num_pages: 340
description: Faustina Casanova is a beauty and a thief not necessarily in that order. Surviving in the darkness beneath Venices glittering faade she knows better than to believe in magic or trust too much to luck.Benedetto Bellini was lucky once but not anymore. Not since the curse. Now hes got a second problem one thats washed up on his island and tried to steal his silverware. He finds Faustina intriguing and infuriating in equal measure. And thanks to the curse hes stuck with her.Faustina doesnt know what to make of her shy gentle and deeply irritating captor or his island garden. But at the heart of it all theres the glass rose. Like love its beautiful fragile and dangerous  and finding it changes everything.A reimagining of Beauty and the Beast set in 18th Century Venice perfect for fans of fairy tale romance. The Rose and the Mask is a standalone novel that can be read on its own or alongside the other book in the series The Murano Glass Slipper.
language: English
title: The Rose and the Mask: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling
publisher: None