The Shadowbound Series · #1 / 2
A Curse of Shadows and Ice
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.
The series
Catharina Maura’s The Shadowbound Series is a romantic fantasy of ancient curses, forbidden magic, and love caught between rival kingdoms. The story begins with Princess Arabella of Althea, whose future is decided when Felix Osiris, the feared Shadow Emperor, threatens her homeland unless she agrees to become his wife. But beyond his intimidating reputation lies an empire trapped beneath a terrible curse, and Arabella may possess the very magic needed to break it.
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Forced into an uneasy alliance, Arabella and Felix must navigate dangerous secrets, shifting loyalties, and feelings neither expected. Their marriage begins as a bargain born of necessity, but the closer they come to understanding each other, the harder it becomes to separate duty from desire.
Drawing on the familiar enchantment of Beauty and the Beast, the series expands into a world of witches, supernatural rulers, lost memories, and kingdoms threatened by war. At its heart are characters whose greatest struggles are not simply against curses or enemies, but against the sacrifices demanded by love and the weight of their own destinies.
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