Review: Review From [...] - Martini Times Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2013
Review From [...] - Martini Times RomanceI bought this book from Amazon after reading Her Mad Hatter by Marie Hall- the first in the Kingdom Series.We all grew up with fairy tales. Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast...well Marie Hall takes these tales and shakes them until there's nothing left of what we know and all we're left with is...the truth of what really happened.In Gerard's Beauty, we meet Gerard. A French man whom the Earth world has forgotten, his side of the story written out of the fairy tale we know as Beauty and the Beast. A man who is so sinfully devilish that he charms his way into many beds. A man who has tupped his last maiden and is in a LOT of trouble with the fairy counsel. So much trouble that the only way to fix this is for his fairy godmother, Danika, to drop him on Earth to find his mate or else he'll live the life of a castrated man forever.Once unceremoniously dropped on the steps of a Library with instructions to find his mate Betty, Gerard refuses and instead decides to wait until Danika can fix the mess he's made. He can't commit to one woman and has no desire to after Belle ruined him. She isn't a sweet as we were led to believe. She's a money hungry bitch who married the beast for his coin.Sitting there on the library's steps looking worse for wear, he's bloody and beaten and mighty pissed. When a frumpy woman walks up with her children to go into the library, scared he's some sort of ruffian, Gerard can only pray she wasn't his mate. Cause if so...kill him now.Betty Hart works at the local library and  when the frumpy woman comes in, she goes to her and tells her to call the cops because there's a mad man sitting on the steps. Taking in Gerard's appearance, he looks like a homeless fool, and  she waves the woman off, deciding instead to watch him and make sure he doesn't cause any trouble.Betty is rational and has a good head on her shoulders, but has a secret love for super heroes and comic con. She had just gotten out of a bad relationship, but she's ready to just move on with her life. She's not looking for love, but when forces work against her, Betty rolls with the punches.Her first encounter with Gerard leaves her sensible head spinning. Who talks like him? Who is so confident that he can just kiss her and know she enjoyed it? It leaves her rattled and more determined not to give in to this stranger's charm.But fate has other plans and when Betty decides to take Gerard in when it starts raining. Her world changes. Gerard's changes too especially when the Leader of the Godmothers drops in and places a curse on Gerard where he can't be intimate with another woman ever. She's basically castrated him, and only Betty can help.I don't wanna give too much away, but this story is a short novella that moves quickly. However with all fairytales, it's a fun fantasy world about true love and mates. Magic is in the air and through the troubles that Gerard faces and the timid unwavering faith of Betty, they'll find their happily ever after.Loved the characters and found it to be a fantastic modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast.Review From [...] - Martini Times Romance