Official blurb and cover still incoming. Beast of Beauty is a gender-bent retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

Beckett ends up in an enchanted castle with a dedicated, strange staff, and a princess beast who turns out to be more than she seems.

Current Status: DRAFT FINISHED! Now I'm doing a broad-sweep edit of the story.

Next Steps: Once I finish editing, I'll hand it to my alpha reader (husband) for feedback.

Publication Goal: This is probably too ambitious, but I'm hoping to get it out late 2026. I think it'd be a nice winter release.

Why is it that every time you think things can't get any worse, they do?

Kara would say things were going pretty well. Not perfect, but good. Good enough, anyway, before the graks attacked her home and she found a gem that burdened her with magic and “expectations.” Ever since then, she's had a grumpy old pirate named Winlow constantly on her case, dragging her from one life-threatening situation to another. Kara feels obligated to help people, but then she just wants things to go back to normal. Especially with her best friend, Riptha.

Riptha has a duty, and although he's far from home and the comfort he grew up with, he still believes in doing what he can to help the greater cause of peace. And he's withstood quite a lot to get there – flying monsters, murderous pirates, and even Winlow's constant bad mood. The only thing giving him real trouble is the tension between him and Kara. His feelings are getting harder to ignore – no thanks to Clemens' incessant prodding – and Riptha's finding it increasingly difficult to pretend that he's okay with the way things were.

But all of that is secondary. The biggest concern is getting to Punitachu alive. Then they can hopefully end the war that has been tormenting the people of Faldon for so long. Their friendship can surely survive long enough to do that. Can't it?

For that matter, can they?

Life’s a funny thing. One day everything’s great, and the next it all goes wrong.

Really blazing wrong.

At least, that’s how it went for Kara and Riptha.

Kara will freely admit she had a pretty good life. She has a father who loves her, a promising career as a glassblower, and an island full of friends and people she can trust. The closest of those friends is Riptha — the duke’s son. Their gap in social status caused complications in the past, but they’ve been best friends since childhood and their friendship will surely last to the end.

Riptha grew up with every privilege of nobility, a people who respect him, and two parents who love him. Although his role as Morain’s future duke comes with a lot of responsibility — and, thus, sacrifice — he embraces his duty to the best of his ability. It helps that Kara is always there to lift his spirits through the more burdensome expectations. And even though war and wicked magic plague the mainland of Faldon, life on Morain is peaceful. And, no, life is never free of complications, but with loved ones by your side, there’s nothing you can’t handle. All you have to do is keep going no matter what.

Which seems simple enough until the war reaches its wicked talons into their lives and everything falls apart. Riptha’s responsibility to his people threatens to take away that which he cares for most. And Kara finds a gem in her fire which thrusts upon her a magic she never wanted and a calling she can’t ignore. The only way to save everything they hold dear is to leave their home and join a grumpy pirate on a quest to bring peace to Faldon.

Kara and Riptha fall into a constant battle for their lives and head for a confrontation that will determine the fate of their entire world. But at least they still have each other…as long as they can keep the shadows of their past from tearing them apart.

And avoid dying. They definitely need to avoid that.

Hello! Welcome to my page!

I am A.M. Pennyfeather, and I am a writer of fantastical stories about TRUE love.

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