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Learn moreA gripping and mesmerizing retelling of a classic story, filled with romance, mystery, and intrigue.
There is a pale, penetrating loneliness etched into the walls of this forgotten place. A kind of loneliness made living . . . is this what it feels like to be a ghost, alone in some kind of half world?
Taking shelter from a storm, Rose accidentally strays into a deserted fairy realm, and finds herself trapped there with only a mysterious talking beast for company. Although initially reluctant to befriend her strange companion, Rose quickly finds herself growing closer to him. She names him Thorn, and as the castle blossoms into a place of beauty, so too does their friendship. But something else lurks within the walls, a dark force that will stop at nothing to be free once more . . .
If Rose is to survive and lift the curse placed upon the castle, she will have to face her fears and conquer the nightmares that have haunted her since childhood, as well as confront the terrifying creature that stalks the shadows in the night.
Born in Redditch, England, to a solicitor and an ex-military man, one of Katherine Macdonald's earliest memories was of watching her parents disappear behind the pages of a book and wanting to follow them. For her, books were little pocket dimensions that could be carried about, and the safest way to have a very real adventure. Rather than rebel during her teenage years, she spent most of them locked up in her room, furiously writing down the hundreds of stories filling her head. Her little sister Kirsty served as her primary audience, and first fan. Without her, Macdonald would never have continued to write. After completing a BA in English and creative writing at Lancaster University, she moved to Exeter to train as an English teacher, and then to Kent to start her career. It was only after surviving a year of parenthood and a full-time job on less than six hours a night that she finally gained the courage to publish The Rose and the Thorn, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast inspired by a dream of a girl surrounded by snow in a field of flowers. At her heart, Macdonald is storyteller, and it is her dream to inspire others in the way that she has been inspired. She currently lives in Devon with her manic toddler, in a cabin in the woods.
Sasha Higgins is a classically trained actress and voice artist. She was born in Hong Kong and raised in Hampshire, England, and Detroit, Michigan. She majored in creative writing and French at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award for her writing and then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has performed on the West End, at the Geffen, and off-Broadway. She has starred in numerous independent films and voiced the role of Miranda in The Tempest for BBC Radio 4. She currently lives in Venice, California, with her husband, Ethan, and two rescue dogs.