Roanna’s life is a happy one, full of love: she loves her mother, she loves her gran, and she’s just realized that she loves Shaw, a woodcutter who’s grown up from the boy who used to tease her. But happiness is a fragile thing, and when she finds an unexpected visitor in her gran’s cottage, she’ll learn just how easily everything she holds dear could disappear.

This is an adult retelling of the classic fairy tale, and not intended for readers under 18. All characters are fully human in form, function, and failure of moral character — this is not a werewolf story. Sorry werewolf lovers! Nothing to see here but a character-driven novelette on the border between sweet and spicy romance.

What Amazon reviewers are saying about Nicole Dreadful's Beauty and the Beast:
"Would recommend to others to enjoy the contrast from the Disney depiction."
"My only complaint is that I wanted more!"
"a nice retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story, admitting with a few sex scenes between people who actually love each other"

About the author
Nicole Dreadful grew up reading huge tomes of fairy and folk tale collections, not all of which had been edited for children. In these stories, princes and rescued maidens slept with a sword between them in the bed to ensure chastity, Sleeping Beauty gave birth to twins before she woke, and a witch’s beautiful daughters had tooth-filled vaginas. Now she is returning to fairy tales and exploring their sexual aspects.