Cruel Beauty

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17) ][Read by Elizabeth Knowledon]Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast , Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. -- Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx abandons everything she s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the ancient curse he put on her people. But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle--a shifting maze of magical rooms--enthralls her. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.