Amidst the intertwining of Brothers Grimm tales and Welsh Gods mythology, ‘Slippers and Songs’ unfolds as a captivating Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling, marking the debut of the Brodyr Alarch series.
Amidst the intertwining of Brothers Grimm tales and Welsh Gods mythology, "Slippers and Songs" unfolds as a captivating Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling, marking the debut of the Brodyr Alarch series.
Welsh sacred water mythology sits at the heart of August's theme, and this week, it's worth looking at what the tradition actually understands about wisdom and how it moves through the world.
The sacred pool in Welsh mythology isn't a simple magical resource. It's a repository of accumulated virtue, built through generations of genuine attention. The hazel drops its nuts of knowledge into the water. The salmon rises and carries what it receives upstream through patience and persistence, the wisdom becoming embodied over time rather than simply possessed.
That model — wisdom earned through experience and accumulated through continuing — runs through the Welsh mythological tradition and through a significant portion of the Story Hearth catalogue. The sacred pool, the upstream journey, the patient accumulation of what the season gives. August is exactly the right month for it.
Click the link to claim your review copy of Slippers and Songs exclusively at BookSirens. Combining Brothers Grimm tales with Welsh Gods mythology, 'Slippers and Songs' presents an enthralling retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, introducing the debut of the Brodyr Alarch series.
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If you enjoy Welsh mythology-inspired fiction — fairytale retellings, folklore romance, elemental fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical fiction — the full Story Hearth catalogue is available on Payhip, including a free novella via the newsletter.
For readers who want to go deeper into the lore and the worlds behind the books, the Story Hearth Discord has channels for Welsh myth and folklore, book discussions, favourite characters, and seasonal content woven through the year.
A kingdom in mourning. Six princes whose grief turned cruel. Selene, the Swan Herder of Melthkior, who grew up alongside the princes and now endures their mockery and who, when the gods of Wales intervene and a curse takes hold, never doubts that they deserve saving and is determined to do so.
Sealed with a Curse is the unifying thread of the Brodyr Alarch series, the framework that holds seven fairytale retellings woven through Welsh mythology into a single mythic tapestry. Welsh mythology, Brothers Grimm, divine interference, and a heroine whose courage is quiet and entirely real.
Two Story Hearth standalones that stand apart from the Welsh mythology at the heart of the catalogue, and reveal something in the standing-apart.
To Catch a Dream — a contemporary romance with no magic, no folklore, no mythology. Caitlin is twenty-six, strong, and genuinely content with her life. Will makes that contentment feel like it might be missing something she hadn't noticed was absent. The question is entirely ordinary and entirely real. Is what you feel worth the risk of acting on it?
Cabbages & Kings — historical fiction set in 1198, told through Alana Dale's honest and clear-eyed account of the Robin Hood legend from inside the village rather than the greenwood. No magic. Just the cost of seeing clearly when the story everyone tells would prefer you didn't look too closely.
Both of them ask what the mythology asks, without the mythology to carry it. Both of them know that love costs something real.