Bride of the Briar Beast

A Twisted Beauty and the Beast Retelling

By: Brandon Rohrbaugh

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Bride of the Briar Beast is a dark romantasy fairy tale retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with enemies to lovers tension, a cursed castle, and a horned beast who does not ask twice.

I was supposed to hunt a stag. I fired an ash-tipped arrow instead, and the Briarwood answered.
Hunger Season had Thornford starving, and my little sister, Mira, was running out of time. When the Briar Beast came to collect an old debt, Baron Halver did what men like him always do. He offered me as tribute to save himself, and called it mercy.

Briarhold sits behind living thorns and story-law. The Horned Lord, Eryx, hides behind a bone mask and speaks in rules. A ghost voice named Corin follows me through the halls, warning me the curse does not want a guest. It wants a bride anchor, someone to keep the magic locked in place.

I signed a blood contract to protect Mira. The bargain chained me to a monster I hated on sight. Forced proximity turned hate into obsession, and obsession into desire I could not explain. The curse tightened, enemies closed in, and I started to wonder if the Beast was the danger, or if I was.

A dark romantasy for readers who love:

• Enemies to lovers
• Love to hate tension
• Cursed castle romance
• Monster romance, horned beast hero
• Gothic fantasy romance atmosphere
• A Court of Thorns and Roses
• From Blood and Ash
• A Ruin of Roses

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