A tale as old as time is made new in Ashley Poston's fresh geeky retelling of Beauty and the
Beast. Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck-on her college application essays in her small town and
on that mysterious General Sond cosplayer she met at ExcelsiCon. Most of all she's stuck in
her grief over her mother's death. Her only solace was her late mother's library of rare
Starfield novels but even that disappeared when they sold it to pay off hospital bills. On the
other hand Vance Reigns has been Hollywood royalty for as long as he can remember-with all the
privilege and scrutiny that entails. When a tabloid scandal catches up to him he's forced to
hide out somewhere the paparazzi would never expect to find him: Small Town USA. At least
there's a library in the house. Too bad he doesn't read. When Rosie and Vance's paths collide
and a rare book is accidentally destroyed Rosie finds herself working to repay the debt. And
while most Starfield superfans would jump at the chance to work in close proximity to the Vance
Reigns Rosie has discovered something about Vance: he's a jerk and she can't stand him. The
feeling is mutual. But as Vance and Rosie begrudgingly get to know each other their careful
masks come off-and they may just find that there's more risk in shutting each other out than in
opening their hearts.
