Enchanting. Molly Greeley has pulled off a piece of magic to tell a dazzling love story about
the outcast's ache to be cared for and belong. This book broke my heart and put it back
together again.--Allison Epstein author of A Tip for the Hangman A mesmerizing novel set in
the French royal court of Catherine de' Medici during the Renaissance which recreates the
touching and surprising true story behind the Beauty and the Beast legend from the acclaimed
author of The Clergyman's Wife and The Heiress. 1547: Pedro Gonzales a young boy living on the
island of Tenerife understands that he is different from the other children in his village. He
is mercilessly ridiculed for the hair covering his body from head to toe. When he is kidnapped
off the beach near his home he finds himself delivered by a slave broker into the dangerous
and glamorous world of France's royal court. There ?Monsieur Sauvage ? as he is known learns
French literature and sword fighting becoming an attendant to the French King Henri II and a
particular favorite of his queen the formidable Catherine de' Medici. Queen Catherine
considers herself a collector of unusual people and is fascinated by Pedro...and determined to
find him a bride. Catherine Raffelin is a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl whose merchant
father has fallen on hard times and offers up his daughter to Queen Catherine. The queen will
pay his debts and his daughter will marry Monsieur Sauvage. Catherine meets Pedro for the
first time on their wedding day. Barely recovered from the shock of her father's betrayal she
soon finds herself christened ?Madame Sauvage? by the royal courtiers and must learn to
navigate this strange new world and the unusual man who is now her husband. Gorgeously written
heartbreaking and hopeful Marvelous is the portrait of a marriage the story of a remarkable
resilient family and an unforgettable reimaging of one of the world's most beloved fairy
tales.
