Author:
Shallcross, Leife, author.
Physical Description406 p. ; 20 cm.
Note:"A novel of Beauty and the beast."
Note:A retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in the 17th century France in which Beast struggles to come to terms with his horrid behavior as a man, his years of savagery, and his hope of redemption. He is a broken, wild thing, his hearts nature exposed by his beastly form. Long ago cursed with a wretched existence, the Beast prowls the dusty hallways of his ruined chteau with only magical, unseen servants to keep him companyuntil a weary traveler disturbs his isolation. Bewitched by the mans dreams of his beautiful daughter, the Beast devises a plan to lure her to the chteau. There, Isabeau courageously exchanges her fathers life for her own and agrees to remain with the Beast for a year. But even as their time together weaves its own spell, the Beast finds winning Isabeaus love is only the first impossible step in breaking free from the curse...
