“Beauty Tempts the Beast” is immediately engaging, quickly capturing the reader’s attention with a dark, tortured hero surrounded by mystery and an equally mysterious heroine hoping to find protection as his bride. Each of these characters is surrounded and driven by dark deeds and painful secrets that they can only escape by learning to place their trust in the other. The villains surrounding them are diabolically evil and the final twist will make your jaw drop.I really enjoyed reading this story and joining Charles and Vivian on the rocky journey out of the shadows and into the forgiving light of new love. Leslie Dicken shows tremendous promise as a new author and I look forward to reading more of her stories in the future. I have been craving some kind of reinterpretation of a fairy tale, and with so many options, this is where I began. I found this book drew me in almost immediately, jumping in mid-scene. Our two main characters have already met, yet we the reader are still figuring out the e extenuating circumstances. Though by the end of the story, I didn't feel it was that close a relation to Beauty and the Beast - perhaps a distant cousin, twice removed.Overall, there is a gothic novel vibe to this book, with stormy moors, cold and drafty manors, and aggressive, misunderstood males.I couldn't help but think of Wuthering Heights, especially when the "other woman" was named Catherine.Read it on a stormy evening, tucked up in bed with a cup of tea...
What do You think about Beauty Tempts The Beast (2000)?
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—Bebe
Well written with an exciting conclusion. Just what I needed this week.
—sammy
I wasn't expecting the sex scenes, so this book is MA, for sure.
—Melissa
