{"product_id":"keeper-of-the-bees-meg-kassel-9781640637344","title":"Keeper of the Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeauty and the beast like you've never imagined \u003c\/i\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Pintip Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKEEPER OF THE BEES is a tale of two teens who are both beautiful and beastly, and whose pasts are entangled in surprising and heartbreaking ways.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDresden is cursed. His chest houses a hive of bees that he can't stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. His face is a shifting montage of all the people who have died because of those stings. And he has been this way for centuries--since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe follows harbingers of death, so at least his curse only affects those about to die anyway. But when he arrives in a Midwest town marked for death, he encounters Essie, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from debilitating delusions and hallucinations. His bees want to sting her on sight. But Essie doesn't see a monster when she looks at Dresden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssie is fascinated and delighted by his changing features. Risking his own life, he holds back his bees and spares her. What starts out as a simple act of mercy ends up unraveling Dresden's solitary life and Essie's tormented one. Their impossible romance might even be powerful enough to unravel a centuries-old curse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach book in the Black Bird of the Gallows series is STANDALONE: \u003cbr\u003e* Cleaner of Bones (Prequel)\u003cbr\u003e* Black Bird of the Gallows\u003cbr\u003e* Keeper of the Bees\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meg Kassel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640637346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640637344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Entangled Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Meg Kassel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979486658815,"sku":"9781640637344","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efcf8f8c-6348-4b43-a005-7736d3532606.jpg?v=1683245756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/keeper-of-the-bees-meg-kassel-9781640637344","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}