This is it!
"Of Beast and Beauty" is out today. I'm so proud of this book, and have been very pleased to see the early reviewers enjoying it so much. If you only pick up one book of mine, I hope "Of Beast and Beauty" will be it.
All the pertinent information is below:
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In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret...
In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds.
Isra wants to help the city’s Banished people, second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits. But after she enlists the aid of her prisoner, Gem, who has been captured while trying to steal Yuan’s enchanted roses, she begins to care for him, and to question everything she has been brought up to believe.
As secrets are revealed and Isra’s sight, which vanished during her childhood, returned, Isra will have to choose between duty to her people and the beast she has come to love.
Special Offer! PRE-ORDER from Hicklebee's in San Jose before Stacey's launch signing on August 8th and receive a signed copy of "Of Beast and Beauty" and a limited edition
Jenny and Jimbob "Of Beast and Beuaty" black rose necklace. Pre-order here:
http://hicklebees.com/event/stacey-jay-august-8 Also available from:
Amazon Barnes and Noble Books-a-Million Indiebound Book Depository(Aside number one: "Of Beast and Beauty" should be stocked in all Barnes and Noble brick and mortar stores. If you don't see it on the shelf today, ask for it and let me know about it. There could be a goodie in your future...)
(Aside number two: I'm running a 600 by 6 p.m. contest today. 600 likes on my Facebook page by 6 p.m. and someone will be getting an "Of Beast and Beauty" charm necklace. Here's the link. Feel free to share with friends, family, etc:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stacey-Jay/186079701439253?ref=hl)
Happy Tuesday, and thank you all for your support!
Stacey Jay