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A Curse of Shadows and Ice
The Shadowbound Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Catharina Maura
- Narrator
- Alex Knox, Mollie Stark
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 28 October 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Princess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the Shadow Emperor, threatens to overthrow her country unless she agrees to marry him. When she learns his empire is cursed and she’s destined to set them free, they come to an agreement: help him minimize the curse’s effect on his people, and he’ll let her go.
As Felix teaches Arabella how to control her forbidden and volatile magic, her feelings for him turn from hatred to passion … and she realizes that she must break the curse, or she’ll lose him forever.
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Details
- Author
- Catharina Maura
- Narrator
- Alex Knox, Mollie Stark
- Duration
- 10 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9781668648452
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Romance: fantasy and paranormal, Fantasy romance, Fantasy, Adventure fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
Synopsis
From BookTok sensation and USA Today bestselling author Catharina Maura comes a spicy and enchanting Beauty and the Beast retelling featuring a cursed emperor, a princess who possesses forbidden magic, and a marriage that could save them all. Princess Arabella of Althea is left no choice when Felix Osiris, the Shadow Emperor, threatens to overthrow her country unless she agrees to marry him. When she learns his empire is cursed and she’s destined to set them free, they come to an agreement: help him minimize the curse’s effect on his people, and he’ll let her go. As Felix teaches Arabella how to control her forbidden and volatile magic, her feelings for him turn from hatred to passion … and she realizes that she must break the curse, or she’ll lose him forever.
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