Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pride | 2023 | Bianca Cole | Buy |
| 2 | Hook | 2023 | Bianca Cole | Buy |
| 3 | Wicked | 2023 | Bianca Cole | Buy |
| 4 | Unhinged | 2023 | Bianca Cole | Buy |
| 5 | Beast | 2024 | Bianca Cole | Buy |
| 6 | Wolf | 2024 | Bianca Cole | Buy |
Once Upon a Villain takes classic fairy tales and rewrites them through Bianca Cole’s dark romance lens. Published across 2023 and 2024, the six-book series reimagines familiar stories with the villains as love interests. The single-word titles point to their source material: Hook (Peter Pan), Wicked (Wizard of Oz), Unhinged (Alice in Wonderland), Beast (Beauty and the Beast), and Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood). Pride opens the series.
These are not gentle retellings. Cole strips the Disney polish from these stories and replaces it with morally corrupt heroes, captive heroines, and twisted versions of the happily-ever-after formula. The fairy tale framework gives each book a recognizable skeleton while the dark romance elements make them unmistakably Cole’s own. For readers who like their fairy tales with an edge, this series delivers a different take on stories they already know.