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  “He can visit,” Frederick said, finally getting the fire going. “And he can see that I am not the Beast he once feared.”

  “What will happen, when I fall asleep, if I don’t have my dream-lover to ravish me?” Belle left the chair Frederick had set her in, to kneel by his side at the hearth.

  “At night, my Beauty…you will have the Beast.”

  With the flames burning brightly, and the morning sun streaming through the windows of the castle, Belle felt completely surrounded by love and light.

  “I love you, Frederick,” she said. “All of you.”

  He kissed her. “I love you, Belle. You are my everything.”

  Though they no longer had fairies at play in their castle, Beauty and her Beast held the magic of their love close to their hearts…and they both lived happily ever after, together, forever.

  The End

  About Shoshanna Evers

  Critically-acclaimed author Shoshanna Evers has written dozens of sexy stories including Amazon Erotica Bestsellers Overheated, and Enslaved, Book 1 in the Enslaved Trilogy, as well as the post-apocalyptic dystopian Pulse Trilogy from Simon & Schuster Pocket Star. Her work has been featured in Best Bondage Erotica 2012 and Best Bondage Erotica 2013, the Penguin/Berkley Heat anthology Agony/Ecstasy, and numerous erotic BDSM novellas including Chastity Belt and Punishing the Art Thief from Ellora's Cave Publishing.

  The non-fiction anthology Shoshanna Evers edited and contributed to, How To Write Hot Sex: Tips from Multi-Published Erotic Romance Authors, is a #1 Bestseller in the Authorship, Erotica Writing Reference, and Romance Writing categories on Amazon.

  Reviewers have called Shoshanna’s writing “fast paced, intense, and sexual…every naughty fantasy come to life for the reader” with stories where “the plot is fresh and the pacing excellent, the emotions…real and poignant.”

  Shoshanna used to work as a syndicated advice columnist and a registered nurse, but now she’s a full-time smut writer and a home-schooling mom. She lives with her family and two big dogs in Northern Idaho.

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  Acknowledgements

  Thank you to my readers, first and foremost. Without you, I would be writing into the abyss. Beauty and the Beast is written in a different style for me, compared to my other books, and I appreciate that you’ve joined me for this journey! And a special shoutout goes to the Shoshanna Street Team—thank you for your support, and for spreading the word!

  I owe a huge debt to the many incarnations of Beauty and the Beast that have come before my erotic re-imagining. While Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont are long gone, their stories live on forever.

  Thank you to Rob Sturtz of SelfPubBookCovers.com for designing my beautiful cover. I co-founded SelfPubBookCovers.com with Rob to help fulfill my dream of having quality covers at an affordable price available to all indie authors, instantly. If you’re a writer, too, you might want to check out the amazing artists we have on board!

  Thank you to bestselling romance author Heather Thurmeier for reading the first draft of Beauty and the Beast and providing her insight, and thank you to my wonderful assistant, Annette Stone.

  Last on the list but first in my heart: thank you, Dear Husband, for being awesome. I love you!