New Historical Fantasy Romance, a Beauty and the Beast Retelling By Avani Clare Launched Jan 1, 2022

A New Historical Fantasy Romance Launched

“Darkest Before Dawn” is about two strong-willed characters from opposing worlds.

A Viking leader who must attract the pure love of a lady by winter's end. And his last chance -- a sworn enemy, a fiery English warrior woman who'd rather put his head on a pike.

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The book was written to provide readers with a retelling of a much-loved fairy tale.

Author Avani Clare says, "I've worked in communications all my life -- corporate and academic. When I set out to write a fictional story, I wanted to write in the genre I've love since I was little: the genre of fairy tales."

Readers will likely find a particular interest in the ways true love and forgiveness can change people.

"Many people believe that fairy tales are simply meant for children, but to me, they’ve become so much more than that. These stories transcend all barriers, including age, and even race."

Avani Clare

Avani says her background, especially in sociology and history helped shape the creation of the book by providing her numerous issues to discuss in a fairy tale context.

"Fairy tales...they’re not all about perfect people. They can often portray the darker aspects of life, the problems of characters in a way that's easy for readers to understand and relate to no matter how old they may be.”

Clare has hopes that the book will, at the very least, provide entertainment for fans of fantasy and historical romance.

She says, "At this day and age, I think adults gain so much more than entertainment from fairy tale retellings. But if my story can at the very least provide pure entertainment for an hour or so, I'll be more than happy."

This classic tale of Beauty and the Beast has been adapted many times over the years, including an animated Disney film released in 1991 which was very successful both critically and commercially.

"I loved the idea of an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. It’s such a classic formula – a story about true love that goes beyond appearances. I wanted to add more depth to it, so I integrated the idea of two people on opposite sides of a war ..."

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