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Cruel Beauty

This series plunges readers into a world where classic fairy tale tropes collide with dark fantasy and thrilling adventure. Follow a courageous heroine as she confronts a powerful antagonist to save her kingdom. The narrative explores the potent nature of desire and its capacity to shape destiny, woven with glittering magic and unexpected romance. It's a perfect read for those who love bold female leads, intricate relationships, and enchanting, high-stakes fantasy worlds.

Crimson Bound
Cruel Beauty

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Cruel Beauty

    • 368 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    If you’re excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don’t miss Cruel Beauty. The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. Perfect for fans of bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this gorgeously written debut infuses the classic fairy tale with glittering magic, a feisty heroine, and a romance sure to take your breath away. Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected—particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can't resist the pull of her sworn enemy—who's gotten in her way by stealing her heart.

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    3.7
  2. Crimson Bound

    • 464 pages
    • 17 hours of reading

    An exhilarating tale of darkness, love, and redemption inspired by the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, from the author of Cruel Beauty. When Rachelle was fifteen she was good-apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village.

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    3.5