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 Christian's fallen for Princess Marigold, it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen. nWho 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 wouldn't be such a mess. But then, maybe, Princess Marigold would be dead. n But Christian wasn't warned.

And now that he's fallen for the princess, it's 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. n n With echoes of William Goldman's modern classic The Princess Bride, Jean Ferris's hilarious parody of Once upon a time . .

. overflows with oddball characters and sage observations--and ends with a slapstick happily-ever-after that's full of surprises.n