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Cruel Beauty Series

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.

Cruel Beauty
Crimson Bound

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  1. 1

    Cruel Beauty

    • 346 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    3.7(83978)Add rating

    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.

    Cruel Beauty
  2. 2

    Crimson Bound

    • 441 pages
    • 16 hours of reading
    3.5(325)Add rating

    "Rachelle must protect the king's bastard son while searching for the weapons that will save her world from endless night"-- Apprenticed to her aunt, training to protect her village from dark magic, Rachelle strayed from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting goes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat. Three years later, when the king orders her to guard his son Armand, Rachelle forces him to help her hunt for the legendary sword that might save their world. As the two become unexpected allies, they discover far-reaching conspiracies, hidden magic... and a love that may be their undoing.

    Crimson Bound