Summary
Belle’s new reality is a twisted plotline: she’s been thrust into a romance novel as a minor noble, burdened with the impossible mission of seducing Duke Arges, the notoriously fearsome ‘Beast.’ Her task? To alter the novel’s tragic trajectory. Yet, Belle wants nothing more than to avoid the dangerous Duke and the superficial world of the aristocracy. Irony strikes when her every effort to keep her distance only captures the Beast’s undivided attention. Can Belle defy destiny and escape her assigned role, or will she find herself entangled in a romance far more perilous than any novel could describe? Read Chapter 1 to find out!