Curse of Beauty's Crime

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Genres

Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Monster Romance, Shifter Romance, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Sex, Violence, and Profanity

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

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Publication Date

Dec 9, 2025

Page Length

164 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Curse of Beauty's Crime

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

Beauty & the Beast Retelling

Germany’s Black Forest has always whispered of monsters—but Alaric Reinhard is no myth.

Cursed into the form of a black wolf, hunted and exiled for the crimes of his past, Alaric wanders his wooded estate in rage and ruin. No one dares enter his territory—until she does.

To save her brother, a young fae bargains with the Beast and takes his place as prisoner. Now locked beneath his home, she becomes the one thing Alaric never expected again in his wretched a witness. To his fury. To his guilt. To the man still buried beneath the monster.

But curses do not break easily, and every thing she offers risks awakening the very darkness she should fear.

Love may be her only weapon—or the crime that damns them both.

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Genres

Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Monster Romance, Shifter Romance, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Sex, Violence, and Profanity

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads, Amazon, or BookBub

Reader Spots Remaining

492

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Dec 9, 2025

Page Length

164 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Johnna by day is an office worker by night writer, crafter, and baker. Her keyboard is her weapon of choice, unless in the kitchen, then it’s mixing bowls. Living in the blistering sun of beautiful Phoenix, AZ. Hiking, archery, and exploring the world are some of her favorite hobbies.

Poetry is how she got her opening into writing. There, she determined to branch out into books, and is the co-writer on the fantasy romance The Calpa Series. She is solo write of the Ascelin series and the Gorgo series.