A campy Beauty and the Beast! Julia Swift is terribly sexy. Unfortunately there's nothing she can do about it. While attempting to hide in plain sight from a world she fears only wants to use her, she is claimed as a personal stylist by vivacious socialite, Vérité Claire, a glamorous eccentric with a penchant for guiding talented oddballs to meet their potential. Her curious crew includes sassy housekeeper, Lotte, insanely territorial biographer, Bernard, and eventually Orson Vaughn, a hulking outcast living in self-imposed exile since being betrayed in his shameful past. In spite of Julia's trust issues and Orson's tendency towards self-sabotage, they grow closer through a series of exchanged favours until two people who are trying very hard to be invisible are seeing an awful lot of each other. Will a final favour which sees Julia helping Orson in a revenge plot against former adversaries put too great a strain on their unlikely relationship and prevent it from blossoming into something more? If Vérité Claire has anything to say about it then the answer is, "Not a chance, darlings!" So powder your noses because The Favoured, The Fair and Ms. Vérité Claire is a light-hearted Beauty and Beast-like romantic farce with a pie-throwing, rodeo-riding, chocolate covered, diamond studded French-tipped twist! Swoon responsibly. *No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without the express written permission of the author.

✔️ fall / fɔːl / [noun] - an act of falling or collapsing. ✔️ compilation / kɒmpɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n / [noun] - collection, assortment. w a r n i n g : This story contains certain chapters based on delusionary behaviour. And yes, of course, write-ups that really don't make sense in the real world. Add weird ass author's notes to the list. || third place in THE ELOQUENCE AWARDS || © rehnuma rahin™ 2017.

WINNER OF THE ROYALIST PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD IN FANTASY! HIGHEST RANK SO FAR #212 IN FANTASY! "I've been told that every young girl dreams of being a princess. That they want to wear the big ball gowns and meet Prince Charming. They want to have all the riches and the admiration that comes with the job. They want the fairy tale life. What they don't want is having to call their own mother "Your Majesty" when they are surrounded by other people. They don't want cameras flashing every time you enter your house, or in my case a palace. They don't want the hate and spite that also comes with job which is more common now than it was before the unspeakable disease. I should know because this is my life." Alexandria Willows is the princess of the country Strongway, one of the two countries on planet earth. Alexandria constantly lives in her mothers shadow, always being told that she is 'too young' to have an opinion on the things that matter but can her opinion be any worse than her mothers? The princess desperately wants to change the way the country is run and she'll do everything she can to make that happen. Even if that means leaving everything she has ever known behind.