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This story was a heartwarming, contemporary retelling of Beauty, and the Beast. I enjoyed the courtship between the couple. Romantic, and sexy!


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Taming The Beast Amy J Fetzer 9780373763610 Books Reviews

This is a MUST READ book. I enjoyed it from the very first page to the last. In fact, I didn't want it to end.
Entrepreneur Richard Blackthorne had everything. A wife, popularity amongst his peers and above all, he possessed a flawless handsomeness women found impossible to resist. All of that changes when he selflessly tries to rescue a pregnant epileptic woman from an oncoming train. His act of heroism changes his life forever.
Unable to gaze upon his ravaged face, his wife cruelly leaves him. Her rejection wounds him terribly. Unwilling to go through that pain again, to have people stare at him as if he were some kind of freak, he willingly retreats from society. Only the knowledge of his ex-wife's death stirs him from his lair. For he learns that he has a child . . . .
Sight unseen, Laura Cambridge is hired as a nanny to care for his secret child. Richard does not know that Laura is a former beauty queen. She is a green eyed goddess whom he cannot ignore. Her exquisite beauty effortlessly attracts him making him long to step into the light and leave the shadows behind. She makes him long for things he now believes are impossible to obtain. Such as warmth and love . . .
His heart is as painfully scarred as his face. He is afraid to have Laura and his daughter view his disfigurement, to see their revulsion. He is so afraid to trust and determindely keeps to the shadows.
This, of course, drives Laura crazy. She is falling in love with this tormented man and is determinded to free him from his painful past. She does everything she can to overcome his fear, to reassure him that she will not turn away from his ravaged face in revulsion. Still, Richard cannot take the risk.
Laura's beauty queen past has taught her some painful lessons, also. The person inside each of us doesn't always match the face. Slowly she proves this to Richard. Her wit (And she is funny!), kindness and love draw Richard out of the shadows. As she gazes upon his scarred face, he realizes that in her eyes, he has never been a beast. The beauty and purity of her love has rescued him, setting his painful past free and enabling him to obtain the happiness which has long been denied to him.
An excellant read!!
A beautiful book leaves the reader feeling affected by its course and finally its ending, and Taming the Beast is one such book.. )

A beautiful modern take on the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, I just loved Taming the Beast by Amy J. Fetzer.

Laura Cambridge is hired as the nanny to Richard Blackthorne's newly discovered daughter who is coming to stay with him in a few days.
Its a seemingly simple job except Richard is a recluse who has shunned company ever since his accident four years ago, which left him hideously scarred!! No one has seen him since and he is considered a monster living in his castle on the hill.

'Summoned like a serf to the king, she had been hired to help Richard Blackthorne's four-year-old daughter adjust to living here. To living with a recluse, a man locked in a castle and shielded from any human contact.'

Can Laura make Richard understand that looks don't always matter? That his love is what's needed by his daughter?
Can she mend his heart and accept him with his scars when his own wife left him because of them?
Can Richard overcome his fear of rejection and take a chance of coming out in the open?
Will he be able to love his daughter like he wants, without fear and without any reservations?

Its a splendidly written book and Amy has succeeded in keeping her story concise and mixing just the right amount of all emotions to give a sweet love story where miracles happen and there are happy endings. )

The descriptions and character development is expertly done creating a lively picture in the reader's mind.

I specially loved Laura who is strong and an independent woman. Despite having won many beauty contests and being drop dead gorgeous, she knows the value of the inner self rather than the looks which had hurt her immensely in the past. She is just the right mix of strength, beauty, kindness, sass, sexy and love. She is uncertain about herself and sees her beauty as a curse. She yearns for love, marriage and children like her sisters who though not as beautiful as her are more happy.
Once burnt, twice shy... Laura fears she will yet again get her heart broken and lose her love as in the past which endeared her to me even more. All her vulnerabilities just make her seem more real and human.

'She'd fallen deeply, madly in love with him. Her tender beast, her scarred prince. And she was afraid that she'd get what she deserved. Another broken heart.
And this one, she knew, would never heal.'

Richard is also a strong character with definite moral values. He fears facing the repugnance he had seen on his wife's face and due to this fear of rejection, has hidden himself in his own home. A prisoner in his own house!
Although he loves his daughter and craves her company, he feels that he will scare her if he ever shows his scarred face to her. Sensitive to his disfigurement, he feels each emotion intensely.

Kelly is a sweet child who is scared, has recently lost her mother and learnt about her father.She yearns her father's presence in her life but at the same time understands the reason he cant meet her. She is intelligent and her childish playfulness give many memorable moments.

The dialogues between Laura and Richard are very interesting and their mutual passion is intense leaving the reader desperately wishing a happily ever after for them.

I was so touched when Richard professes his love to Laura. It was too good and left me wiping tears from my eyes.

"I love you!" he said fiercely.
"From the moment I saw you. I loved you when you yelled at me for hiding, when you held my daughter and soothed her heartache and kept loving her when I couldn't. I loved you when you fought with me and cursed me." His eyes burned.
"I was in prison Laura, but loving you is my real freedom. Don't send me back there."

A short, sweet and touching love story. Its a must read for people who have loved fairy tales and believe in happily ever afters.

I give Taming the Beast a full 5 on 5. This is a "Feel Good" story which takes us on a journey where there is love and happy endings.

This review is also available on njkinny.blogspot.in
I had forgotten that I had bought this book way back when it first came out and thought it was okay. The story needed more beauty and the beast like interaction and less of dealing with outside influences.
So sweet and very emotional and touching. I think I teared up a few times. It was a great read!
Love this book, love the story. Getting the kindle version was a good purchase after the loss of my paperback. Would recommend.
I love the Beauty and the Beast Story line no matter how it is told. This one was heartwarming. It was a nice way to spend a weekend afternoon.
This is such a great book, I'm surprised it took me so long to run across it! Well written with strong tension, heart tugs, and steamy embraces. Great beauty and the beast retelling.
This story was a heartwarming, contemporary retelling of Beauty, and the Beast. I enjoyed the courtship between the couple. Romantic, and sexy!