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Title: Marrying the Beast by Bree Livingston
Series: A Fake Marriage Romance Book #5
Pages: 278
Date Published: December 1, 2023
Publisher: Independently Published
Blurb:
A Beauty and the Beast retelling…
A woman with a secret, a recluse, and a marriage of convenience.
For over a year Isabeau Daniels lived in fear of a stalker. Now, with him in jail, she’s ready to start fresh in Dallas as a housekeeper for Rowan Masters—a well known lawyer and recluse.
A car accident left Rowan Masters burned—both physically and emotionally. He’s spent the last twelve years hiding in his family home—and now, to keep his home he’s forced to marry.
Isabeau loves the feeling of safety that Rowan’s mansion offers, and he needs a wife. When a marriage of convenience turns into something more, can they leave behind the nightmare of the past and find the beauty in loving each other?
A woman with a secret, a recluse, and a marriage of convenience.
For over a year Isabeau Daniels lived in fear of a stalker. Now, with him in jail, she’s ready to start fresh in Dallas as a housekeeper for Rowan Masters—a well known lawyer and recluse.
A car accident left Rowan Masters burned—both physically and emotionally. He’s spent the last twelve years hiding in his family home—and now, to keep his home he’s forced to marry.
Isabeau loves the feeling of safety that Rowan’s mansion offers, and he needs a wife. When a marriage of convenience turns into something more, can they leave behind the nightmare of the past and find the beauty in loving each other?
My Thoughts:
I don't know if I've ever read a Beauty and the Beast Retelling. If I have, it has been years and I don't even remember what it would have been. I have watched some retelling movies and always enjoyed them as long as they weren't too overly predictable.
As for this retelling, I really enjoyed the story line. Of course, we have Isabeau (the Beauty) and Rowan (the Beast) so there were those character aspects from the start. They both had been deeply hurt both physically and emotionally.
The first half of the book was them just getting to know each other but then something would happen to cause a set-back. There were a lot of misunderstandings and hurt feelings to overcome.
The second half of the book is where it got really good...for me, at least. The book had tons of "charm", romance and even a bit of suspense.
This was a fun read for me and I would recommend this book if you're looking for a sweet, clean read. I've always loved "marriage-of-convenience" stories so this whole series is something I want to check out!
I do want to warn, though, that there could be possible triggers for some in this book.
I read this as a free Amazon download to my Kindle.
Onto the next book :)
This sounds like a wonderful Beauty and the Beast retelling; I don't think I've ever read a book with that premise before either.
ReplyDeleteI always like adaptations of popular stories! Sounds like the author did a good job with it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting concept, but good to know of the trigger warning. Thanks for linking up with us!
ReplyDeleteI've read a couple fairytale retellings over the years and they've been kinda hit-or-miss, but this one looks like a fun read! Thank you for sharing + linking up! :]
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