The bonds of love...

The bonds of matrimony...

The bonds between husband and wife...

Let's face it-some bonds are made to be broken.

Here, for the first time ever, are four stories from today's most provocative authors that take the classic idea of the "faerie tale wedding" and give it a swift kick in the bustle.

#1 New York bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton spins a story of a princess who decides to take control of her own destiny in "Can He Bake A Cherry Pie?" "THE SHADOW OF MIST," by USA TODAY bstselling author Yasmine Galenorm, tells the tale of a selkie on the run who must confront a dark past that threatens both her and her beloved. New York bestselling author Margorie M. Liu captures the adventures of a young princess who enters a magical forest and must face an evil queen. In "THE WRONG BRIDEGROOM" from national bestselling author Sharon Shinn, a princess refuses her boring betrothed her father holds a competition to find her a new husband, but things don't turn out as expected.