My favorite out of the trilogy.

This book starts after the surprising events/decision of beauty at the end of the first book. She is off with a cart full of other naughty and misbehaving slaves on their way down to the village. I'll try not to be too spoiler-y in this but upon arrival, they are auctioned off to the inhabitants of the town. This event is apparently highly anticipated by the people and it's mentioned that townsfolk save their money all year for the chance to turn a prince or prince into their slave.

The BDSM in this book is more hardcore in my opinion in a good way. I really really enjoyed reading about the various situations the cast of characters was put into and also the various slaves' (Beauty included) experiences and perspectives. Honestly, if you couldn't get into the first one this could be read as a stand-alone just fine.