Hooded Beauty
(2025)A Red Riding Hood retelling
(A book in the Cursed Brides series)
A novel by Chelsey Noelle
To get what they desire, they must enter the Labyrinth...
Sienna has tried every remedy to heal her ailing grandmother. Her last hope is to enter the crown prince’s bridal trials set in the dangerous Labyrinth to gain the rubies she can use to purchase a miracle cure.
Crown Prince Terrance has failed to secure his marriage. Ten young ladies will now compete for his hand in the Labyrinth. The first to exit will be his bride and crowned as the queen. But he refuses to have no say in whom he marries and sneaks into the Labyrinth to find out for himself who will be his best match. He wasn’t expecting a fiery, cursed woman to thwart his goal.
Cursed for entering the Labyrinth with the wrong intentions, Sienna must survive long enough for someone else to win. A strange encounter with a blue-eyed, meddling prince spoils her plans, and she must compete to leave. With every trial, her fate grows closer. Can she escape the bridal competition unscathed, or is something working against her? She never wanted the crown, but that doesn’t matter. She’ll have no say. No one does. In the end, the Labyrinth chooses the queen.
Hooded Beauty is one of the eight novels in the Cursed Brides series, a standalone multi-author collection of no-spice fairytale retellings. Each book in this enchanting series tells the tale of a cursed maiden, who is forced to participate in a royal bridal competition, and of course, finds love. Can be enjoyed in any order!
Trigger Warnings: Sick family member, mention of domestic abuse, and verbal abuse.
Genre: Romance
Sienna has tried every remedy to heal her ailing grandmother. Her last hope is to enter the crown prince’s bridal trials set in the dangerous Labyrinth to gain the rubies she can use to purchase a miracle cure.
Crown Prince Terrance has failed to secure his marriage. Ten young ladies will now compete for his hand in the Labyrinth. The first to exit will be his bride and crowned as the queen. But he refuses to have no say in whom he marries and sneaks into the Labyrinth to find out for himself who will be his best match. He wasn’t expecting a fiery, cursed woman to thwart his goal.
Cursed for entering the Labyrinth with the wrong intentions, Sienna must survive long enough for someone else to win. A strange encounter with a blue-eyed, meddling prince spoils her plans, and she must compete to leave. With every trial, her fate grows closer. Can she escape the bridal competition unscathed, or is something working against her? She never wanted the crown, but that doesn’t matter. She’ll have no say. No one does. In the end, the Labyrinth chooses the queen.
Hooded Beauty is one of the eight novels in the Cursed Brides series, a standalone multi-author collection of no-spice fairytale retellings. Each book in this enchanting series tells the tale of a cursed maiden, who is forced to participate in a royal bridal competition, and of course, finds love. Can be enjoyed in any order!
Trigger Warnings: Sick family member, mention of domestic abuse, and verbal abuse.
Genre: Romance
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