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.