They believe Harper when she says that she is a princess and is betrothed to Rhen. Now that Rhen has made an appearance, his people have started to hope again.They almost kill Harper, but Rhen and Grey arrive in time to save her life. They tell her they’re taking the land for the crown, except Rhen isn’t the one who told them to do this. When escaping for a second time, Harper comes across a group of men who have been burning down houses and inns.Rhen asks Grey to kill him if he doesn’t succeed in breaking the curse.She tortures Rhen and Grey a bit, and tells them this will be the final round of autumn, and if Harper doesn’t fall in love with him then he’ll stay a beast forever. Lilith arrives and rubs it in Rhen’s face a bit more.Harper is told about the curse and is like “lol I’m not going to fall in love with my kidnapper”, and then attacks Grey and Rhen and tries to escape.Harper stops him, and she herself is taken to Emberfall. Harper is playing lookout for her dodgy brother, Jake, when she sees someone (Grey) trying to abduct a woman.Grey finds Harper in DC, and this is where our story starts.Grey brings a girl to Rhen at the start of every season. Commander Grey is the only one left to help Rhen with this by the time the book starts.If he doesn’t find someone by the end of each autumn season, he’ll kill everyone. Lilith becomes angry at this rejection, and curses Rhen to live in perma-autumn until someone falls in love with him. Rhen is cursed by Lady Lilith – an enchantress – when he rejects her after a brief fling.what happened in A Curse So Dark and Lonely? If you can’t remember what happened in A Curse So Dark and Lonely and you need a refresher, then you’re in the right place. Read a full summary of A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer below. and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. A prince? A curse? A monster? As she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. When she tries to save a stranger on the streets of Washington, DC, she's pulled into a magical world.

With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, Harper learned to be tough enough to survive.

Before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. But that was before he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: Fall in love, break the curse.Ĭursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a girl fell for him.

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