Beast By Day

<p><strong>In <em>Rotting Beauty</em> readers were introduced to fairytale characters from a gothic world where princes hunt monsters witches prey on fairies and curses are commonplace. Now in this eerie and enchanting sequel the book-loving loner Isabelle returns in her own twisted tale...</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Will this beauty become a beast?</em></p><p><br></p><p>Eighteen-year-old Isabelle is accustomed to supernatural threats including witches djinn and a certain rotting princess. So when she hears her brother has been imprisoned in a haunted castle she immediately sets out to find him.</p><p><br></p><p>Gryphon Lord of the Castle has lived a lonely life suffering from a peculiar enchantment. Condemned to this curse forever if he leaves the castle grounds Gryphon is a prisoner in his own home.</p><p><br></p><p>When Isabelle is bitten by a monstrous beast in the castle's dungeons she is forced to remain under quarantine. Confined to the fortress Isabelle finds herself drawn to Gryphon despite his mysterious curse.</p><p><br></p><p>But danger lurks in the surrounding forest: a pack of shapeshifting wolves with an interest in Gryphon-an interest they would kill to pursue. Yet the greatest threat resides within the castle. Because Gryphon is keeping a secret from Isabelle...one that could <em>transform</em> her forever.</p><p><br></p><p>Elizabeth K. King's <em>Horrific Fairy Tales Series</em> continues in this second installment a darkly captivating story about embracing the beauty...and the beast...inside us all.</p>