When Belle's father is captured, she takes his place as a prisoner of a fearsome Beast. But life in the enchanted castle isn't as terrible as Belle imagines, and she ultimately finds friendship and love. Enjoy this tale as old as time about adventure and love, about looking past first appearances, and about the inner Beauty and Beast in all of us in this beautiful novelization of the upcoming star-studded film!

    At age 7, Belle is happy living at home with her father. But at school she feels like an outsider. Then one day she discovers a run-down bookshop. Determined to bring the store back to life, Belle shows all her classmates how wonderful books and stories are. Children ages 6 to 9 who are independent readers will love this new Disney Princess chapter-book series featuring full-color illustrations!

    It shattered again when she found a box of old keepsakes commemorating a life she’d never even known he lead.Heartbroken but determined, she accepts a seasonal job in rural Alaska to look after an injured musher’s dogs while searching for the truth about her father’s hidden past. But her cantankerous new boss comes with dangerous secrets of his own.When a fire ravages part of the property, all will be revealed—and four-thousand miles away from the only home she’s ever known, Lauren will discover just how quickly everything can change.Don’t miss the chance to lose your heart to Lauren, Shane, and their courageous team of sled dogs in this unforgettable tale of love, loss, and finding where you belong.

    . . To most townsfolk, he's known simply as The Beast. Annabelle Beiler has little interest in gossip, but she's heard about Adam Herschberger's scars and his gruff, solitary ways. Though he sounds like a character from one of Belle's treasured books, the man is real and, it turns out, just as unreasonable as the rumors claim. When a buggy accident wipes out the last of her daed's money, forcing him to sell their farm, Adam buys it. Then he offers Belle a deal--marry him, and her family can keep their home. Everyone is shocked by Belle's decision, but she's determined to be a good fraa, cleaning Adam's rundown house and tending the overgrown garden. Breaking through her new husband's icy reserve will be another matter. Belle's courage and strength are abundant, but it will take true faith to guide Adam back to the heart of his Amish community--and to the loving marriage they both deserve.

    But now she’s a DIY domestic goddess, and engaged to the hottest alpha in Colorado–-that is until a sexy, time-traveling Viking werewolf shows up to claim her as his fated mate....Wait, what?!?! WOLF AND PUNISHMENT Two shifters from opposite sides of the tracks. Two hot nights neither of them can forget.... The truth is, Mag Lonewolf has no business going after a girl like Janelle. But their attraction is undeniable, and he can't stay away...even after they go down in a blaze of lies and regrets. Three years later he storms back into her life, determined to punish the she-wolf who got away for her crimes against his heart. But can he finally put out their flame without getting burnt again? WOLF AND PREJUDICE When Rafe Nightwolf’s fiancée, Chloe Adams, disappears under mysterious circumstances, princess-turned-professor, Alisha Ataneq, refuses to let sleeping wolves lie. But what Alisha doesn’t know is Rafe Nightwolf wants her, has wanted her badly for a very long time. And now that his engagement is off and Alisha is finally within reach, Rafe’s wolf won’t let anything or anyone get in his way. Even Alisha. WOLF AND SOUL Tu Ataneq and Grady Wulfkonig are the last two shifters on the face of this earth who would ever get together. They're complete opposites--him an uptight former sheriff and her a former party girl. Plus, they have history--ugly history that Tu doubts she'll ever be able overcome. But then she and Grady get stuck together during a blizzard, and the question becomes, can they ride out these storms--the one outside and the ones raging inside their souls? HER VIKING WOLVES Tiara Greenwolf, the princess of Detroit, runs away from home, only to have two crazy-hot, time-travelling Viking shifters show up in the small town where she's hiding out. These shifter bros both want her to be their mate, and they are not taking no for an answer. What they want from her is dirty, and completely wrong. So then why is she having such a hard time resisting them? ****PLUS a hot sneak peek of Theodora Taylor's highly anticipated next shifter novel, HER DRAGON EVERLASTING.***** The end of Theodora Taylor’s wildly popular Viking Wolf series begins with a story that will haunt you long after it's done… My Viking grandfather was a time traveling werewolf. My Viking father was a time traveling werewolf. And guess what? I, Fensa Greenwolf, am now officially a time traveling werewolf. [Insert all the curse words ever here]. Given my family's history, I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised to wake up on top of a snow-covered mountain, in an unknown place and time. But I am. Especially when, less than an hour later, I'm offered up as some kind of bizarre gift/virgin sacrifice to... Well, I don't know who he is...or what. But he lives in a glacier castle with lots of shiny treasure. Has a long, retractable, forked tongue. And most importantly, for the purposes of this insanely epic story... He, and only he, will claim me as his FATED MATE.

    When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, she finds work as a governess in a merchant's household in Cheapside. Isolated from the fashionable acquaintance of her youth, she resigns herself to lonely spinsterhood until a mysterious visitor convinces her to temporarily return to her former life--and her former love.A SCARRED BEASTColonel Sebastian Conrad is no longer the dashing cavalry officer Sylvia once fell in love with. Badly scarred during the Sepoy Rebellion, he has withdrawn to his estate in rural Hertfordshire where he lives in near complete seclusion. Brooding and tormented, he cares nothing for the earldom he has inherited--and even less for the faithless beauty who rejected him three years before.A SECOND CHANCEA week together in the remote Victorian countryside is the last thing either of them ever wanted. But when fate intervenes to reunite them, will a beastly earl and an impoverished beauty finally find their happily-ever-after? Or are some fairy-tale endings simply not meant to be?

    Fairy tales aren’t real. Private detective Nick Beasley knows that. This is 1922 E.A. (Ever After), an age of big cities, automobiles, and airships. Nobody in the Afterlands believes in magic and monsters anymore. Especially not Nick, who’s made a name for himself in the city of Talesend by debunking fraudulent “magical” phenomena.But when a misadventure with alleged enchantress Lady Cordelia Beaumont goes awry, leaving Nick with claws, a tail, and quite a lot of fur, he begins to rethink his stance on magic.There’s only one way for Nick to regain his humanity. He and Cordelia will have to retrieve a powerful magical artifact from a ruthless crime lord—who happens to be Cordelia’s father. Otherwise, Nick won’t be the only monster roaming through Talesend.The fate of the Afterlands lies in the hands of a renegade enchantress and an extremely hairy detective. What could possibly go wrong?

    But there are times, once I became of age to date girls and women, that I wish I could look more like him than myself. Women are not often quick to date a monster. I was okay with that. Until now. Until Winter. She changed everything..." Ivan Petrov is a ruthless Russian businessman who is only six degrees off mob boss. He doesn't care about anything other than getting what he wants. And he wants Winter Rose, the prodigy opera singer, and is willing to torment her sexually until she begs for it. He could care less that Yury, his disfigured and most trusted guard has fallen for her. Winter's Beast is one part sugar and sweet, two parts sex and sweat. It is not your typical Romance and although it has an HEA, it's a dark, twisty road to get there. ***WARNING*** ***Mature Content***May be triggering for some***

    But what exactly is on her reading list? In this unique literary journal, enjoy inspiring quotes from some of Belle's favorite books, as well as her insightful notes and colorful drawings. Includes a forward by noted Disney screenwriter Linda Woolverton.

    For years I told myself it didn’t matter what they thought—I knew the truth, and that was enough. As time goes on, though, it’s occurred to me that history often repeats itself. And we came so close to losing everything the last time.There is a fate worse than death, and it almost befell us all.In order to understand that, you’ve got to know the whole story.So here it is, my story.Beauty and the Beast and the Enchantress.

    Cloaked in shadow, with only the lamentations of past ghosts for company, he has abandoned all hope, allowing the world to believe he died on that tragic eve twenty-five years ago.A BEAUTY IN PURSUIT OF A BETTER FUTURECaught in a fierce snowstorm, beautiful and strong-willed Isabelle Rose seeks shelter at a castle—unaware that its beastly and disfigured master is much more than he appears to be. When he imprisons her gravely ill and blind father, she bravely offers herself in his place.BEAUTY AND THE BEASTStripped of his emotional defenses, Adam’s humanity reawakens as he encounters a kindred soul in Isabelle. Together they will wade through darkness and discover beauty and passion in the most unlikely of places. But when a monster from Isabelle’s former life threatens their new love, Demrov’s forgotten prince must emerge from his shadows and face the world once more…Perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast and The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty of the Beast brings a familiar and well-loved fairy tale to life with a rich setting in the kingdom of Demrov and a captivating, Gothic voice.* * *Beauty of the Beast is the first standalone installment in a series of classic fairy tales reimagined with a dark and realistic twist.* * *Disclaimer: This is an edgy, historical romance retelling of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Due to strong sexual content, profanity, and dark subject matter, including an instance of sexual assault committed by the villain, Beauty of the Beast is not intended for readers under the age of 18.Beauty of the Beast is a slow-burn romance that features a descriptive, richly detailed, and atmospheric writing style.

     To save his rich family from ruin, youngest son Nick Fairfax agrees to become the personal assistant to Lord Bane Dunsaney, the mysterious, scarred billionaire who holds his family’s fortunes in the palm of his hand. Though the cold-hearted man seems to despise Nick on sight, despite having met him only once, Nick has no choice but to agree to a year's service. When Nick arrives at Bane’s estate, the young man is in no danger of even becoming friends with his employer. But as Nick grows to understand Bane's wounded heart, their relationship changes to one of attraction and fiery passion. All too soon, the real world intrudes on their secluded paradise, including complications with Nick's family. Can their love survive Bane’s dark secrets? This M/M fairy tale series is told across 3 books, which are all contained in this box set.

     When prim and proper enchantress Lady Alexandria attempts to bewitch a magic mirror, she ends up cursed—powerless, penniless, dumped in a strange land, and stuck in the body of an old hag. As if that weren’t bad enough, the mirror gives her two tasks: curse the prince whose arrogant cruelty she once ignored and find her way home—before the Magic Collectors find her and strip her of her powers forever and before the mysterious woodsman who finds her lost in the forest discovers who she really is. The prince she cursed must learn to love before an enchanted rose dies or he will remain a beast forever. Will her fate also be sealed when the last petal falls? Note: This book was originally published as The Beast's Enchantress.

    Anabelle Lehala just wants to spend time with her best friend, finish law school, and provide a good life for her and her father. Her world is knocked upside down when she meets a mysterious, captivating stranger who tempts her like no one before. Refusing to be just another notch in his belt, Belle forces herself to stay away from him at all costs. An egotistical beast.... Rich, powerful, and handsome, Aleksandr Wolfe has been accustomed to getting whatever he desires. That is, until he meets Belle. Immediately captivated by her, Aleks can't understand why she won't give in to the obvious mutual desire between them. Helpless to stay away from her, Aleks wonders if she'll be the one thing he can never have. The fight for her life.... When Anabelle finds herself in danger after refusing the advances of Gabriel Avenant, a man who believes she is his and his alone, Aleksandr vows to protect her. As their attraction grows, they each must decide if they are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice-their hearts.

    What does? The man in her village who won't take no for an answer. So when a monster in the woods imprisons her father, Belle is easily convinced to take his place. Things at the castle aren't exactly the fairy tale she thought they would be, including disgruntled servants who are less than happy that she's there, naughty library books that magically appear in her room, and a vengeful enchantress determined to finish the job she started. The Beast It's been a decade since he was cursed, unable to leave the castle, but his servants can come and go as they like. Even if they aren't exactly themselves anymore. And worse? It's all his fault – his foolish decisions that cost them their humanity, his family their lives and his kingdom its ruler. So when a beautiful girl falls into his lap, he does his best to scare her away, no matter how bad it makes him look. Why? Because he knows that whoever did this isn't done yet, and there are more dangers in his corner of the woods than Belle knows. When worst comes to worst, and it looks like they're about to lose everything, can Belle and her Beast learn to trust each other enough to find their happily ever after?

    

    Be our guest and join the beloved, independent Belle and her true love, the Beast with the soul of a prince, on an unforgettable tale of love and adventure.Adapted from the beloved Disney animated film and featuring over a thousand movie stills, the Disney Beauty and the Beast Cinestory Comic is the perfect graphic novel companion to the film, returning fans to this magical tale as old as time again and again.

    There, Cerulea, named for the color of her eyes, searches for other missing members of her home village, while befriending a handsome, but unusual man-of-her-dreams, or rather, in her dreams. The line between fantasy and reality become increasingly blurred for Cerulea as she comes closer and closer to discovering the truth!

    Deep in debt and on the verge of desolation, Ruby resorts to some shady dealings on the streets of New Orleans, in order to put food on the table for her small family. Until one night in a dark alley, she discovers a hideous beast she could never have imagined in her darkest nightmares. Cloaked in darkness, the Beast prowls the back alleys of New Orleans, lonely, savage and bereft of hope, his demon clawing at him. With the man responsible for his curse now dead, the Beast seeks out the only other person who can satisfy the demon within—the man’s daughter, Ruby Atwood. Trapped, with nowhere to run, Ruby quickly realizes she must use her wits to stay alive or face certain death at the hands of a monster. But the more she tries to escape, the more she is drawn to the Beast. Desire and fear clash, creating an unforgettable story of hope, trust and a love found only in fairy tales...

    Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince inside. The Beast's Tale explores the Beast's struggle as he tries to move on from his past and learn what it is to love and Belle's Tale explores Belle's innermost thoughts as she learns that true beauty comes from within.

    Now, only one thing can free him from the curse. Unfortunately, they're not sure what that one thing is.But mercy for the man with none, he still can be released:Light can lift his shadowed soul when beauty frees the beast.When a young reporter named Beau accidentally stumbles into their midst, the staff thinks he might be the answer to the witch's riddle—if only they can convince him to stay.Beau has his doubts when he’s asked to write the mysterious billionaire’s biography, but he can’t say no to the huge sum of money being offered. Resigned to his fate, Wolfram hates the idea of a stranger intruding in his life. What neither man expects is the deep connection that forms between them. As they work together, Wolfram and Beau form a passionate bond that threatens to boil over into something more.The only problem? Thanks to the curse, Wolfram is a seven-foot-tall monster with eight weeks left to live unless the spell is broken.Can Beau save a love he’s only just found, or is it too late for one man to set Wolfram free?Beau and the Beast is a steamy, 125,000-word contemporary gay May-December romance set in the real world with some magical themes and an HEA.

    But she’ll find more than just owls in the deep dark woods. Logan is not an ordinary bear shifter. His furious bear cannot be trusted around humans so he has banished himself to the woods forever. When Bella comes trespassing by will she meet Logan the man, or Logan the beast?

    But when her father is taken prisoner by a monstrous Beast, Belle’s life is forever changed. Taking her father’s place to set him free, she finds herself in the midst of a mysterious enchantment unlike anything she could ever have imagined. Join Belle on this unforgettable adventure as she tells her own story! Discover the secrets in the Beast’s enchanted castle and explore this incredible world, all through Belle’s perspective. Includes foldouts and flaps that reveal hidden surprises!

    . . until she discovers a magic door in her bedroom that opens to a fairy-tale land called Fenmore Falls. One fateful day, she takes her younger sister, Hallie, through the magic door. Hallie accidentally destroys a rose garden, bringing down the wrath of its owner, a moody young man called the Master, who hides in the shadows and never shows his face. Belinda sends Hallie back through the magic door but is captured and ordered to repair the garden. After a rather awful encounter with the Master, whom she privately refers to as “the Beast,” Belinda runs away and gets lost in the woods. She is rescued by a handsome young man named Rylan, a guest of the Master’s. Back at the estate, Rylan visits Belinda in the garden, but how can she like a guy who lives in a different world? Soon she discovers everything is not what it seems—especially when it comes to Rylan and the Master. As secrets unfold, Belinda must put her stubbornness aside and open her heart to possibilities she never could have imagined.

    Though she is a princess, she’s powerless, intended only to marry a mage powerful enough to compensate for her uselessness. But Lena never does anything right. Lighting her suitors on fire wasn’t her intention, but the singed aristocrats don’t care that it was a mistake. To prevent the offended suitors from declaring war, she’s whisked away to a remote castle with an enigmatic mage in disguise—a shifter wearing the body of a polar bear, an isbjørn, whose true identity she is forbidden from knowing. She just has to last a year with the sometimes infuriating, sometimes halfway tolerable man-bear and then go home and claim her throne—but when her friendship with the mage develops into something more, will she be able to overcome her mistakes, face her fears, and make her happily ever after happen?

    . . two paranormal fairytale retellings by bestselling authors. Cinderella’s Phantom Prince by Jenni James Prince Adrian died tragically twenty years before, and until he met Adeline, his life had been quite lonely indeed. Suddenly, it is full of intrigues and a yearning desire to get to know the contradictory maiden. One moment, she is a prim and proper miss, and the next, a pillar of pluck and determination. Mostly, he finds he wants to protect her from the onslaught of her family—and the role of servant they have forced her to play. Adeline Moses was not royalty at all—she was merely a companion to her two stepsisters, the daughters of Lady Attlepate. So when she finds herself falling for a princely ghost during a summer party, all the rules of etiquette and her station in life seem to be tossed out the window. Now she is attempting to spend as much time with the prince as she can without her stepsisters ruining what little bit of happiness she has found. Their hearts feel alive for the first time in ages, yet a bit battered too, for how can such an unlikely pair find their happily ever after? Beauty’s Mirror by Rose Fairbanks Leonard Sundridge must find true love before his stepdaughter’s sixth birthday or he will die, cursed by his phantom wife to this fate unless he learns to love. But he cannot leave the estate grounds, and no one has ever loved him. Five years later, an angry and bitter prisoner in his own home, he hires a governess for Rosie in what may be his first selfless act ever. Arabella Beauley once believed in magical tales, but when nothing can save her mother, she forsakes fanciful stories. When her brother incurs a debt to the duke of Erroll, she chooses to work off his debt as a governess. Bella expected merely to give French lessons. Instead, the strange happenings at Sundridge Castle engulf her. Is the duke as rough and beastly as others have said? You’ve never read a Beauty and the Beast story like this before!

    

    Gelila was stolen from her home, forced into the belly of a ship and sold in to slavery. When she finally escapes, the sea calls to her, and with the help of two friends, she steals a slave ship and sets sail. Not wanting to return to her village, she sets out on an adventure and comes face to face with the beast.Iskinder was born a powerful shaman before mankind had spread across the globe. After betraying his tribe for a taste of power, he was cursed into the body of a beast, and now stands guard over that which he had tried to control. Centuries later, he sees redemption in the eyes of a fearsome pirate.Together Gelila and Iskinder will brave trials to find a place to call home.

    Nearly every culture tells the story in one fashion or another - such cultural phenomena as The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You are recent examples - and it is impossible to find one version that laid the foundation for the rest. From Cupid and Psyche, India's Snake Bride to South Africa's 'Story of Five Heads', the partnering of beast and beauties has beguiled us for thousands of years.In this fascinating volume preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures.

    Culminating in a behind-the-scenes look at the new musical starring Emma Watson, this is an enchanting look at the enduring power of a story that began "Once upon a time..."

    Her world is beauty and elegance and light, but the tasks of maintaining her image as a princess and insuring the happiness of her prince are slowly eating away at the person she’d been, before breaking the curse. Her Happily Ever After isn’t as happy as she’d hoped.After being cursed, however, life might have been better as it was. Now her prince is the Beast again and doesn’t know her, a deadly woodcutter is after her hand in marriage, and she has three weeks to save herself and her prince from an alternate reality which should never have happened. If Mira doesn’t succeed, more may be at stake than she realizes. Not only might she lose her love and her happiness, but if she can’t break her curse in time, she might become something dark as well.She might become the next Enchantress.A thought-provoking tale of what might have happened after the Happily Ever After.

    But when her father is taken prisoner by a monstrous Beast, Belle's life is forever changed. Taking her father's place to set him free, she finds herself in the midst of a mysterious enchantment unlike anything she could ever have imagined. Join Belle on this unforgettable adventure as she tells her own story! Discover the secrets hidden in the Beast's enchanted castle and explore this incredible world, all through Belle's perspective.

    The eldest daughter was spoiled and vain, and the youngest preferred to read all day. She was so pretty everyone called her -Belle-. One day, the merchant got lost in the forest and stumbled upon a castle that looked enchanted. Suddenly, he stood face-to-face with the castle's sole inhabitant: a beast! The Beast would spare the merchant's life on one condition: he must send one of his daughters to live in the castle. Against her father's will, Belle went to the Beast's castle.... The cheerful Belle and the good-natured Beast come to life in this beautiful picture book by An Leysen. For everyone who loves timeless fairy tales.