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A richly magical retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, from the point of view of the Beast.

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A sumptuously magical, brand new take on a tale as old as time - read the Beast´s side of the story at long last.

´Utterly Enchanting´ - Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens and The Wild Girl

´A beautiful retelling . . . poetical, imaginative, inventive´ - New York Journal of Books

´5 out of 5 stars . . . magical romance at its best´ - Sam Hawke, author of City of Lies

I am neither monster nor man - yet I am both.

I am the Beast.

I know why I was cursed; I know the legacy of evil I carry in my tainted blood. So how could she ever love me?

My Isabeau. She opened my eyes, my mind and my heart when I was struggling just to be human.

And now I might lose her forever.

Lose yourself in this gorgeously rich and magical retelling of The Beauty and the Beast that finally lays bare the beast´s heart.

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A glorious debut from Australian author Leife Shallcross, The Beast´s Heart retells ´Beauty and the Beast´ in a compelling and surprising novel filled with peril, darkness, romance and beauty. An utterly enchanting fairytale retelling that breathes new life into a beloved classic. Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens and The Wild Girl

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Shallcross, Leife
Leife Shallcross lives at the foot of a mountain in Canberra, Australia, with her family and a small, scruffy creature that snores. She has a tendency to overindulge in reading fairy tales, then lie awake at night listening to trolls (or maybe possums) galloping over her tin roof. Ever since she can remember, she has been fascinated by stories about canny fairy godmothers, heroic goose girls and handsome princes disguised as bears. She is particularly inspired by those characters that tend to fall into the cracks of the usual tales. She is the author of several short stories, including Pretty Jennie Greenteeth, which won the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short Story. The Beast´s Heart is her first novel.

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