Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, lives in a castle in Wales where, it is rumored, his bad temper flays everyone he crosses. He's a Beast.
Miss Linnet Thynne is one of the most exquisite young ladies ever to grace London's ballrooms. She's a Beauty.
Linnet has been involved in a scandalous flirtation with a prince, and everyone in the ton thinks she's carrying a royal child: she needs a husband.
Linnet estimates it will take two weeks—at the outside—to bring the earl to his knees. Piers knows that he will never fall in love, and definitely never marry.
This is the second book in Eloisa's Happily Ever After series. Although the books are not connected by characters but the fact that they are based off of fairytales. Her first was A Kiss at Midnight which is a retelling of the Cinderella story.
This book is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. With our dear Linnet starring as Beauty and Piers starring as Beast.
Linnet has been snubbed by the ton because after receiving the cut direct from a Prince and after weeks of shameless flirting with him and also a horrid shaped dress everyone thinks she is carrying the illegitimate child of that same Prince. Her father believes the talk because his wife was known for her open dalliances. He fears that Linnet is cut from the same cloth. She finally convinces him she is not carrying a child but he still sends her off to the wilds of Wales to be betrothed to Piers Yelverton, whom is known as the Beast.
Piers has lived his life to become one of the best doctors in England. He houses many patients at his huge estate in Wales. He cares for their ailments but nothing else. His father was an opium addict who caused the injury to his leg which forces him to use a cane and causes him constant pain. He also divorces his mother and afterwards she flees back home to France with Piers in tow. Piers is bitter at his father for his opium use and the infliction he caused him but now he wants him to marry the most beautiful, delictible woman he has ever met. Even if he weren't attracted to Linnet by her beauty her sharp tongue and wit would have brought him in.
Linnet and Piers fit together so perfectly in my mind. Because yes Piers desires Linnet but he also sees what is underneath. He sees who she really is and loves her more for that than anything. Also, the same for Linnet. While most people see the bad tempered doctor with a limp she sees someone who really does care because of how he helps his patients.
I loved this book and the banter between not only Piers and Linnet but Piers and Prufrock were absolutely hilarious!! I found myself laughing out loud several, several times!! I also love heroes with rough edges and man did Piers have lots of rough edges, LOL!!
If you want to read a funny and witty take on Beauty and the Beast just go here -->When Beauty Tamed the Beast
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