A rebellious prince, a reluctant witch, and a mysterious prophecy, twisted together in a tale of Beauty and the Beast Trapped in an underground palace Prince Kian must remain a beast, or give in to the queen's plan to strip him of his powers. But Kian refuses to submit to his mother's evil plan and is determined to escape both his prison and his curse-even if it means dabbling in witch's magic. On the run for most of her life, Bryanna MacElvy has never learned to use her healing Gift. When she's pulled by Kian's spell into his prison, the prince sees the golden witch as his salvation. Refusing to let her, or to accept she is incapable of curing him, Kian offers her a terrible bargain-heal him, or give up her freedom forever. Their lives entwined by fate, the prince must learn to love a human and Bryanna must learn to trust herself-or risk losing their freedom, his powers, and their passion, to the evil of the Black Queen. Dare to enter Jessica Aspen's world of steamy, fantasy romance in book two of her fairy tale trilogy: Tales of the Black Court