He needs to capture her heart. She needs to escape. A kingdom’s fate rests in both their hands.

Arabelle loved this new, simple life. Loved it until her father returned from town and shattered it with a proclamation: Her sister’s future was bartered away to a stranger.
To protect her sister, Arabelle takes her place with one thing in mind – to kill this stranger and return home. But when she meets him, she realizes she needs a new plan.

Lucien is happy to let the clock run down on his life if it means loving again. Love was at the root of everything. His downfall. His pain. His curse. He’d rather damn himself than love again. At least, that’s what he told himself.

Everything changes when she tries to stab him.

Time’s almost up, and he only has three months to do the impossible – convince someone he’s worth loving. It’s a battle of wills, self-loathing, and fear that will determine the future of every person in Grienia in this Once Upon a Time meets ACOTAR retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

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