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Title: To Love a Beast
Author: Karen Witemeyer
Series: Once Upon a Time in Texas #1
Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Western
Publication Date: June 10, 2025
Publisher: Hope & Light Publishing
Synopsis:
Beauty & the Beast in 1800’s Texas.
Once known among New York’s elite as the American Adonis, Everett Griffin now lives as a recluse in the wilds of Texas. The treachery of a former admirer left his face and his spirit riddled with scars, so he hides himself away, his only companions a trio of trusted servants and an oversized dog. Locals whisper of the beastly man who lives in the gloomy manor outside of town and his tendency to attack anyone who dares approach. Everett relishes his fearsome reputation and uses it as a shield to guard his privacy. Until a young woman as stubborn as she is beautiful infiltrates his sanctum and lays siege to his defenses.
When an injury to her father jeopardizes the family’s book binding business, Callista Rosenfeld determines to fulfill the contract herself, and no insufferable client or woman-eating dog will deter her. Finding unlikely allies among Mr. Griffin’s staff, Callista secures her position and sets to work transforming the manor’s remarkable library. Her employer transforms as well, his ill-tempered growls subsiding to reveal a considerate, intellectual nature. Affection blooms as Callista and Everett discover hidden depths in each other, but the evil schemes of a vengeful hunter threaten to leave their love and their lives in tatters.
My thoughts:
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Karen Witemeyer’s books that I’ve read! I love that she can write clean romances that are still swoon-inducing, and I adore a good happily ever after. Set those stories in historical Texas, and I am a happy, happy girl! I can’t wait for this one to come out so I can get to reading! And look at that cover, y’all! Wouldn’t that make you want to pick up the book? It’s gorgeous!
I am looking forward to this one as well! Such a beautiful cover!
Pretty much all her covers are amazing, and the stories inside are, too!
I think my mother would like this book, she reads a lot of Christian Historical Fiction
If she tries it, I hope she enjoys it!
What a unique cover. I love Beauty and the Beast retellings so I might just pick this one up.
I’d love to hear what you think if you read it!
Love the cover. It sounds magical.
This does sound good, Lisa! I love that cover. I hope you enjoy To Love a Beast when you read it!