A Curse of Shadows and Ice : From BookTok favourite Catharina Maura comes a spicy and enchanting Beauty and the Beast retelling! - Catharina Maura

A Curse of Shadows and Ice : From BookTok favourite Catharina Maura comes a spicy and enchanting Beauty and the Beast retelling! - Catharina Maura

Catharina Maura

£10.99
  • Pages · 320 pages
  • Publication Date · 27/08/2026
  • Genre · Myth & legend told as fiction
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FROM BOOKTOK SENSATION AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CATHARINA MAURA COMES A DARK ROMANTASY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLING... ****A CURSED EMPERORPrincess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the fearsome Shadow Emperor known for his deadly powers and his thirst for conquest, threatens to overthrow her home unless she agrees to marry him. A PRINCESS WITH FORBIDDEN MAGIC When she learns that he and his empire are plagued by ice and a monstrous darkness and she's been prophesized 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. A MARRIAGE THAT COULD SAVE THEM ALL... 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 forever lose him and everyone they love to the ice and shadows. ****READERS LOVE A CURSE OF SHADOWS AND ICE 'I totally loved this book... I couldn't put the book down it's so well written. Loved it!'★★★★★ 'Beautiful, heartfelt, dark and dangerous at times, these two (Arabella and Felix) had a fiery passion and electric chemistry'★★★★★ 'Best book I have read in a while, totally engrossing'★★★★★

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