Because it gave life to those amazing fairytale characters in the real world!įirstly “if the shoe fits” attracted my whole attention :the plus size beauty, shoe designed Cindy’s story who works with her evil stepmother was written by Julie Murphy and now one of my truly favorite romance authors : the one and only Jasmine Guillory joins the series with fascinating retelling of my all time favorite Disney story: “Beauty and the Beast”

Well, “Meant to be “series keep growing on me. Does Rapunzel open a hair dresser chains and Sleeping Beauty works for designer company or Snow White prefers a commune life with her dwarves? I always wonder what those of my favorite fairytale characters do in modern world. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before.īest-selling author Jasmine Guillory’s reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.

But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page.

He is jaded and withdrawn and-it turns out-just as lost as Izzy. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. How hard could it be?īut Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.Īll she has to do is go to the author’s Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. A tale as old as time-for a new generation…

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