Of Curses and Beauty
Elle Backenstoe
Age level: New Adult
Heat level: No spice
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Season: Autumn Reads
Tropes: Forced proximity, cottagecore, Beauty and the Beast retelling, who hurt you?, found family, unexpected allies
All her life, Alaine has suffered the weight of her beauty, and she is tired of it. When she finds herself stripped of it and trapped in an enchanted cottage with a mysterious stranger, she is forced to discover who she is without it or risk her family to a terrible fate.