A Curse of Beasts and Magic
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4.5 • 19 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author of The Night Huntress series Jeaniene Frost returns with a brand-new series! It’s Beauty and the Beast meets The Witcher, except Beauty IS the Beast, and he’s the Warden keeping mythical beings in check in our world and beyond.
Raine Stone is living a nightmare. Ever since she survived the attack that killed her family, she's been hiding a terrible secret--and a Beast inside her.
It feeds on violence and chaos, but she restrains its urges by playing vigilante on the city streets. Until one night, Raine uses the Beast’s energy to heal an elderly gentleman from a seemingly random attack and discovers a new world of danger—literally.
Remington “Remy” Byrne knows the wall between a realm of deadly mythic creatures and our own world is very fragile. After all, he’s the Warden who guards the gateways between them. Raine’s Beast contains power that could tip the scales in a sinister plot against Remy’s rule—if she allies with him.
Will they be friends or foes…or will their dangerous attraction turn into something else? And can our world be saved by their explosive alliance?
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Frost (the Night Huntress series) gives "Beauty and the Beast" a dark contemporary twist in this riveting romantasy, the first in her Beautiful and Beastly series. Lorraine "Raine" Stone, 26, has been searching for answers about the supernatural for over a decade, ever since her family was slaughtered in an attack that left her "infected" by something she calls "the Beast," a nearly uncontrollable force that feeds on violence. An ER nurse, Raine feeds the Beast on the pain and death inherent to the job and uses its power to heal whenever she can. In her time off, Raine feeds it by playing vigilante. When she saves a confused old man from an attack, she catches the attention of his grandson, Remington "Remy" Byrne, CEO of an investment empire. Remy has the answers Raine has been searching for, and introduces her to the world of magic that lies parallel to the one she knows. He's the Warden, a kind of magical law enforcement figure responsible for all the magical beings in his territory—but he also has powerful enemies who are gunning for his life. The fast-paced plot skillfully balances magic, action, and sizzling romance. Nods to the original tale will please fans, even as Frost makes the story entirely her own. It's a promising start.
