In a modern Beauty and the Beast retelling Beau Nicholls is a freelance photographer. She finds herself in need of a temporary job to pay the bills. In desperation, she takes a housekeeping position for a disabled recluse. The recluse in question, Felix Astor, does not want her help, but his cousin hires her anyway.

They quickly discover they don't get along very well.

Felix has a dark past filled with both physical and mental scars. He struggles to let people close to him. Beau was raised by a mother who didn't understand her and a father who didn't really try. She doesn't know how to let anyone but her friends close to her. They must learn to trust and love.

Beverly Anne Michel is a romance author from Nebraska.