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The Beauty of the Wolf
Wray Delaney
'What some might call beauty, I find monstrous'In the age of the Faerie Queene, Elizabeth I, Lord Francis Rodermere starts to lay waste to a forest.Furious, the sorceress who dwells there scrawls a curse into the bark of the first oak he fells:A faerie boy will be born to you whose beauty will be your death.Ten years later, Lord Rodermere’s son, Beau is born – and all who encounter him are struck by his great beauty.Meanwhile, many miles away in a London alchemist’s cellar lives Randa – a beast deemed too monstrous to see the light of day.And so begins a timeless tale of love, tragedy and revenge… A stunning retelling of Beauty and the Beast
WRAY DELANEY is the pen name of Sally Gardner, the award-winning children’s novelist, who has sold over 2 million books worldwide and been translated into 22 languages. She lives in East Sussex, and this is her second adult novel.
Copyright (#ulink_4309f947-e3c3-5493-a31a-70e7031e4c25)
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
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Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008217389
PRAISE FOR WRAY DELANEY (#ulink_e24c446c-8fc3-546b-96d1-9ee860e26705)
‘Shades of Sarah Waters … irresistible’
Guardian
‘Compelling’
Sarra Manning, Red
‘A bawdy, romping affair’
The Times
‘This is one hell of a read’
Sun
‘A fun, explicit romp with real stakes that will have you trying to finish this book in one sitting’
Stylist
‘An irresistible world to drop into’
Emerald Street
‘An amazing book… like a box of treasures’
Meg Rosoff
To Julia, the wisest woman I know, whose love
and patience have been my greatest anchor.
Contents
Cover (#u32c1b426-e1b9-5aa6-94dd-06ea719a4694)
About the Author (#uf9baf8cd-6a5b-5886-b41f-fa988be6ab8f)
Title Page (#u2edaff5b-74f6-50a8-a703-c59c61b68436)
Copyright (#ulink_96bfc655-0d8c-5118-bb3e-a805a9ba7b09)
PRAISE (#ulink_e336c395-88dc-5b0e-9026-cbfab16e5765)
Dedication (#ue4de94b8-a793-533d-8285-e6160e96d6b4)
THE SORCERESS (#ulink_ce61d01e-33ae-50bc-96e0-21e727e9d09f)
CHAPTER I (#ulink_1fbe6a38-5527-57c4-b0c7-3d76b2ad330b)
CHAPTER II (#ulink_00cc27d2-9e17-59ea-96e3-6554c4d2d2b0)
CHAPTER III (#ulink_f278e06b-812c-5395-b83c-fc4331a0a5d8)
CHAPTER IV (#ulink_a9fbea81-21ee-5407-b3ec-e1c548f80fee)
CHAPTER V (#ulink_b931e8fa-dbbc-5842-8376-b3bdd8c93f11)
CHAPTER VI (#ulink_ea506eb5-bd7f-549f-93f8-10c137cf4599)
CHAPTER VII (#ulink_b0924aac-9d0e-5290-ad39-9251c1a3016b)
CHAPTER VIII (#ulink_25c4c68f-6d0b-5276-a8e8-56981333e9b0)
CHAPTER IX (#ulink_acc0eb2d-4acf-557b-ada5-00146d0e7c80)
CHAPTER X (#ulink_97af841c-5331-5df9-b88c-0bc8b2d5cad0)
CHAPTER XI (#ulink_80900f5e-0ca4-56e0-bc7f-c4e94613d267)
CHAPTER XII (#ulink_bb4a0e48-6f30-58c7-ba7c-da0317d256f5)
CHAPTER XIII (#ulink_1e2d6c8c-9d65-53a7-ab69-e0324c3cdd32)
CHAPTER XIV (#ulink_c20f9ca7-15bc-5a09-8a22-5584a7984a3b)
CHAPTER XV (#ulink_c8ab1534-e603-5de5-a16f-60027806a6f1)
CHAPTER XVI (#ulink_59abded5-35a0-50bb-a99e-7e5b7cfc9c04)
CHAPTER XVII (#ulink_25cf4db9-532d-531a-b49a-f7b08d069916)
CHAPTER XVIII (#ulink_d31eb89b-daf1-5370-9f4c-3906c35249d0)
CHAPTER XIX (#ulink_1f0c7ee3-6b0c-58c0-b148-84a8bb25c666)
CHAPTER XX (#ulink_2a72bc24-fcf2-5e05-9a6e-e913104d11b8)
CHAPTER XXI (#ulink_c331f355-f3fc-50dd-b9a6-d9ca39b733e8)
CHAPTER XXII (#ulink_99a55a08-afb4-5e12-8881-58182c309732)
CHAPTER XXIII (#ulink_73eed5dc-11ab-5864-91bc-17f17ff24442)
CHAPTER XXIV (#ulink_0960b8e6-6a16-517e-90a6-e6469f533e08)
CHAPTER XXV (#ulink_1eec1671-4f9c-5983-8fb3-8fd82ba5072b)
CHAPTER XXVI (#ulink_fafcecf4-735c-5250-adf3-78f5ef4f8b84)
CHAPTER XXVII (#ulink_7ec593c6-ae88-5b4d-869b-df6004f2e086)
THE BEAST (#ulink_659494b7-3735-5f11-b498-2bd8f2726098)
CHAPTER XXVIII (#ulink_6cc369cb-427e-5f76-9118-1c62594aab70)
CHAPTER XXIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXX (#litres_trial_promo)
THE BEAUTY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXI (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXIII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXIV (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXV (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXVI (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXVII: THE BEAST (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXVIII: THE BEAUTY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XXXIX: THE BEAST (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XL: THE BEAUTY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLI: THE BEAST (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLII: THE BEAUTY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLIII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLIV (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLV: THE BEAST (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLVI: THE BEAUTY (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLVII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLVIII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER XLIX (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER L (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LI (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LIII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LIV (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LV (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LVI (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LVII (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LVIII: THE SORCERESS (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER LIX (#litres_trial_promo)
