A Beauty and the Beast retelling without roses or magic... The citizens of Leola live in fear of the dense, dark forest that borders their town. Men disappear into the brush or are found dismembered as if they were attacked by a rabid Beast. But fear of a different kind also breeds in the citizens of Leola.
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey;
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johanson;
Beauty by Robin McKinley