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A Curse of Shadows and Ice (The Shadowbound Series Book 1)

Broken Beauty

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A Curse of Shadows and Ice (The Shadowbound Series Book 1)

Broken Beauty

Penned By Catharina Maura
4.85 70,646 Ratings
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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 anthology under the title Broken Beauty. It has since been rewritten and retitled.

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Catharina Maura is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Catharina Maura can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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