Beasts and Queens

You've heard these stories before. But not like this...Hidden in a dusty Indian village, Preeti Kamla hopes her bad luck is over...until the Demon Rajah claims her as his bride.In imperial Byzantium, Michael the fisherman dreams of power and fortune. But will his ambition destroy the city and everything he holds dear?Only a madman would go into Faerie of his own accord--and that's exactly what humble blacksmith John must do to rescue his lost love.In Prohibition-era New Zealand, cabaret singer Ruby Black lives for thrills--but will she survive being mistaken for a dead girl?Beauty and the Beast and three other classic fairytales find a vivid new lease on life in this wildly diverse collection of novellas from historical fantasy author Suzannah Rowntree, available for the first time in a discounted boxset edition.