Beast
by:
Judith Ivory (author)
American heiress Louise Vandermeer has agreed to marry a European aristocrat. Her intended is rumored to be a hideously ugly man, a prospect that propels her into a reckless shipboard affair with a compelling stranger she never sees in the light of day. Unbeknownst to Louise, her mystery man is...
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American heiress Louise Vandermeer has agreed to marry a European aristocrat. Her intended is rumored to be a hideously ugly man, a prospect that propels her into a reckless shipboard affair with a compelling stranger she never sees in the light of day. Unbeknownst to Louise, her mystery man is actually her betrothed, Charles d'Harcourt, whose romantic prank backfires when he becomes smitten with his own fiancee. Original.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780062034816 (0062034812)
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 100
Edition language: English
3.5 starsI did a buddy read for this, so for all of my thoughts, comments, and quotes: Beast buddy read"With him, I became aloud the person I had always been silently inside myself."This quote right here is what I want to read about and feel when I pick up a romance book.Beast is obviously a play on...
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An "old" man playing mind games with a "child" because he himself is immature. Nope: You have to do a hell of character development, for me to swallow BS like that and here it's completely missing.
I'm such a sucker for books like this one.
I am so sad that this was such a disappointment for me. It felt unpleasant to read for lack of a better word. I am just glad its over. It started out pretty interesting. The vain, disfigured and mysterious hero, the young, pretty flirty heroine. He is her arranged future hubby, he knows, she does no...