If you’re excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don’t miss Cruel Beauty.The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.Perfect for fans of bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this gorgeously written debut infuses the classic fairy tale with glittering magic, a feisty heroine, and a romance sure to take your breath away.Betrothed to the.evil ruler of.her. kingdom, Nyx has.always.known.hat.her.fate.wa.to.marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing.is.what she.expected—particularly.her.charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows.she.must.save.her.homeland at all.costs, yet she.can't.resist.the.pull of.her.sworn.enemy—who's.gotten in.her.way.by.stealing.her.heart.