Buttercup Baby

KAREN FOX HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!! another one of her hits has hit the shelves! if you haven't read it yet you have to read it now!Buttercup Baby: a truly magical story of a fairy wanting the unthinkable.... A BABY!! oh no i am not mistaken: Ariel of the Fae has seen, and now wants, a baby. And not just any baby, she wants Rand Thayer's baby. But how does a Faery deal with being turned down? You will have to find out! Karen Fox litteraly brings the magic of Fun, Friends and family to life. Buttercup Baby is an extrodinary story that can be put on the shelf next to her other great Love Filled, Magic, Creations.

This book is like sunshine in a bottle... well in a book! Ariel used to be the queen of Pillywiggins, until she decided to defend one of her few friends (if not her only) and son of Oberon, Robin (Prince of Chanrming). Then Titania banishes her from her court leaving Ariel without a purpose. That is until she is sent by Oberon to see how his grandson (Robin's boy) is doing. And thats when everything goes haywire. Suddenly she wants to have a baby to fill the empityness in her and she decided that Rand Thayer would be the perfect man to father her child. But things go in a downward spiral as he refuses to do so, then she tricks him, then her magic goes chaotic on her, and she cant return home until the baby is born... or at least thats what she thinks! This was a very sweet book and the characters are so well crafted you feel like you actually know them. And Ariel's naivette is so sweet and real (given that she is a faery) that she gives you a heartwarming feeling! I highly recommend the book! Plus there's a bonus love story in it, which i wish i could have seen in more detail but none the less was beautiful and sweet! In short this book charmed my socks off!

I love books about fairies and they are kind of hard to find...especially when you have read as many as I have. This book put a unique twist on it. The main star is very lovable. She is the fairy who falls in love with a mortal. It is so cute...she even hiccups buttercups and cries opals! It was original and funny. I LOVED it!

In Prince Of Charming we read the magical love story of Robin Goodfellow who was half Mortal and half Fae. He gave up his magic and immortality for the love of Kate. Oberon, King of the Fae, was Robin's father. Thus, he kept an eye on his son's life in the mortal realm. Now, in Karen Fox's second novel, we (the readers) are treated to witness another magical love story between a Mortal and a Fae. Ariel had been Queen of the Pillywiggins (the flower faeries) since the beginning of time, until she defended Robin from Titania, Queen of all the Fae. In a fury, Titania banished Ariel from her court and stripped her of her rank. Feeling useless and unneeded, Ariel jumped at the task Oberon gave her. Robin and Kate had a newborn child (who was mortal). Ariel was to check on Oberon's grandchild and send back a magical report. From the first sight, smell, and touch of the baby Ariel was enthralled! She decided this was what she needed! A baby! A baby of her own would make her needed again! But the Fae could not impregnate each other. She would need a mortal for that. Once pregnant, Ariel and her baby could return and live in the magical realm! She chose Robin's brother-in-law, Rand Thayer. But when she asked him to impregnate her, he refused! Rand had ten sisters, zero brother, and a tribe of nieces and nephews. No matter how great he was with kids, he did not want any of his own, until he met Ariel LeFay. He had not meant to get her pregnant, but it happened. It did not take much to convince him she was a fairy either! One thing he knew for sure, she was NOT going to deliver his baby and then disappear with the infant forever! She was stuck in his realm until delivery (one month). He had that long to think up a plan. ***** I would never have guessed that tears of the Fae turned into opals! Or that each hic-cup made a buttercup fall into their lap! Or that green Jell-O could ... well, you get my point. This is one love story readers will NEVER forget! Karen Fox's pen brings magic to life! Not many authors could make Faeries and magic seen REAL! I kept forgetting this was a work of fiction. Highly recommended! It gets no better than this! ***** ...

Queen of the Fae Titania bans from court subordinate Queen of the Pillywiggins Ariel for daring to defend Robin Goodfellow to her Highness. Though upset after centuries of loyalty to Titania, Ariel realizes she crossed the line because the biased Titania hates all half-breed Fae. Still King Oberon eases some of Ariel's anger and hurt by asking her to check up on his grandson while she is in the mortal plane. In the realm of the Fae, babies just do not exist so Ariel is surprised by her reaction to seeing the infant. She wants her own baby and she chooses a friend of the Goodfellow family Rand Thayer as the sire. Not knowing the ways of humans, Ariel bluntly asks Rand to father a child with her. He rejects the idea at first, but soon cannot resist their attraction. However, a pregnant Ariel causes unique problems when her hormones go wild. BUTTERCUP BABY is a humorous fantasy romance starring two warm characters. The essence of this tale and its predecessor (see Prince Charming) is that the audience believe in the realm of the Fae so that everything that occurs to and done by Ariel works in support of that concept. The fun story line provides the audience with humorous escapist material but also contains a serious subtle sub-theme of prejudice against an entire subspecies that stands as a reminder to the reader that Arab-Americans must be allowed and encouraged to join in our collective grieving.Harriet Klausner