The Gilded Rose

Independent shop in WedgwoodDirections

Available from Lovestruck in Seattle when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe returns with an angst-filled retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set against the excess and opulence of Gilded Age New York. Love isn’t always a fairy tale. Charming and popular, Orson Grey is the most sought-after bachelor in Manhattan. When Caroline pledges to spend her life with him, it feels like the beginning of a fairy tale. The fairy tale quickly turns into a nightmare. Behind closed doors, Orson is controlling and cruel. Trapped by laws that preve