Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beast of Blood & Roses | 2025 | M. Guida | Buy |
| 2 | The Mirror of Blood and Madness | 2026 | M. Guida | Buy |
| 3 | Glass of Blood and Midnight | 2026 | M. Guida | Buy |
| 4 | Bargain of Blood and Lies | 2026 | M. Guida | Buy |
Dark Ever After Fairytales takes well-known stories and rebuilds them with blood magic, vampire courts, and romance that skews dark. The first book, Beast of Blood and Roses, reimagines Beauty and the Beast as an enemies-to-lovers vampire story where the bond between the leads is less a choice and more a sentence. The second, The Mirror of Blood and Madness, works with Alice in Wonderland, framing the heroine as someone born of forbidden magic facing a dangerous hero.
Books three and four, Glass of Blood and Midnight and Bargain of Blood and Lies, continue the pattern of pulling from classic source material and layering in supernatural mythology. The Cinderella echoes in the third title and the deal-making premise of the fourth give each entry its own shape while keeping the series consistent in tone and setting.
The series started publishing in 2025 and runs alongside Guida’s French Quarter vampire fiction, sharing the darker register she moved into after her earlier academy romance work. Readers who enjoyed the vampire mafia books will find familiar energy here, though the fairytale framing gives each story a distinct starting point.