He was promised a monster like himself. He got a beauty instead.
Raised in captivity, Rolan—the Beast—has finally earned his freedom. As part of the Empress’s twisted reward, he’s gifted a bride: a woman said to be as reviled as he is. Ugly. Unlovable. An outcast. But when he meets Abauna, he finds not a beast, but a breathtaking beauty—and realizes the Empress has dealt them both a cruel hand.
Abauna has been shamed, silenced, and exiled for being different. Now she’s bound to a warrior feared across the realm. But Rolan is not what she expected. Gentle. Loyal. Wounded. And maybe, just maybe, everything her heart never dared to want.
Together, they’ll defy their pasts, their pain, and the Empress who tried to break them.
A tender, steamy, fantasy romance where love heals what cruelty tried to destroy.
