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I enjoy romance novels where the girl is hard to get throughout at least half of the novel and it seems more realistic instead of falling for the guy the minute you see him. Does that even happen in real life, is that even possible?

Also, I've noticed that the couple Adult romance novels are a guilty pleasure of mine. Also, I've noticed that the couples in many of these romance novels, can barely handle being in the same room without wanting to touch each other. I've never been in love or lust, but I don't think that's how love and attraction works. It just seems stupid when people say or act like that they can't control themselves is a good excuse, it's not, it just seems stupid.

But then again, these are romance novels, so of course they are going to have this kind of stuff in them, it's just hard to tolerate them sometimes, especially when they keep repeating that stuff over and over and over.

Overall, this book was ok, not as good as I was hoping for, but I could see the similarities between the Disney movies and the stuff the author did differently, and for the most part, I enjoyed it, but some of the scenes seemed to drag on too long. I still don't think that what Belle did to her boyfriend was right, at least she acknowledged that what she did was wrong, but that still doesn't make it ok.

Not to mention the fact that she cared more about being with Adam than she did about seeing if her father was ok and being with him while he's having treatments. She ended up at the castle because she wanted to save her dad, but later, she changed. The Belle in the original story and the Disney movies cared so much for her father that when she saw what was happening to him while she was at the castle and the Beast Adam let her go because he loved her so much, she immediately ran, whereas the Belle in here only leaves because Adam forces her too, which makes her seem selfish, like Ariel from The Little Mermaid.

That annoyed and disappointed me. I really want to read the other two books in this series even more now. But I'm still on hold for them in the library, so I have to wait. Although I think I might just buy them since I can't wait two months to read them that's how long the holds lists are for each, 2 weeks of loan time per person. I hope that in the end, the three girls meet each other and become friends.

I'm not sure if I will write more of my thoughts on the book later or if I'll just leave it like this. Blog: nazishreads. A real life fairy tale of 'beauty and the beast'. This beast was so tormented and in pain that the scarring that marred his male beauty was trivial. Adam's loss forced him into a darkness that seem so despairing and cruel.

He punishment was self inflicting and his anger was infinite. Belle was also going the same but under a different circumstance, she saw herself in him and was able to see anfd help him heal his wounds.

Belle was his 'light' and 'key' to his demeanor. A wonderful book it was fi A real life fairy tale of 'beauty and the beast'.

A wonderful book it was filled with lots of communication between our duo. Usually, a male or female perspective are given, this book had it all. Quite refreshing,actually. Maisey Yates did a wonderful job. I am looking forward to Felipe and Rafe's stories. The Greek is out and the Spanish lover and Italian passion to look forward too.

Dec 12, Grace Harwood rated it really liked it. However, as I note in my article, there have been lots of interpretations of the fable over the years, including the "Stockholm Syndrome" reading that Yates includes as the view of the heroine's critics.

Yates's reading is very romantic and the fact that the Beast is more a prisoner of Beauty than the other way round is romantically reiterated towards the end a number of times in fact, it really loses some of its power through repetition. For this reason, this text didn't resonate with me as much as say a novel by Penny Jordan or Sara Craven might have done. There are some steamy scenes - some of them were a little uncomfortable as if the heroine was undergoing some kind of medical procedure and Beauty's lack of embarrassment about the intimate things that Beast subjects her to, and her constant showcasing of this, doesn't add to the romance a Disney film this is not.

This is an interesting read and I'm going to read the other two in the trilogy. Jun 08, LoveRomance rated it did not like it. I generally love books by Maisey Yates, but this was disappointing. The story blatantly follows the plot line of Beauty and the Beast -- the main character is called Belle and she loves to read, the love interest is repeatedly referred to as Beast, Belle trades herself for her father who is being held captive by Beast, etc.

It just felt silly. The dialogue was painfully emotional. The sex scenes were actually pretty good. But otherwise I'd give this book a pass.

I finished it because I paid for I generally love books by Maisey Yates, but this was disappointing. I finished it because I paid for it, but this won't be one I ever re-read. Jun 21, Karen rated it it was amazing Shelves: finishedgr-challenge. I reviewed this book from my own personal copy with no prompt from the publisher or author.

Not a new premise by any means, I get that, however - she managed to make the story her own. Belle seems wimpy and a little churlish at the start. She's taking the fall for her father, who has transgressed against The Prince of Olympios. She puts on a mask of bravado in order to face I reviewed this book from my own personal copy with no prompt from the publisher or author. She puts on a mask of bravado in order to face down Prince Adam - who decides Belle might be of use to him, where her father is not.

Besides, the older Chamberlain is ill, and sending him home is the right thing to do. It just so happens that Adam needs to come out of hiding, and having someone pretty on his arm will be a huge asset.

Belle fits that bill perfectly. So she becomes his captive in a gilded cage. She soon decides she'll shed the old Belle - since she's cut off from her old life anyhow - and she'll make the best of her situation. Prince Adam also becomes changed by Belle, learning that while he thinks he's a beast on the outside, he's let himself turn into a beast on the inside as well.

In this iteration of the tale, both of our lead characters have pasts that haunt them, and meeting each other was the magic spell that helped them overcome their demons.

Of course, the relationship is not without stumbles along the way, and even heartbreak on both sides, but there's a HEA - as every good fairytale should do. Again, I loved it, and it was delightful and charming - and quintessentially Maisey Yates. Where are the unicorns? Oct 01, April Reader rated it it was ok Shelves: hp , ebook , mistress-to-wife , revenge. Going into this book, I knew it was going to be a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. What I didn't expect is that the story was going to be beat-for-beat, Beauty and the Beast, gold ball gown and all.

I don't mind fairy tale re-tellings but I need the author to be at least a bit creative with the story. Because this one copied almost the entire story line, it became too predictable and boring. Jun 03, Terri Hebert rated it it was amazing. Maisey Yates never disappoints!!!!

This book is so amazing. The storyline and characters are what makes this an epic love story with a happily ever after that brought tears to my eyes. Feb 04, Emily rated it it was ok Shelves: genre-romance-contemporary , he-is-nobility , publisher-harlequin , trope-stockholm-syndrome , trope-batb , set-in-italy , profession-royalty , set-in-middle-east , profession-celebrity , set-in-europe.

No tension, no build, no emotional investment. Nov 16, Hasmidah rated it did not like it Shelves: heroine-virgin , mills-boon , 1-star-mb. May 17, Maria Rose rated it it was amazing Shelves: fully-reviewed-books , fake-engagement-or-relationship , sexy-as-all-get-out , stars. For the past three years, Prince Adam Katsaros has been secluded in his castle, mourning the loss of his wife and unborn son in a car accident caused by the paparazzi.

Once the toast of Europe, the tragic end to his marriage also turned the handsome and dashing Prince into a facially scarred recluse. A beast indeed, with a heart turned black with grief. In fact, what she feels is quite the opposite, especially when she learns of the tragedy in his past. Having not had female companionship since his wife died, Adam is attracted to the beautiful woman in his home, and not just by her looks.

But will he be willing to risk his heart again? A copy of this story was provided by the publisher for review.

Nov 17, RomLibrary marked it as to-read-hq Shelves: steamy , royal-principality , virgin-h , enemies-to-lovers , tortured-hero , part-of-series , she-is-fiesty-querky-or-flirt , fake-fiancee-gf-wife-mistress , forced-marriage , forced-mistress-or-lover.

Beauty and the beast. Adam's burning gaze awakens a newfound d Beauty and the beast. Jan 06, Ketutar Jensen rated it did not like it Shelves: dnf , bad-reviews-always-get-me. Hard to believe this was published A little island kingdom in Aegean Sea. Caused by the paparazzi. Belle's wink wink father is a paparazzo and Belle thinks it's all right.

Celebrities WANT to be photographed. If they didn't, they'd protect themselves better. If a person can walk in to your home and take photos of you, you obviously wanted tha Hard to believe this was published If a person can walk in to your home and take photos of you, you obviously wanted that to happen, and selling these photos is "innocuous".

The prince doesn't think this is OK. So, Belle's father flies from LA to Mediterranean, walks in to the prince's home, takes photos of him and sends them to LA. The prince is angry and arrests the guy, for breaking and entering, and violating his privacy. Belle, a college student, studying English literature of course , finds money somewhere to pay for a plane ticket from LA to a small island in the Aegean Sea, and comes to rescue her dad from the awful monster, because dad is obviously deadly sick and in need of treatment, and that was why he came to take photos of this prince - to earn money to pay for the treatment.

Belle doesn't understand the concept of people getting imprisoned for breaking the law, especially when she doesn't think the crime should be a crime, and the criminal is sick and her dad.

No, arresting criminals is "destructive revenge". So she suggests that the monster exchanges his prisoner to her instead. After all, her education is just a piece of paper to her, and she can easily sacrifice that to save her father's life. Except that when the prince takes her offer she doesn't know what to do, because obviously the right thing would have been to give this entitled stupid American college student what she wants and ignore the law, so she will probably whine about how unfair it is through the book until she falls in love with the monster.

And, Belle has intimacy issues, because her mom left the family when Belle was 4. She doesn't want to become a "tempestuous, selfish creature driven by passions of flesh" like her mother, and also she is "accustomed with her space and independence".

She is still a virgin of course she is and has had only one boyfriend in her life the current one , and he doesn't know she is in Europe. Apparently, the prince doesn't give a crap about law either, because he accepts her offer. She is "uncommonly beautiful", and he needs a pretty girlfriend, now when he has decided to become a real king, after having been recovering from the accident and loss of his wife and child for three years.

Anyway, just like in the movie, she is supposed to dine with him and she refuses, because "she finds him uncivilized". And continues being a total a-hole, moping about him having taken her offer, because obviously she didn't really mean anything with it. It is interesting how common this is in different The Beauty and the Beast retellings. He's a prisoner because he broke the law and got caught. What somebody is asking is for you to honor the agreement YOU proposed. YOU should have considered your precious freedom before you so callously offered to give it away.

It wasn't he who took it away, it was you who gave it away. And now you want it back. Apparently your father's life isn't worth that. I just wished he had told her "Miss Chamberlain. I agreed to your request - and remember it was your request - because of two reasons. Firstly, your father is ill and in need of treatment, which he and his doctors have arranged to begin soon in America.

Secondly, because I need a pretty girl on my side when I make my comeback to the publicity. If you fail in this job, you will not be a sufficient replacement to your father, and I will get him back. Make no mistake about that. But if you do your job well, there will be benefits for you. If you manage to convince the world of that you love me, and not just my status and money, I will see that your father's treatment is paid and that your education is paid.

If you play your part badly, I won't be playing my part either. What comes to you being my mistress in real life, you don't need to worry. I am still very much in love with my wife your father's colleagues took from me. You are beautiful, but she was beautiful, intelligent, kind, funny, she loved me, she made me laugh and she made an unfillable impression in my bed.

I will be holding you as if I loved you, kissing you as if I loved you, flirting with you and giving you gifts, the way I have treated all my previous girlfriends, in public, but in private I doubt there will even be much interaction between us, and considering your attitude, I doubt there's even any wish for that.

It might be rather lonely for you, but if you are interested in reading, I have a large library, and I can see you'll get a tutor so that you won't miss much of your lessons while you are paying for your father's crime.

A bit like Emilia Clarke and Jason Momoa. In order to save her father from imprisonment, Belle Chamberlain offers herself up to the Beast of Olympios.

The soft spoken, level-headed bookish Lit major has always played it safe, keeping her innocent and untouched. Her captor inspires feelings in her that should belong to another and she fights against him as long as she can. Will she be able to resist, or will she become lost in a fairy-tale? Prince Adam Katsaros, Prince of Olympios is commonly know as a beast.

His tragic past has left him a scarred and tortured soul living in the darkness of his own making. He insists it has nothing to do with how the dark haired beauty makes him feel. He doesn't want to feel anything for anyone, but Belle shines warmth and light where it has been dark far too long. Can she warm his heart and pull him out of the darkness for good?

Belle and Adam are not only confronted by their growing desire for one another, but with a past that could hold them apart forever.

Is it possible to love with all you are, when you thought you couldn't love at all? I was absolutely captivated by this re-telling of a classic. Belle and Adam are drawn to each other from the moment they meet. Resisting each other for their own reasons, even amongst the fiery passion they unleash against a bookshelf. When these two finally give in to each other, it's a moment to envy, for romance readers and fairy-tale lovers alike. I can't wait to read the next book in this trilogy.

His ruthlessness is legendary, unless Belle can tame the beast inside Adam caught her wrist, stopped her from leaving. The fact that you would like to reform me? She took a step backward, then to the side, butting up against the wall. Then he caged her between his arms, staring down at her. Her blue eyes were glittering, her breasts rising and falling rapidly with each breath.

Not what could be, but what you have. The fire that burns between you and another person. And if we were all that was left… Would you not regret missing out on the chance to see how hot we could burn? Find out if these young women can tame their powerful men—and have their happily-ever-after! She has a coffee habit she has no interest in kicking, and a slight Pinterest addiction.

She lives with her husband and children in the Pacific Northwest. Check out her website: maiseyyates. To my dad. Remember when you took me to see Beauty and the Beast when I was seven?

I think all of this is your fault. And I love you. It was surprisingly chilly tonight on the small island country nestled in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. Of course, when she had first heard of Olympios she had been put in mind of the Mediterranean. Bright white homes and searing blue skies and seas. And perhaps, in the daytime, that was what it was. But here at night, with the velvet darkness settled low around her and that damp air blowing in from the ocean, it felt like something completely unexpected.

The fortress in front of her, on the other hand, was almost far too expected. It was medieval, and nothing but the lights flickering in the window gave any indication that it might be part of the modern era. Of course, she could expect nothing less from a man who had gone to such great lengths to seek revenge on a photographer. A man who had captured her father in the act of taking pictures and imprisoned him to get revenge for something as innocuous as photographs that were set to be published without his permission.

Belle supposed that she should be afraid. After all, Prince Adam Katsaros had proven to be unreasonable. He had proven to be inhumane. Of the potential inside herself to become a tempestuous, selfish creature driven by passions of the flesh, as her mother had been and probably still was.

All that fear was gone now. Had been from the moment she had first boarded her plane in LA, all the way through her layover in Greece, and through the flight that carried her here to Olympios. She could only hope that her bravado lasted. Her boyfriend of nearly eight months had always wanted to be more involved in her life.

But she resisted. That was part of all her fear stuff. Which was an ironic thought, considering what she was prepared to do here today. She was surprised to find that the palace was more or less unguarded. There was no one about as she walked up the steps that led to a rough-hewn double door. She was tempted—not for the first time since her arrival on the island—to check and see if her phone calendar had been set back into the last century.

Or, perhaps, a few centuries ago. She lifted her hand, unsure as to whether or not one knocked on doors like this. In the end, she decided to grasp hold of the iron ring and pull it open.

It creaked and groaned with the effort, as though no one had dared enter the large, imposing building in quite some time. However, she knew that they had. Because only a few days ago he r father had been brought here. Sign in New Customer? Start Here. Let's keep in touch!

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