From USA Today Bestselling Author Catharina Maura comes a Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a cursed emperor, a princess who possesses forbidden magic, and a marriage that could save them all. Princess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the Shadow Emperor, threatens to overthrow her country unless she agrees to marry him. When she learns his empire is cursed and she’s destined to set them free, they come to an agreement: help him minimize the curse’s effect on his people, and he’ll let her go. As Felix teaches Arabella how to control her forbidden and volatile magic, her feelings for him turn from hatred to passion… and she realizes that she must break the curse, or she’ll lose him forever. Publisher's note: this novel was previously included in the Once Upon a Broken Crown: A Fairytale Retelling Anthology under the title Broken Beauty. It has since been rewritten and retitled.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Catharina Maura comes a Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a cursed emperor, a princess who possesses forbidden magic, and a marriage that could save them all. Princess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the Shadow Emperor, threatens to overthrow her country unless she agrees to marry him. When she learns his empire is cursed and she’s destined to set them free, they come to an agreement: help him minimize the curse’s effect on his people, and he’ll let her go. As Felix teaches Arabella how to control her forbidden and volatile magic, her feelings for him turn from hatred to passion… and she realizes that she must break the curse, or she’ll lose him forever. Publisher's note: this novel was previously included in the Once Upon a Broken Crown: A Fairytale Retelling Anthology under the title Broken Beauty. It has since been rewritten and retitled.

Sleeping with your client is bad, but what I did is even worse. When I’m sent to Ember Falls to handle a PR nightmare, I have no idea I am creating a crisis of my own. Killian Thorn is everything I know to resist—older, rugged and handsome with mesmerizing green eyes and a wicked smile—which is why instead of running from him, I end up in his bed. Forced to work together, our stolen kisses are the least of our worries because the scandal on Killian’s ranch continues to grow. My job is to fix the issue, but our secret is only making it worse. My best friend convinces me that being with my client isn’t really such a faux pas. In fact, she thinks I should go for it since I’ve always guarded my heart. Trouble is, neither of us realize we’re talking about her dad.

Sleeping with your client is bad, but what I did is even worse. When I’m sent to Ember Falls to handle a PR nightmare, I have no idea I am creating a crisis of my own. Killian Thorn is everything I know to resist—older, rugged and handsome with mesmerizing green eyes and a wicked smile—which is why instead of running from him, I end up in his bed. Forced to work together, our stolen kisses are the least of our worries because the scandal on Killian’s ranch continues to grow. My job is to fix the issue, but our secret is only making it worse. My best friend convinces me that being with my client isn’t really such a faux pas. In fact, she thinks I should go for it since I’ve always guarded my heart. Trouble is, neither of us realize we’re talking about her dad.

He’s a secret wrapped in sin—power in every step, temptation in every breath. He moves through danger like it belongs to him. I should be afraid. Instead, I ache. Everything around us is a threat, but the moment he touches me, the fear disappears. His mouth is a promise. His body a weapon. And I don’t know which one will break me first. I tell myself this is survival—that the heat between us is just adrenaline, a temporary madness. But when he looks at me like I’m the only thing that matters, the truth cuts deep. This isn’t madness. It’s obsession. Need. And it’s already too late to stop. He’s my temptation. The mistake I’ll make again and again. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant delivers a sensual, high-stakes story of magic, danger, and the kind of love that dares the dark to strike in the Skye Druids series.

He’s a secret wrapped in sin—power in every step, temptation in every breath. He moves through danger like it belongs to him. I should be afraid. Instead, I ache. Everything around us is a threat, but the moment he touches me, the fear disappears. His mouth is a promise. His body a weapon. And I don’t know which one will break me first. I tell myself this is survival—that the heat between us is just adrenaline, a temporary madness. But when he looks at me like I’m the only thing that matters, the truth cuts deep. This isn’t madness. It’s obsession. Need. And it’s already too late to stop. He’s my temptation. The mistake I’ll make again and again. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant delivers a sensual, high-stakes story of magic, danger, and the kind of love that dares the dark to strike in the Skye Druids series.

BROKEN.That’s what I am when he finds me in the dark,saving me from the vicious grasp of a bloodthirsty monster by bringing me back to the only place I ever called home.THE ALARIE ESTATE.A fortress where I spent my childhood, safely hidden behind impenetrable stone walls.A place where my heart only ever beat for him.But all that changed one ominous night seven years ago when I was forced to leave behind everything and everyone I knew.And now, as I stand before him saying my vows, I no longer see the gentle boy I grew up with,but a man of great strength and power who thrives in darkness.To the world, he’s a deadly predator.To me, he’s my husband.Ready to burn the world to ashes and annihilate any monster who dares to touch me,including the one with no face who hides in the shadows, stopping at nothing to get me back.LE DIABLE.A man feared by everyone except one.LEO ALARIE

BROKEN.That’s what I am when he finds me in the dark,saving me from the vicious grasp of a bloodthirsty monster by bringing me back to the only place I ever called home.THE ALARIE ESTATE.A fortress where I spent my childhood, safely hidden behind impenetrable stone walls.A place where my heart only ever beat for him.But all that changed one ominous night seven years ago when I was forced to leave behind everything and everyone I knew.And now, as I stand before him saying my vows, I no longer see the gentle boy I grew up with,but a man of great strength and power who thrives in darkness.To the world, he’s a deadly predator.To me, he’s my husband.Ready to burn the world to ashes and annihilate any monster who dares to touch me,including the one with no face who hides in the shadows, stopping at nothing to get me back.LE DIABLE.A man feared by everyone except one.LEO ALARIE