Bewitching

繼《野獸情人》（Beastly）之後，
史上最危險的女巫再度現身顛覆美麗童話！
這次不只糖果屋、小美人魚相繼遭殃，
就連楚楚可憐的灰姑娘也難逃魔爪？！

　　嘿，記得上次那個傲慢無禮的野獸男孩嗎？
　　他夠幸運地找到真愛化解詛咒，不過下一位可沒那麼好運！

　　身為史上「最危險」的女巫，坎卓拉不但擁有強大的魔力，還擁有歷老不衰的美貌及不朽的身軀，但她最致命的地方，是她的詛咒往往會引發意想不到的可怕後果，不但糖果屋、小美人魚，甚至鐵達尼號都相繼成為犧牲品，這次她的目標更轉移到老是被繼母和姊姊欺負的倒楣艾瑪身上．．．

　　艾瑪是個善良又純真的可愛女孩，一直無憂無慮地跟父親住在一起，原以為父親的再婚會讓家庭更幸福美滿，只是萬萬沒想到看似甜美可人的繼姐莉賽特，不但處心積慮要搶走慈愛的父親，還要毀了艾瑪的人生！為了捍衛自己的幸福，艾瑪決定鼓起勇氣求助坎卓拉，只是奇蹟魔法這回能成功降臨嗎？〈文 / 妙角〉

　　Bewitching can be a beast. . . .
　　Once, I put a curse on a beastly and arrogant high school boy. That one turned out all right. Others didn’t.

　　I go to a new school now—one where no one knows that I should have graduated long ago. I’m not still here because I’m stupid; I just don’t age.

　　You see, I’m immortal. And I pretty much know everything after hundreds of years—except for when to take my powers and butt out.

　　I want to help, but things just go awry in ways I could never predict. Like when I tried to free some children from a gingerbread house and ended up being hanged. After I came back from the dead (immortal, remember?), I tried to play matchmaker for a French prince and ended up banished from France forever. And that little mermaid I found in the Titanic lifeboat? I don’t even want to think about it.

　　Now a girl named Emma needs me. I probably shouldn’t get involved, but her gorgeous stepsister is conniving to the core. I think I have just the thing to fix that girl—and it isn’t an enchanted pumpkin. Although you never know what will happen when I start . . . bewitching.

作者簡介

艾力克斯．弗林  Alex Flinn

　　艾力克斯．弗林堪稱是少數能成功顛覆傳統童話的暢銷作家，她的作品如《野獸情人》不但改編成電影躍上大螢幕，更入圍多項美國青少年小說獎項，而其他作品如《Breathing Underwater》更被美國圖書館協會選為最佳前十大青少年小說，而《野獸情人》續作《Bewitching》不同於傳統童話，作者總是能運用想像力創造出令人驚奇的故事，也因此受到國外許多青少年讀者的愛戴。

　　Alex Flinn loves fairy tales and is also the author of a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast titled Beastly, which was named a VOYA Editor’s Choice for 2007, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age for 2008, and a 2008 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Her other books include Breathing Underwater, an ALA Top 10 Best Book for Young Adults, Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose, Fade to Black, and Diva. She lives in Miami with her husband, two kids, a cat, and a dog.