(Editing and re-posting) After her parents get divorced, sixteen-year-old Rosalie moves to Massachusetts to live with her mom. It’s there she meets Alexander, a mysterious boy with a life-threatening secret, and falls head over heels for him, despite promising him it would be the one thing she’d never do. But as Rosalie slowly starts to unravel the truth, she’s faced with the stark reality of what loving Alex really means, and whether she’s strong enough to endure it.

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