Books by Rosamund Hodge

Sabriel meets Romeo and Juliet in the stunning sequel to Bright Smoke, Cold Fire-from Rosamund Hodge, the author of Cruel Beauty and Crimson Bound. In the last days of the world, the walls of Viyara are still falling, and the dead are rising faster than ever.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom?all because of a reckless bargain her father struck. And since birth, she has been training to kill him.Betrayed by her family yet bound to obey, Nyx rails against her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, she abandons everything to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, disarm him, and break the centuries-old curse he put on her people.But Ignifex is not what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle?a shifting maze of magical rooms?enthralls her. As Nyx tries to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. But even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, could she refuse her duty to kill him?Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

An exhilarating tale of darkness, love, and redemption inspired by the classic fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood," from the author of Cruel Beauty. When Rachelle was fifteen she was good-apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village.