num_pages: 166
description: An m/m World War II-era retelling of Beauty and the Beast. During a chance summer shower an English country parson takes refuge in a country house. The house seems deserted yet the table is laid with a sumptuous banquet such as the parson has not seen since before war rationing. Unnerved by the uncanny house he flees but stops to pluck a single perfect rose from the garden for his daughter - only for the master of the house to appear breathing fire with rage. Literally. At first the parson can't stand this dragon-man. But slowly he begins to feel the injustice of the curse that holds the dragon captive. What can break this vengeful curse?
language: English
title: Briarley
publisher: None