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    The Beast's Compassion
    The Beast's Compassion
    The Beast's Compassion
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    The Beast's Compassion

    By Barbara Risoli

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    In a nameless town in Transylvania, in the year 1800, Zejna is a lonely rich woman who has lost her entire family. Only heir of a magnificent palace, where she lives employing the townsfolk, while becoming the object of their gossiping. Brutal murders meanwhile afflict the small town and soon the people understand who it is that has come to bring pain to them. Zejna figures it out before them, as she hosts those who will change her existence, leading her into an incredibly bright chasm that blinds her and gives her a terrible new life. Two vampires. One of them unusual. The only one who shows her the pity He has never conceded her.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBadPress
    Release dateSep 18, 2016
    ISBN9781507155479
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