The Fire Rose

About “The Fire Rose”

This book by Mercedes Lackey tells of a young turn-of-the-century woman brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist. It recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him, as the monster is a magician caught in a werewolf spell; it is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast.