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HIGH IN THE SNOWBOUND MOUNTAINS, WHERE MYTHS CLING TO ITS FROSTY CRAGS, PRIMROSE NEVER EXPECTED TO LEAVE HER OLD LIFE BEHIND, LET ALONE TRAVEL BY DOG SLED ON AN EXPEDITION BOUND FOR THE ICY REACHES OF THE NORTH TO SEARCH FOR THE LOST PRINCESS.

But the path is treacherous...

Silas, a man scarred in body and spirit, whispered about in fear and half-truths, is known as the Beast. He keeps the world at arm’s length, until Primrose crashes through his defences with relentless kindness, fierce loyalty, and an offer of friendship he never asked for… yet can’t seem to refuse.

As snowstorms close in and a hidden crime ring moves to sabotage their mission, the line between enemy and ally begins to blur. In the frozen wilds, hidden truths stir beneath the ice—and love might be the only thing strong enough to thaw what’s been buried. But the mountains do not give up their secrets easily… and some hearts are harder to reach than others.

The Heart of the Mountain Beast is book 2 in the Woven Fates series, a Beauty and the Beast-inspired fairytale. This clean romantic adventure is perfect for fans of spirited heroines and heroes who deserve to be loved.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2025

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2 reviews
August 16, 2025
The Heart of the Mountain Beast was another very good read by Emma.
I absolutely loved the imagery of the snowy maintain scenes. I was excited to have a sequel to book 1 and am really looking forward to reading book 3.
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29 reviews
April 22, 2026
An epic icy mountain adventure retelling of beauty and the beast! Even with your best sidekick chip, in a sweet loving husky form! Emma did an amazing job weaving her characters from book one into book two. Both can be read as a standalone, but are more of a treat of read in order. The sweet slow burn clean romance of Silas and Primose had me smiling and rooting for them right from their very first meeting! Truly, an endearing love story full of plenty of battle, hardship, and twists around every corner! I loved this retelling and look forward to book three coming out someday! 🙌
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752 reviews32 followers
October 15, 2025
The Heart of the Mountain Beast
(The Woven Fates Book 2)
by: Emma Kate Ferreira
@emma.ferreira_author

••I give 5 stars!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

~Hidden truths stir beneath the ice-and love might be the only thing strong enough to thaw what’s been buried. But the mountains do not give up their secrets easily and some hearts are harder to reach than others….

“Some things aren’t meant to be used. Some things are meant to be understood.”

-The Heart of the Mountain Beast is book 2 in the dear Woven Fates series, a Beauty and the Beast-inspired fairytale. This is an exciting and charming adventure with a spirited heroine and hero, who both deserve to be loved. While there are lovely nods to Beauty and the Beast, I thoroughly enjoyed how there are added unique twists and turns that made this story charming and original in its own lovely way. Get ready for hidden lurking danger, great secrets, heart and emotions. It’s the protectiveness, steadfast kindness, witty banter, quiet strength, bravery, trust, and compassion that shines bright within that had my heart. I loved how loyalty and love are stitched beautifully within. Watching walls around hearts be able to melt and open the door to joy was tender. This is a dear story part of a wonderful series worth the read. But, please start with book one to fully love the whole picture. It’s worth it, absolutely. I look forward to more, ahead!📚💯✨

“In you, I’ve found home.”

•Content: Some violence, injury, peril, some emotional trauma, isolation, no explicit content or language. Kisses only. Clean-closed door!

“What matters is why you choose and what your
motivations are. A true promise isn’t just words.”

-I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

“Libraries are a bit like treasure troves-but instead
of gold, you find entire worlds hidden between the pages.”

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“Somehow, she saw through him-past the scars,
past the silence.”

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“You are more than worthy of love.”

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“What defines us isn’t the darkness-it’s what we choose to do with it.”

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263 reviews36 followers
October 21, 2025
What an adventure! I love this Beauty and the Beast retelling. It is so clever and had me hooked. This book flew by so quickly for me. It took me on a wonderful adventure and I loved getting lost in the pages!

Primrose is such a bright and lovely character. Silas is broody and guarded. Their love story is tender and healing with one of my all-time favorite tropes. The ‘love you as you are’ trope is so beautifully done. It touched my heart!

This book takes you on a perilous journey through the icy mountains. You have beautiful sights, tender moments, heart racing danger, friendship, and of course the sweetest and swooniest romance!

I love the author’s clever nods to the original fairytale with her twist and turns that make it exciting and so enjoyable! There are beloved characters from book one and new characters to love! I loved getting more of their story!

Favorites:
🌹Scarred and protective hero
🌹Bright bookworm heroine
🌹Dangerous adventure
🌹Tender romance
🌹Beautiful writing
🌹A beloved fairytale reimagined
🌹Magical and beautiful ending
🌹The set up for book 3!!!

What a wonderful story that I loved! You are going to fall in love with Primrose and Silas! Their story will touch your heart, and you won’t want to stop reading! I can’t wait for book 3!

Thank you to the author for the gifted copy, a review was not required, but freely given!

Content: danger, death, some violence, perilous situations, kisses only


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93 reviews
January 20, 2026
I loved jumping back into this world with these loveable characters! I was so excited to follow Silas and his story and I was not disappointed - his backstory was so tragic, yet he is such a beautiful character all round. And I loved Primrose!! Belle was always my favourite Disney princess so how could I not love Primrose?!

I love the little sprinkles of other fairytale characters in this story, like Lina (Rapunzel) and Snow (Snow White). I especially loved how Snow’s dogs were all named after the dwarves!!!

I loved the setting in this story, how it took place mainly in the snowy mountains. I could picture it all so well and I felt it was built successfully.

Once again, I love Emma’s writing! It is genuinely so beautiful. The amount I have highlighted from this book is crazy! I just cannot get enough!! I hope she will always continue to write, to share her amazing worlds with us.

Thank you again Emma for sending me an arc of this book! I apologise it took me so long to read but it was so worth it.
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16 reviews
October 19, 2025
Love love LOVED IT!!
Had to finish this in a day! No way I was waiting, finished around 2.45am and it was worth it all!
Emma has the most amazing ability to hint and nod at fairytales but not stray into the realm of tacky. She keeps the characters so very real, with depth and grit in such a short space of time.
I’m now not so patiently waiting for the next instalment! I neeeeeeeed to know what happens next! ;)
The only thing I’m having to get over is the size of the books, I’m used to reading big chunky books! I want them to last longer! Yet at the same time, weirdly there is no aspect of the story lacking due to them being shorter than I’m used too. Kinda like The Doctors Tardis! Small in side but mighty in its internal abilities.
Keep going Emma, I’m excited to see more 🥰
2 reviews
December 6, 2025
This book was incredible! I didn’t think it could get any better than the first book - Esme’s story, but I was happily proven wrong. It was the perfect mixture of excitement and adventure, combined with quiet moments, heartwarming conversations and the most beautifully developed romance. I was touched by the messages surrounding family, duty, brotherhood, and the feelings of inadequacy certain characters suffer with - and the powerful love that overcomes this. I found it incredibly satisfying noticing links to fairy tale stories, and how cleverly the plot began to fall into place. I’m so excited to read the next book - I just need to know what happens next!!
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505 reviews22 followers
October 21, 2025
Continuing on with the world of The Woven Fates we now have a unique retelling of Beauty and the Beast with hints of Snow White also. They are seeking the lost princess, a nod to Rapunzel, and Primrose knows where she is. This group goes on a treacherous journey and you really see everyone's characters come out. Silas feels like a beast because of the sins of his past but Primrose sees past that. I loved the grumpy/sunshine vibes and how Silas grew very protective of her. Another brilliant story in this series that kept me on the edge of my seat!
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676 reviews12 followers
October 16, 2025
Such a sweet and adventurous story.

I adore the author's writing style and I loved the grumpy/sunshine trope in Beauty and the beast Re-telling. Loved the dogs too, Chip is definitely a superstar here.

Excited to read the next in the series.
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34 reviews
November 7, 2025
❄️🐺 ARC Review: The Heart of the Mountain Beast by Emma Kate Ferreira
⭐️ 5/5 stars for this breathtaking, snow-drenched tale of courage, compassion, and quiet love
The Heart of the Mountain Beast is like standing in a frozen forest at dawn — still, sacred, and waiting to thaw. Emma Kate Ferreira once again spins a fairytale that hums with emotion and grace, blending danger and tenderness in a world where love is both a risk and a refuge.
Primrose never expected to leave her familiar life behind for a perilous northern expedition — least of all with him. Silas, the scarred man the world calls the Beast, hides behind ice and solitude. But Primrose sees what others cannot — a heart aching for peace, not power. Their slow-burn connection glows softly against the backdrop of snowstorms, danger, and betrayal, becoming a warmth that refuses to die out even in the coldest night.
This story is fierce and gentle in equal measure — a tale of kindness breaking curses, of trust formed through shared silence, and of love that proves that even the frostiest hearts can remember how to feel again. Ferreira’s prose sings like wind through pine trees — raw, poetic, and achingly beautiful.
If you love:
❄️ Beauty and the Beast reimagined in the mountains
🐺 Grumpy x sunshine slow burn
🔥 “You’re not a monster” tenderness
🌿 Found family & redemption arcs
💎 Clean, emotional romance
…then The Heart of the Mountain Beast will melt you from the inside out.
✨ Aesthetic Vibe:
Frost melting on fingertips, flickering firelight in a snowbound cabin, sled tracks vanishing into mist, whispered confessions in the dark, and a beast who finally believes he deserves to be loved.
⚠️ Content Warnings:
* Clean romance (no explicit content or language)
* Violence, injury, and peril
* Emotional trauma and themes of isolation
📖 Final Thoughts:
The Heart of the Mountain Beast is a stunning continuation of The Woven Fates — a story of healing, trust, and love that grows stronger in the cold. For anyone who believes gentleness is its own kind of bravery and that even beasts can have hearts made of light.
- Elizabeth
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1,602 reviews239 followers
October 17, 2025
Utterly enchanting!

Primrose never expected to leave her quiet life behind, but when she joins a treacherous expedition to find a lost princess in the icy northern mountains, everything changes. Alongside her travels is Silas, feared and misunderstood and known only as the Beast, whose gruff exterior begins to crack under Primrose’s quiet strength and compassion.

As they face deadly snowstorms and a dangerous criminal plot, an unexpected bond grows between them. But in a land where secrets lie buried deep beneath the ice, love may not be enough to survive what’s coming.

What you'll love:
Beauty and the Beast retelling
dual pov
forced proximity
grumpy/sunshine
protective hero
loyal friendships
secret conspiracy
allies-to-more
slow burn tension
super sweet ending!

This beautifully woven retelling completely swept me away! I was thrilled to return to this world after the first book and quickly fell head over heels for Silas and Primrose. Their love story, set in a snowbound journey full of danger and secrets, was gentle and full of so much emotion and heart!!

While there are echoes of Beauty and the Beast, the author adds her own unique twists, making the story feel fresh and original. Silas’s gruffness paired with Primrose’s quiet strength and compassion was the perfect grumpy/sunshine combo, and watching him slowly fall for her (despite all his efforts not to!) was absolutely swoony. I adored how protective he was, and how her steady kindness helped thaw even the most frozen parts of his heart

And ohhh, the banter! I lived for every interaction between the friends! Jack and Felix’s stories cannot come fast enough. The loyalty and love in their little found-family group gave the story so much heart!

If you love fairytale-inspired stories with emotional depth, epic journeys with hidden dangers, and slow burn romance that melts your heart, then this beautiful story is a must-read! In fact, read the first book too and then you get to fall in love twice!

I received a complimentary copy but a positive review was not required.
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377 reviews19 followers
May 4, 2026
Well this was adorable.

I loved the first book in this series, Where the Cinders Whisper, so I was so excited to jump into book two! And y'all. It did not disappoint. This book is so good!

I'm fairly certain The Heart of the Mountain Beast has it all. A grumpy, closed off hero and an outgoing, courageous heroine. A plethora of references to the Beauty and the Beast fairytale this story is based off (plus nods to a handful of other fairytales as well!). A secret mission. Rebels bent on sabotaging said mission. Dog sleds and huskies. Perilous winter conditions. Narrow escapes and daring rescues. Good guys you can't help but cheer for. Villains that deserve a facer. The swooniest romance. Seriously, what is there not to love here?!

If this book isn't on your TBR lists yet what are you even doing?! Put it there pronto. Then read it and love it. You're welcome.

*while technically you could probably read this series out of order, this one will definitely make more sense if you've read book one first. So maybe go read that one too if you haven't read it yet, then come back to this one. Mmk? Mmk. Glad we got that sorted out. Trust me friends. These books are so good and you won't regret it! I have spoken.
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46 reviews1 follower
June 8, 2026
What a sweet retelling of Beaty and the Beast! This is book two in The Woven Fate Series and it's a perfect continuation of Where the Cinders Whisper! It is best to read them in order so you can appreciate each characters growth and personality!

This story is a sweet, clean romance full of hope! At it's heart, we all deserve to love and be loved.
Even in the most unforgiving cold, love can blossom.And family doesn't have to be blood to count.

Another beautiful retelling from Emma! I am looking forward to book 3 in The Woven Fate Series! I love how each book blends together to create a beautiful fairytale, unique and so fun!

Silas, whose nickname is Beast, is scarred and believes his past makes it impossible to find love. He is quiet but a formidable soldier. Primrose is curious, and talkative. She doesn't find Silas intimidating, in fact, she finds him comforting. He finds her full of light. He is a mountain who has reached up to the light of the stars.
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632 reviews
October 22, 2025
3.5 rounded up

So this book started out with such promise! I enjoyed the characters and it was again fun to see how Emma decided to do a beauty and the beast retelling and I loved how she wove in Rapunzel, Snow White and hinted at Red Riding Hood. This book was a lot shorter than the first and because of that, there were a lot of things rushed and plots jumped forward. I did not love how this book ended. The entire book was supposed to be about rescuing Lina/Remi and instead they had a wedding? That wedding came out of nowhere and I felt it was a little tacky to stop everything they were doing to get married after people in their party were almost killed..... I don't know, it didn't work for me. I get that more books are coming but I think this one could have been 100 pages longer to flesh things out a little more.
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490 reviews4 followers
October 17, 2025
What an adventurous story! Love when these stories that take you on journeys and in fun ways (dog sleds!k) with great characters!

A great story that also sets up for more stories to come! A fun little twist on fairy tales we already know!
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