This novel is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Blind since birth, Elle Duncan has only ever known darkness, but lack of sight has never hindered her ability to perceive the beauty of the world. Her kind and gentle soul is put to the test when her father sustains an injury that threatens their livelihood, and in desperation, he turns to the most unlikely of saviors-the Rossetti Beast. Don Rossetti is bound for an unchanging fate. He is bad-tempered, with an equally dark and scarred countenance to match. With a heart forged of ice and a soul confined to darkness, he has surrendered to a forlorn existence. But when a peasant man arrives from the village begging for a favor, he is compelled to aid the farmer in exchange for a price-a price that Elle will be forced to pay. Cover Photo © RJ Creatives Cover Art © 2023 by RJ Creatives

Sometimes people are broken like flowers. Avery Wilson is one of those people. Abandoned by her mother one night, she awakens to an silent house with no trace of her mother. All that is left from her is a ripped piece of paper containing her aunts phone number, a few hundred dollar bills and a letter explaining nothing whatsoever. Having to live with an emotionally unstable mother while practically running the house on her own, Avery finally gets the chance to be a normal teenager when she goes to live with her Aunt Mae three states away in a house twice as large as her old, rotting-milk smelling home. Join Avery, as she learns to live her life, meet real friends, experience first love and first heartbreak. Sometimes people are broken like flowers, but all things broken can be mended. Avery Wilson could be one of those people.

I was named after the little mermaid, thought to be strong and brave. A name worthy of a princess, my mum used to say. But I didn't trade my voice for the handsome prince; I just never had it. I've always been the shy youngest sister, too afraid to raise her voice and make herself heard. I don't have the tail and I don't have the personality. I can sing, but no one ever hears me. I guess I only I have the red hair although it's not even naturally red. So how can I be part of his world when I can't even tell him my name? I better never meet the handsome prince, it'd be doomed to fail. So no, I'm not like the little mermaid, I'm just little shy Ariel. -:-:-:- BOOK #2 in the Aware Princess Series flower: Daisy, it symbolises "Innocence, loyal love, simplicity."