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A Curse of Beasts and Magic

By Jeaniene Frost
Series: Beautiful and Beastly
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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 in this dark fantastical retelling, except Beauty is the Beast, and he's the Warden keeping mythical beings in check in... Read More
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An original romantasy series by New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost, Beauty and the Beast meets The Witcher in this dark fantastical retelling – except Beauty IS the Beast.

An original romantasy series by New York Times bestselling author, Jeaniene Frost, it's Beauty and the Beast meets The Witcher in this dark fantastical retelling, except Beauty IS the Beast

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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 in this dark fantastical retelling, except Beauty is the Beast, and he's the Warden keeping mythical beings in check in our world and beyond.

Raine Stone was the sole survivor of a horrific creature while camping. Her account of the attack was attributed to shock, but Raine knows all too well that her story is true because now she carries that same Beast inside her!

She's been restraining its violent urges by letting it 'feed' on the pain and chaos she's exposed to as an ER nurse, and by playing vigilante against would-be muggers at night. But when Raine uses the Beast's energy to heal a frail elderly gentleman from a seemingly random attack, she opens herself to a new world of danger — literally.

Remington 'Remy' Byrne knows that the wall between a realm of deadly mythic creatures and our own world is very thin; he's the Warden who guards the gateways between them. He also rules the supernatural creatures living in secret among us. Raine's Beast makes her an intruder on Remy's territory, but the elderly gentleman she saved is Remy's grandfather, and her Beast contains power that could tip the scales in a sinister plot against Remy's rule — if Raine allies with him.

Will they be friends or foes… or will the dangerous attraction between them turn into something else? And can our world be saved by their explosive alliance?

Series: Beautiful and Beastly

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  • A Curse of Beasts and Magic
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    A Curse of Beasts and Magic
    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 in this dark fantastical retelling, except Beauty is the Beast, and he's the Warden keeping mythical beings in check in our world and beyond. Raine Stone was the sole survivor of a horrific creature...
    By Jeaniene Frost
    Paperback
    $2800
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    Out 20 Oct 2026

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ISBN: 9781037404429

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 252g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Jeaniene Frost is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy romance. She is best known for the Night Huntress series, the Night Prince series, and the Night Rebel series. Jeaniene's novels have also appeared on the Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, ABA Indiebound, and international bestseller lists. Foreign rights for Jeaniene's novels have sold to over twenty territories.

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