The Gentle Beast (Faerie Tale Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Colleen Shannon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Faerie Tale Romance | Publication Date: October 1996

Scorning the enemies of King George III, wealthy Callista Raleigh is kidnapped by a masked stranger who seeks revenge against her family and attempts to seduce her with his passionate ways.

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Amazon.com Review

Taming the beast is an artful task. Not quite human, not quite monster, the beast is a sinister and sexy creature. As an alpha male, he is perfectly primal and completely desirable to the romance reader. Why? Because only "Beauty" can appreciate the "Beast." She is able to peer past the surface and find the true man underneath. If you like this fairy-tale, you'll love Colleen Shannon's clever reworking of the Beauty and the Beast myth set in Regency England.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505521431
• ISBN-13: 978-0505521439
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,329,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars So boring I couldn't finish it, February 23, 2011

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D. Gladden (ASH GROVE, MO, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gentle Beast (Faerie Tale Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Rarely do I find a book I absolutely cannot finish. This is by far one of the worst books I've ever read. The author needs some writing lessons. The story is hard to follow, and the character development stinks. I love wounded hero romance, but this hero wore a mask for the first one hundred pages I read. I was bored to tears and found something better from the bookshelf.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a good book!!!!!, October 4, 2006

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Romance Reader (Pounding Mill, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gentle Beast (Faerie Tale Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

I picked this book up at the library and I was kinda just ya know picking whatever got my eye up I did not even read the back cause I don't know I was just wanted to be suprised who knows I might pick up a good one. And well I did! This book kept me actually intrested in the characters and I just love a scarred and brooding hero. And this hero will really make your heart go out to him. This hero was just what a hero should be and the heroine was actually nice for a change she was not mean and you felt like she actually loved the guy at the end. It was pretty steamy too but there was only like one actual scene but it was hot. Five stars because of the overall story which was good and steamy and because of the fairy tale part cause ya know I love fairy tales.