Scarred BeautyA 12 Dancing Princesses Retelling

Love is her death sentence. He is how it ends.

Katerina has lived her whole life under a curse—if she ever falls in love, scars will bloom across her skin until they take her life. Isolated within palace walls, forbidden from even speaking to men, she has been protected, sheltered… and utterly alone.

Until the summons comes.

Chosen to compete for the hand of the crown prince—the heir to the most powerful throne in the realm—Katerina is forced into a contest against eleven rival princesses, where beauty and charm will not win the crown. Here, deadly trials await, crafted by a king who demands only the strongest bride for his son.

But when the trials turn fatal, Katerina breaks every rule to confront the crown prince, who hides behind his mask and treats Katerina with cold disdain. Whispers say he is cursed. Katerina only knows he is everything she should avoid—but she is determined to unmask him.

However in chasing answers, she risks the one thing she has always feared. For nothing in this world can kill Katerina—except falling in love.

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Scarred Beauty is one of eight novels in the Cursed Brides series, a standalone multi-author collection of no-spice fairytale retellings. Each book tells the tale of a cursed maiden forced into a royal bridal competition—and destined to find love. Can be enjoyed in any order!

This installment is a semi-dark fairytale retelling.

Trigger Warning: This book contains scenes involving blood, stabbing, and deadly injuries.