Author: Victoria Rush
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
In the remote village of Whisperwood, there are a thousand ways to pleasure yourself… When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the inhabitants. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. In Part 3 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance, including show-stopping presentations by Clover and Tara. When the winners of the individual performances are announced at the end of the month, one final couples’ presentation promises to open the eyes of the adventurous villagers like they’ve never been before… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series:Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotic fairy tales, adult fairy tales, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, explicit sex, erotica, lesbian, gay, transgender, voyeur, exhibitionism, lgbt, masturbation, erotic, eroticism, erotic fiction, lesbian erotic, erotic lesbian, lgbt book, lgbt erotic
Coming of Age 3: The Day of Self Pleasure ( Fantasy Erotica / Adult Fairy Tales )
Author: Victoria Rush
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
In the remote village of Whisperwood, there are a thousand ways to pleasure yourself… When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the inhabitants. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. In Part 3 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance, including show-stopping presentations by Clover and Tara. When the winners of the individual performances are announced at the end of the month, one final couples’ presentation promises to open the eyes of the adventurous villagers like they’ve never been before… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series:Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotic fairy tales, adult fairy tales, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, explicit sex, erotica, lesbian, gay, transgender, voyeur, exhibitionism, lgbt, masturbation, erotic, eroticism, erotic fiction, lesbian erotic, erotic lesbian, lgbt book, lgbt erotic
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
In the remote village of Whisperwood, there are a thousand ways to pleasure yourself… When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the inhabitants. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. In Part 3 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance, including show-stopping presentations by Clover and Tara. When the winners of the individual performances are announced at the end of the month, one final couples’ presentation promises to open the eyes of the adventurous villagers like they’ve never been before… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series:Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotic fairy tales, adult fairy tales, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, explicit sex, erotica, lesbian, gay, transgender, voyeur, exhibitionism, lgbt, masturbation, erotic, eroticism, erotic fiction, lesbian erotic, erotic lesbian, lgbt book, lgbt erotic
Clover's Fantasy Adventures: Books 11 - 15 ( Adult Fairy Tales )
Author: Victoria Rush
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Five more adult fairytales. Five more toe-curling erotic fantasies. Five times the pleasure... Book 11: The Erotic Temple 1 When Clover and her friends stumble upon an ancient temple in the forest, at first they’re mesmerized by the exotic poses of the stone sculptures. But as they get closer and begin to touch the beautiful figures, they suddenly begin to shake and rumble, until the effigies come to life. Once they discover that touching the casts with their hands and other body parts transforms them into humans, they set about freeing the many imprisoned subjects. But with the ancient carvings depicting hundreds of unusual combinations, it takes the trio many days to complete their arduous task… Book 12: The Erotic Temple 2 After Clover and her friends finish exploring the erotic Sannyan temple on the first day, they’re surprised and delighted to find some of the tribespeople’s magic literally rubbing off on them. Newly equipped with both male and female sexual appendages, the trio continue freeing the trapped natives from their locked embraces, discovering ever new and exhilarating kinky combinations. Book 13: Coming of Age 1 When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the inhabitants. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. Invited to view the spectacle for themselves, the friends take a seat next to the rest of the naked viewers. Although the main purpose of the ritual is to allay young people’s nervousness about performing sex for the first time, it has the additional benefit of expanding everyone’s knowledge about the various methods of stimulating themselves. Book 14: Coming of Age 2 In Part 2 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance. With names like Buzz Feed, Head over Heels, Slow Tease, Waterfall, and Rocking the Boat, each self-stimulation presentation promises to bring you to new heights of pleasure… Book 15: Coming of Age 3 In Part 3 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance, including show-stopping presentations by Clover and Tara. When the winners of the individual performances are announced at the end of the month, one final couples’ presentation promises to open the eyes of the adventurous villagers like they’ve never been before… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series: Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotica, lesbian erotica, bisexual erotica, gay erotica, fantasy erotica, erotic romance, erotic fantasy, erotica series, fantasy series, erotic fantasy series, fantasy erotica series, lesbian erotica series, fantasy, fairy tale, elf, elves, witch, witches, mage, warlock, prince, sex, short stories, fiction, myth, series, dragon, magic, quest, coming of age, swords, sorcery, dwarves, kingdom, castle, world, mythical, epic, legend, fable, saga, realm, action, lgbt, heroine, female lead character, wizard, book, books, sorcerer, adult fairytales, adult fairy tales, erotic, erotic fiction
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Five more adult fairytales. Five more toe-curling erotic fantasies. Five times the pleasure... Book 11: The Erotic Temple 1 When Clover and her friends stumble upon an ancient temple in the forest, at first they’re mesmerized by the exotic poses of the stone sculptures. But as they get closer and begin to touch the beautiful figures, they suddenly begin to shake and rumble, until the effigies come to life. Once they discover that touching the casts with their hands and other body parts transforms them into humans, they set about freeing the many imprisoned subjects. But with the ancient carvings depicting hundreds of unusual combinations, it takes the trio many days to complete their arduous task… Book 12: The Erotic Temple 2 After Clover and her friends finish exploring the erotic Sannyan temple on the first day, they’re surprised and delighted to find some of the tribespeople’s magic literally rubbing off on them. Newly equipped with both male and female sexual appendages, the trio continue freeing the trapped natives from their locked embraces, discovering ever new and exhilarating kinky combinations. Book 13: Coming of Age 1 When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the inhabitants. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. Invited to view the spectacle for themselves, the friends take a seat next to the rest of the naked viewers. Although the main purpose of the ritual is to allay young people’s nervousness about performing sex for the first time, it has the additional benefit of expanding everyone’s knowledge about the various methods of stimulating themselves. Book 14: Coming of Age 2 In Part 2 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance. With names like Buzz Feed, Head over Heels, Slow Tease, Waterfall, and Rocking the Boat, each self-stimulation presentation promises to bring you to new heights of pleasure… Book 15: Coming of Age 3 In Part 3 of this erotic mini-series, five more young women and five young men put on another scintillating performance, including show-stopping presentations by Clover and Tara. When the winners of the individual performances are announced at the end of the month, one final couples’ presentation promises to open the eyes of the adventurous villagers like they’ve never been before… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series: Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotica, lesbian erotica, bisexual erotica, gay erotica, fantasy erotica, erotic romance, erotic fantasy, erotica series, fantasy series, erotic fantasy series, fantasy erotica series, lesbian erotica series, fantasy, fairy tale, elf, elves, witch, witches, mage, warlock, prince, sex, short stories, fiction, myth, series, dragon, magic, quest, coming of age, swords, sorcery, dwarves, kingdom, castle, world, mythical, epic, legend, fable, saga, realm, action, lgbt, heroine, female lead character, wizard, book, books, sorcerer, adult fairytales, adult fairy tales, erotic, erotic fiction
The Enchanted Forest: An Erotic Fairytale ( Free First in Series Lesbian / Bisexual Fantasy Erotica Adult Fairy Tales )
Author: Victoria Rush
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Sometimes it’s not just the grass that’s greener on the other side…. When wayward youth Clover passes through a hidden portal on a nature hike, her eyes are opened to a whole new world of wonders in the fantasy land of Abbynthia. As she stares in wonderment at the sensual shape of the plants and trees, she soon loses her innocence succumbing to their intoxicating lure. But when she’s surrounded by wolves after a moment of distraction, she’s saved by exiled elf Tara, who takes her back to her fort in the woods. The two bed down for the night where Clover learns that elves have some additional magic skills. But before long she yearns to return home, and when she can no longer find the location of the portal that brought her to Abbynthia, Tara suggests they meet the local warlock who might be able to help. But upon meeting the comely young girls, the warlock only seems interested in taking advantage of them in a different way. When they’re rescued by handsome bandit Jessop, the three miscreants set out to find the magic portal. After coming upon an injured dragon and nursing him back to health, the dragon offers to give them a ride to expedite their journey. On route, they come upon a kingdom of giants where the new friends experience a whole new set of erotic thrills and chills… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series: Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: adult fairy tales, adult fairytales, erotic fairy tales, erotic fairytales, lgbt erotica, lgbt erotic fiction, lesbian erotica, bisexual erotica, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, erotic books, erotica, lesbian erotic fiction
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Sometimes it’s not just the grass that’s greener on the other side…. When wayward youth Clover passes through a hidden portal on a nature hike, her eyes are opened to a whole new world of wonders in the fantasy land of Abbynthia. As she stares in wonderment at the sensual shape of the plants and trees, she soon loses her innocence succumbing to their intoxicating lure. But when she’s surrounded by wolves after a moment of distraction, she’s saved by exiled elf Tara, who takes her back to her fort in the woods. The two bed down for the night where Clover learns that elves have some additional magic skills. But before long she yearns to return home, and when she can no longer find the location of the portal that brought her to Abbynthia, Tara suggests they meet the local warlock who might be able to help. But upon meeting the comely young girls, the warlock only seems interested in taking advantage of them in a different way. When they’re rescued by handsome bandit Jessop, the three miscreants set out to find the magic portal. After coming upon an injured dragon and nursing him back to health, the dragon offers to give them a ride to expedite their journey. On route, they come upon a kingdom of giants where the new friends experience a whole new set of erotic thrills and chills… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series: Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: adult fairy tales, adult fairytales, erotic fairy tales, erotic fairytales, lgbt erotica, lgbt erotic fiction, lesbian erotica, bisexual erotica, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, erotic books, erotica, lesbian erotic fiction
Lustfully Ever After
Author: Kristina Wright
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 1573447870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In Lustfully Ever After, classic fairy tales are reimagined for an adult audience with twists (and kinks) to keep readers entertained. In Michelle Augello-Page's romantically charged BDSM tale "Wolf Moon," Little Red Riding Hood is the big bad wolf, while Kristina Lloyd rewrites "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" as a scorching hot MFM threesome in "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces." Shanna Germain's "Mirror Mirror" shows the sensual Sapphic side of Snow White's stepmother and Andrea Dale pens a contemporary version of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" in the poignantly erotic "Steadfast." This delightful collection of fairy tales will lead you down a magical path into forbidden romance and erotic love. You won’t need those bread crumbs to find your way home—for home is where the heart is and the authors of Lustfully Ever After know your heart’s most wicked and secret desires.
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 1573447870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In Lustfully Ever After, classic fairy tales are reimagined for an adult audience with twists (and kinks) to keep readers entertained. In Michelle Augello-Page's romantically charged BDSM tale "Wolf Moon," Little Red Riding Hood is the big bad wolf, while Kristina Lloyd rewrites "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" as a scorching hot MFM threesome in "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces." Shanna Germain's "Mirror Mirror" shows the sensual Sapphic side of Snow White's stepmother and Andrea Dale pens a contemporary version of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" in the poignantly erotic "Steadfast." This delightful collection of fairy tales will lead you down a magical path into forbidden romance and erotic love. You won’t need those bread crumbs to find your way home—for home is where the heart is and the authors of Lustfully Ever After know your heart’s most wicked and secret desires.
The Advocate
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Between the Lines
Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451635818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451635818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
The Advocate
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Los Angeles Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Coming of Age 1: The Day of Self Pleasure
Author: Victoria Rush
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
In the remote village of Whisperwood, there are a thousand ways to pleasure yourself… When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the denizens. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. Invited to view the spectacle for themselves, the friends take a seat next to the rest of the naked viewers. Although the main purpose of the ritual is to allay young people’s nervousness about performing sex for the first time, it has the additional benefit of expanding everyone’s knowledge about the various methods of stimulating themselves. As each novice takes the stage and begins to arouse themselves in ever more innovative ways, the friends’ eyes are opened to a whole new world of kinky and erotic wonders. With the performers alternating one at a time between boy and girl, they become increasingly turned on while the rest of the crowd stimulates themselves in kind. Each day, another group of young people take the stage and demonstrate exciting new ways of pleasuring themselves until the next full moon, when the winners of the best performance hookup for a special couples demonstration that takes auto-eroticism to an entirely new level… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series: Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotic fairy tales, adult fairy tales, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, explicit sex, erotica, lesbian, gay, transgender, voyeur, exhibitionism, lgbt, masturbation, erotic
Publisher: Victoria Rush
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
In the remote village of Whisperwood, there are a thousand ways to pleasure yourself… When Clover and her friends stumble upon an isolated settlement in the wilderness, they learn about an unusual custom practiced by the denizens. Whenever a member of the community turns eighteen, they must pleasure themselves in full view of the tribe in a specially built amphitheater in the village square. Invited to view the spectacle for themselves, the friends take a seat next to the rest of the naked viewers. Although the main purpose of the ritual is to allay young people’s nervousness about performing sex for the first time, it has the additional benefit of expanding everyone’s knowledge about the various methods of stimulating themselves. As each novice takes the stage and begins to arouse themselves in ever more innovative ways, the friends’ eyes are opened to a whole new world of kinky and erotic wonders. With the performers alternating one at a time between boy and girl, they become increasingly turned on while the rest of the crowd stimulates themselves in kind. Each day, another group of young people take the stage and demonstrate exciting new ways of pleasuring themselves until the next full moon, when the winners of the best performance hookup for a special couples demonstration that takes auto-eroticism to an entirely new level… Clover's Fantasy Adventures series: Clover's Fantasy Adventures is a series of stories following the adventures of wayward youth Clover, who accidentally passes through a portal into the strange and wonderful fantasy world of Abbynthia. Teeming with sensuous foliage and randy elves, witches, and woodsmen, Clover encounters one erotic adventure after another while on her quest to find the portal to take her back home. Keywords: erotic fairy tales, adult fairy tales, fantasy erotica, erotic fantasy, explicit sex, erotica, lesbian, gay, transgender, voyeur, exhibitionism, lgbt, masturbation, erotic
Beauty
Author: Robin McKinley
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497673704
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The New York Times–bestselling author of Rose Daughter reimagines the classic French fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast. I was the youngest of three daughters. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour. . . . My father still likes to tell the story of how I acquired my odd nickname: I had come to him for further information when I first discovered that our names meant something besides you-come-here. He succeeded in explaining grace and hope, but he had some difficulty trying to make the concept of honour understandable to a five-year-old. . . . I said: ‘Huh! I’d rather be Beauty.’ . . . By the time it was evident that I was going to let the family down by being plain, I’d been called Beauty for over six years. . . . I wasn’t really very fond of my given name, Honour, either . . . as if ‘honourable’ were the best that could be said of me. The sisters’ wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. Then the old merchant hears what proves to be a false report that one of his ships had made it safe to harbor at last, and on his sad, disappointed way home again he becomes lost deep in the forest and has a terrifying encounter with a fierce Beast, who walks like a man and lives in a castle. The merchant’s life is forfeit, says the Beast, for trespass and the theft of a rose—but he will spare the old man’s life if he sends one of his daughters: “Your daughter would take no harm from me, nor from anything that lives in my lands.” When Beauty hears this story—for her father had picked the rose to bring to her—her sense of honor demands that she take up the Beast’s offer, for “cannot a Beast be tamed?” This “splendid story” by the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown has been named an ALA Notable Book and a Phoenix Award Honor Book (Publishers Weekly).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497673704
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The New York Times–bestselling author of Rose Daughter reimagines the classic French fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast. I was the youngest of three daughters. Our literal-minded mother named us Grace, Hope, and Honour. . . . My father still likes to tell the story of how I acquired my odd nickname: I had come to him for further information when I first discovered that our names meant something besides you-come-here. He succeeded in explaining grace and hope, but he had some difficulty trying to make the concept of honour understandable to a five-year-old. . . . I said: ‘Huh! I’d rather be Beauty.’ . . . By the time it was evident that I was going to let the family down by being plain, I’d been called Beauty for over six years. . . . I wasn’t really very fond of my given name, Honour, either . . . as if ‘honourable’ were the best that could be said of me. The sisters’ wealthy father loses all his money when his merchant fleet is drowned in a storm, and the family moves to a village far away. Then the old merchant hears what proves to be a false report that one of his ships had made it safe to harbor at last, and on his sad, disappointed way home again he becomes lost deep in the forest and has a terrifying encounter with a fierce Beast, who walks like a man and lives in a castle. The merchant’s life is forfeit, says the Beast, for trespass and the theft of a rose—but he will spare the old man’s life if he sends one of his daughters: “Your daughter would take no harm from me, nor from anything that lives in my lands.” When Beauty hears this story—for her father had picked the rose to bring to her—her sense of honor demands that she take up the Beast’s offer, for “cannot a Beast be tamed?” This “splendid story” by the Newbery Medal–winning author of The Hero and the Crown has been named an ALA Notable Book and a Phoenix Award Honor Book (Publishers Weekly).