When Irontooth captures a young nobleman who has been living among their foes, Pearl is tasked with learning his secret. Princess has been hiding among the Outcasts for years from her murderous mother Queen Margery, her flawless features hidden beneath a veil. There he is greeted by two warring gangs of outcasts, men and women different or disfigured in a way that they were rejected from common society. Mikkel has been sent to the Isle of Outcasts to serve out his Testing in order to prove his worthiness for the throne of Scania. But the queen is more determined to kill her daughter than either Pearl or Mikkel realize with a sinister reason neither expects, one that could rip their new love apart forever.Ī fresh new Snow White re-telling from the pen of Jody Hedlund. When the two are coerced into marriage, Mikkel reluctantly agrees to the union in order to save his life, and Pearl hopes the marriage will provide safety for her and Ruby. When he's captured by a warring band of outcasts and condemned to die, he soon finds himself making friends with the intriguing but feisty young veiled woman, intending to win her trust so she will aid his escape. In the midst of his royal testing on the Isle of Outcasts, Mikkel has kept his identity a secret. She lives for the day when she can return to Warwick and rescue her sister, Ruby, from the queen’s clutches. Pearl finds refuge on the Isle of Outcasts among criminals and misfits, disguising her face with a veil, so that no one recognizes her. Princess Pearl flees for her life after her mother, Queen Margery, tries to have her killed on a hunting trip.

Ī princess rejected and hunted by her mother, and a prince who lives as a shunned outcast. In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse.

Beguiled jody hedlund