Back of book blurb:
Magical library.
Distorted fairy tales.
Time travel.
Bookworm Bellarose, egotistical Gerard, geeky Quinn, and mysterious Elayne are thrust into a fairy tale through a magical library. The problem? Most of these eighteen-year-olds’ memories have been wiped clean of life before they became characters in a familiar, but twisted story.
In this first tale, despite insulting banter and recent grievances, Bellarose must join forces with Gerard to break the curse the enchantress Aerowyn has placed on a hexed plantation. The stakes? Those they care about will be cursed forever. The unknown price? They will be stuck inside the warped fairy tales where they may become the villains.

Website description:
For anyone who is bold enough to read fairy tales and brave enough to believe in redemption.

From riches to rags, from France to Louisiana, from hope to heartbreak—Bellarose Bonnay has lost everything. But her greatest adventure is just beginning.

A Cursed Plantation. A Twin Transformed. A Love That Demands Sacrifice.

When Bella’s aristocratic family falls into ruin, she finds herself orphaned and destitute in New Orleans. Working as a barmaid at The Swan, she’s harassed by Gerard—an arrogant war hero whose attention she wants nothing to do with. But when a mysterious encounter leads her to the abandoned Rose Manor, she discovers Gerard is actually the long-lost son of the Count de la Rose, stolen by an enchantress as a child.

Now Gerard has returned to claim his inheritance alongside his twin brother Antoine. But Rose Manor hides an impossible secret: the entire household lives under a powerful curse cast by the enchantress Aerowyn.

By day: The mansion stands empty, draped in cobwebs and dust.

By night: Magic transforms everything. The abandoned estate becomes opulent. Servants trapped as furniture, candlesticks, and clocks return to human form. And Antoine shifts from wolf to man, fighting to retain his humanity during each transformation.

The curse will become permanent in two weeks unless Antoine finds someone who loves him unselfishly enough to break the spell.

As Bella helps plan a grand ball to save the household, she discovers that breaking a curse requires more than a simple kiss. It demands sacrifice, truth, and a love powerful enough to transform everything. But when jealousy erupts on the night of the ball and magic spirals out of control, the cost of freedom may be higher than anyone imagined.

With a hunchbacked blacksmith who sees her true worth, an estate manager trapped as a candelabra, an enchantress who tests the limits of goodness, and a magical library where books literally come to life, Bellarose and the Beast weaves together multiple beloved fairy tales into one unforgettable story.

The first book in The Aerowyn Tales trilogy asks: What would you sacrifice to save the ones you love? How far would you go to break a curse? And when everyone wears a mask, who is the real beast?

Beauty and the Beast like you’ve never read it before.
In this lush, magical retelling set in post-Revolutionary War Louisiana, nothing is as it seems:
• The “beast” is a tormented aristocrat who transforms into a wolf
• The “beauty” is a fallen aristocrat working as a servant
• The war hero brother hides a shattered heart
• True love might come from the most unexpected places
• And the enchantress pulling the strings has her own mysterious motives
Perfect for readers who love:
• Beauty and the Beast retellings with fresh twists
• Historical fantasy romance
• Enchanted households and talking objects
• Enemies-to-allies relationships
• Multiple love stories woven together
• Magical curses with high stakes
• French aristocracy and Louisiana Gothic atmosphere
• Redemption arcs and character growth
• Fairy godmother figures with hidden depths