Falling for the Beast

by Victorine E. Lieske

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Aribelle is backed into the position of cleaning house for the horrible Mr. Thaddeus Walker. Not only is he rude, he's dangerously secretive, going out at night and coming home with injuries which seem to heal mysteriously fast. She should be keeping her distance, not trying to break down his barriers. But the more she uncovers, the more attracted she becomes until the cost of exposing his secrets fades behind the risk of losing her heart. Thaddeus knows he should have sent the girl away instead of allowing her into his home. Now she’s asking questions he can’t answer. And the more time they spend together, the more he wishes he could pull her close and kiss her. But he can’t afford to do that. Beautiful Aribelle could never love a beast.

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Book Details

Genre

Fantasy/Science Fiction Romance

Subgenre

Fairytale

Audience

Adult

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

1 None

Violence

1 None

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

March 11, 2017

Language Versions

English

Narration Type

Human

Fiction Form

Novel

Sensitive Themes

Serious car/transport accident

Representation

Witchcraft

Modern day beauty and the beast with a bit of a paranormal flare

I have loved all of Victorine’s books. This is the first in this series that I have read but I am excited to read Isabella and the slipper next. This book had a bad guy Gavin and of course you have to have the heroine “Belle” and then the Beast Thaddeus. Aribelle is trying to get over the recent deal the of her father. Her mother left her father when she was little. She has very few friends and no job and no work experience. She is a few classes shy of her degree. To make ends meet she convinces an employment agency that although she is younger than Mr Walker wants to employ as his housekeeper that she can do the job. Thaddeus is cranky and tries to push Aribelle away with his words and actions. But they start to connect. This is a sweet clean romance.

A different Beauty and the Beast

Yes, there's a Beauty and there's a Beast...but not like I've read before. Aribelle is desperate for a job and the only one she can find is housekeeping for a recluse.
Thaddeus Walker didn't care about anyone but himself and was a selfish, entitled brat in a man's body. He crossed the wrong woman and she cursed him, the beast he was inside would show on the outside.
Years pass, and Thaddeus learns that the only way to keep the rage under control is to go out every night and heal people. He takes the wounds of those he heals onto himself.
Thaddeus takes one look at his new housekeeper and immediately plans to fire her. She's too young, too beautiful, and too distracting. When she sees the scars on his face and his fresh wounds Aribelle can't stay away no matter how rude and grumpy he is.
When he heals her after a car accident she knows she loves him. If only she could get him to stop pushing her away, maybe they could have their own happily ever after.

Good Clean book

I liked how it was clean and good. There was nothing inappropriate. It was a creative take on Beauty and the Beast. The writing was not very advanced at all. I would say it was 4th or 5th grade level or below. The writing style amd structure wasn't very exciting or interesting. But something about this book made it so I still finished it. I think the author could really write something amazing with more practice and work, which is why I gave it 5 stars. This story was great! I just got disappointed when it wasn't complex or well-written.

Great fairytale retelling

I enjoyed this book so much! Great characters. An enjoyable, clean romance.

Pretty Good - But "Belle" Needed to read MORE!

Fun read - a few of the events that were put in there to mirror the movie (rose in a garden) could have been left out - but it did let me know which version of the tale was the inspiration for the book.

I liked the twist - what he did to control his "beast"...and what he'd done to earn that loophole in the curse (unknowing as it was). He felt a little more human....now, Belle reading four books a month made her a lot less of an inveterate bookworm than I'd have expected...four a day might have been too many (school work, cooking, cleaning, caring for her dad, and so forth would have eaten up a lot of time) - but four books a week or so would be completely realistic for a book lover who wanted to be a write to be reading...

I can remember reading five or six books a week during my school years and more during the summer - but I'm a bit of a speed reader. Nancy Drew or similar books might get read at a rate of two a day during summer vacation. I had chores to do...or it would have been three!