A surprising twist on The Beauty and the Beast, set in medieval England. Shes the pawn in a deadly game. England, 1154. The blood feud between the Merclifs and the Cardels has been raging for years. To end it, King Henry orders handsome, self-reliant Alaric, Baron Merclif, to marry Helena, Cardels daughter. But can Alaric risk bringing her into his serene home? What if she is like her greedy, evil father and brothers? Yet what other choice does Alaric have? When Helena overhears her fathers secret plans to invade Merclif ...
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A surprising twist on The Beauty and the Beast, set in medieval England. Shes the pawn in a deadly game. England, 1154. The blood feud between the Merclifs and the Cardels has been raging for years. To end it, King Henry orders handsome, self-reliant Alaric, Baron Merclif, to marry Helena, Cardels daughter. But can Alaric risk bringing her into his serene home? What if she is like her greedy, evil father and brothers? Yet what other choice does Alaric have? When Helena overhears her fathers secret plans to invade Merclif Castle and murder her and Alaric on their wedding night, she knows she must tell Alaric. But can she trust him? And if he stops the plot, will he annul their forced marriageher only chance to get away from her abusive father? As Helena struggles to overcome the fears and shame caused by her fathers degradation, she wonders if any man could ever accept her scars]and choose to love her, just as she is. By Susan Lowenberg, the author of C.S. Lewis: A Reference Guide 1972-1988 (New York: G.K. Hall).
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