his heart stolen by a pari's magic, which earned him the name the Prince-in-Winter. In a desperate attempt to save his life, Razin, the court wizard, convinces him to search for the pari and ask for the return of his heart. What Razin doesn't know is that Kişin's heart was never stolen; he gave it away to escape the pain of an impossible love-his love for Razin.