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The Beast and His Bookish Beauty

By AM Hogue
Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Young Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Book Details

Genre

Fantasy Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Fairytales Retold

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel
magicbeauty and the beastboarding schoolcastledragonsfairy tale retellingforced proximityhidden identitypalaceprinceprincessprotector heroroyalty

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Synopsis

Sometimes, even when you’re not looking for it, love finds you anyway.

Isabelle Grantham is tired of her humdrum life and dreams of adventure away from her small village. When the opportunity arises to attend Madame Grizelda’s Finishing School for Finely Bred Ladies, she jumps at the chance. While there, she gains a best friend in her roommate, Princess Ryn, as they navigate the classes which are designed to help them become eligible marriage material. When they take revenge on a classmate for her cruel prank, Isabelle wants to spare Ryn, so she accepts full responsibility. For her punishment, Isabelle is exiled to the off-site library for two months. An entire castle full of books? That won’t be so bad, right?

Prince Adam of Tameron has been stuck on the Isle of Emberin for the past five years, due to his cursed state as a dragon, unable to fulfill his duty as crown prince. He languishes in solitude at the finishing school’s off-site library, growing more hopeless each day that his curse will ever be broken. Midway through the semester, Grizelda drops off an errant student in his lap, forcing him to let her help at the library—or, as Adam prefers to call it, acting as her nursemaid. To his dismay, Isabelle is cheerful, she’s friendly, and worst of all, she’s beautiful. Adam has already been taken in by a pretty face before and is bound and determined to never let it happen again.

While Beast is busy avoiding Isabelle, she’s determined to make the best of her time at the library, reading every book she can get her hands on. After disaster strikes and Isabelle gets injured, Beast comes to her rescue, and she realizes there’s more to the grumpy librarian. And as Adam gets to know Isabelle, he realizes there’s intelligence and charm beneath the surface of her beauty.

What will happen when these two opposites collide? Will Beauty be able to tame the beast?

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The Beast and His Bookish Beauty

By AM Hogue

Genre

Fantasy Romance

Publisher

Self Published

Series

Fairytales Retold

Book #

2

Point of View

Dual First Person

Length

Novel

Narrator(s)

Narration Type

magicbeauty and the beastboarding schoolcastledragonsfairy tale retellingforced proximityhidden identitypalaceprinceprincessprotector heroroyalty

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Content Guide

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Level 1 Intimacy
No Innuendo
Zero Swearing
Mild Violence
Young Adult
No LGBTQ Content

Trigger Warnings

Synopsis

Sometimes, even when you’re not looking for it, love finds you anyway.

Isabelle Grantham is tired of her humdrum life and dreams of adventure away from her small village. When the opportunity arises to attend Madame Grizelda’s Finishing School for Finely Bred Ladies, she jumps at the chance. While there, she gains a best friend in her roommate, Princess Ryn, as they navigate the classes which are designed to help them become eligible marriage material. When they take revenge on a classmate for her cruel prank, Isabelle wants to spare Ryn, so she accepts full responsibility. For her punishment, Isabelle is exiled to the off-site library for two months. An entire castle full of books? That won’t be so bad, right?

Prince Adam of Tameron has been stuck on the Isle of Emberin for the past five years, due to his cursed state as a dragon, unable to fulfill his duty as crown prince. He languishes in solitude at the finishing school’s off-site library, growing more hopeless each day that his curse will ever be broken. Midway through the semester, Grizelda drops off an errant student in his lap, forcing him to let her help at the library—or, as Adam prefers to call it, acting as her nursemaid. To his dismay, Isabelle is cheerful, she’s friendly, and worst of all, she’s beautiful. Adam has already been taken in by a pretty face before and is bound and determined to never let it happen again.

While Beast is busy avoiding Isabelle, she’s determined to make the best of her time at the library, reading every book she can get her hands on. After disaster strikes and Isabelle gets injured, Beast comes to her rescue, and she realizes there’s more to the grumpy librarian. And as Adam gets to know Isabelle, he realizes there’s intelligence and charm beneath the surface of her beauty.

What will happen when these two opposites collide? Will Beauty be able to tame the beast?

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Physical Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands or affectionate touching
  • Compliments or confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces or cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters are only referred to from the past, not described or shown on page
 

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in the underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied but not described
  • Feeling warm or flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls or groans
  • Thinking or speaking about desire in a non-descriptive way
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level, though this may be unpopular if they are not married
 

Level 3

 

  • Hands moving, still not in the underwear zone
  • French kissing with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions that still follow these guidelines
  • Feeling hot or sweaty
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, or panting
  • More frantic moments and some loss of control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If characters lie down together, there should be little description of contact or movement
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with a fade to black scene
  • Focus stays on the emotion
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged or committed couples

Innuendo Levels

Level 0 — None

  • No sexual innuendo
  • No suggestive humor
  • No crude or sexual jokes

Level 1 — Minimal

  • Minimal innuendo or double meanings
  • Light teasing
  • Mild crude or dad humor
  • Not frequent or strong

Level 2 — Moderate

  • Moderate suggestive humor
  • Double meanings
  • Sexual tension
  • May include crude or sexual jokes

Level 3 — Heavy

  • Heavy innuendo
  • Strong suggestive dialogue
  • Frequent crude or sexual humor

Swearing Levels

Zero

  • No swearing

Mild

  • Up to 10 uses of “hel*” or “dam*”

Moderate

  • 10+ uses of “hel*” or “dam*”
  • And/or use of bodily swear words like “shi*,” “as*,” etc.

Severe

  • 30+ swear words
  • And/or any use of the F-word one or more times

Violence Levels

Zero

  • No on-page violence

Mild

  • Violence is present without detail or only referenced vaguely
  • May briefly mention blood or injuries
  • Comparable to a G-rated movie

Moderate

  • Violence is more frequent and/or more detailed
  • Can be more intense
  • Injuries may be lightly described
  • Comparable to a PG-rated movie

Severe

  • Violence is more detailed and frequent
  • Blood may be mentioned and injuries may be described in detail
  • Comparable to a PG-13-rated movie

Intimacy Levels

Level 1

  • Holding hands/Affectionate touching
  • Compliments/confessing love
  • Low-description kissing
  • Tender embraces/cuddling
  • Blushing and sighing
  • Non-descriptive discussions of sex
  • Established relationships
  • Fade to black if married
  • Any sexual encounters from past only referred to, not described or on-screen

Level 2

  • Touch that signals attraction
  • No touching in underwear zone
  • Long kisses, lightly descriptive
  • Deeper kisses, tongue implied not described
  • Feel warm/flushed
  • Gasping, deep sighs, light growls and groans
  • Thinking/speaking about desire non-descriptive
  • Fade to black for established relationships after a scene that matches this level – but may be unpopular if not married

Level 3

  • Hands moving, still not in underwear zone
  • French kiss with tongue described
  • Make-out sessions still follow guidelines
  • Feel hot, sweating
  • Heavier gasping, groaning, deep growls, panting
  • More frantic and lose some control
  • Male shirt may come off, but nothing else
  • Leg may straddle waist, but no mention of arousal
  • If they lay down together anywhere, use little description of contact/moving
  • May happen in a bedroom or on a bed, but should be interrupted or end with fade to black scene. Keep focus on the emotion.
  • Fade to black should still happen between married couples or at the end of the book between engaged/committed couples.