Bookish and the Beast (PB)
304 pages |Ā Paperback
A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Postonās fresh, geeky retelling ofĀ Beauty and the Beastānow with a bonusĀ StarfieldĀ story!
In this third book of the Once Upon a Con series, Rosie Thorne is feeling stuckāon her college application essays, in her small town, and on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of all, sheās stuck in her grief over her motherās death. Her only solace was her late motherās library of rare Starfield novels, but even that disappeared when they sold it to pay off hospital bills.
On the other hand, Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as he can rememberāwith all the privilege and scrutiny that entails. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him, heās forced to hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him: Small Town USA. At least thereās a library in the house. Too bad he doesnāt read.
When Vanceās and Rosieās paths collide, sparks do not fly. But as they begrudgingly get to know each other, their careful masks come offāand they may just find that thereās more risk in shutting each other out than in opening their hearts.