Book excerpt: My sister has been taken by a monster. She's been captured, locked away by the man we all fear more than death itself. She's been abducted, and he won't free her. She belongs to the monster now. She belongs to the dragon. I can't let this happen. I have to offer myself to the beast in her place. I have to offer him everything I am so that he'll let her go free. When the dragon beast accepts my offer, however, I realize suddenly that while my body might be able to handle this trade, my heart cannot. Dragon Beast is a steamy Beauty and the Beast retelling by Sophie Stern, author of ALIEN BEAST and THE FABLESTONE CLAN.