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Real Beast: Abused is a gripping and compelling true story of two people whose love becomes corrupted by their past, family ties, cultures, and their Muslim and Christian religion.
The strikingly beautiful Laila, a Pakistani Muslim’s life is plagued by every type of abuse from a young age, which leaves her distorted, conflicted, and questioning her sexual identity. Her husband Arthur, falls victims to Laila’s attempts to replace her own culture and religion with a material and carnal way of life. Soon he realizes there's a hidden side to Laila long term agenda which may not involve living a heterosexual lifestyle.

Real Beast: Abused is a must read for anyone with an urge to observe the long term effects of abuse and the melting of different and often opposing culture's ideals on Sexuality, Loyalty and Love.

From The Editor: Brian Arthur Levene’s fifth book, Real Beast: Abused, is the true story of the marriage between a beautiful young woman, who struggles to break free from her own middle-eastern religion, culture, and ethos of sexuality and an American who has different ideals. The conflict transforms the couple’s capacity to love, nearly destroying each of them in the course of their lives together. The immersion of Laila into the materialistic and carnal ideals of the western world is also her escape from an abused past.
Neither her striking beauty, the purity of her husband’s devotion and love, nor the birth of a son is enough to overcome malicious desires to consume her adopted culture and its trappings. Money, and her submission to sexual deviance cultivates this insightful story of the inescapable and inseparable psychological realities of abuse, love and culture—vices that bring out the Real Beast.

Length: 245 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Real Beast: Abused, is a gripping and compelling true story of two people whose love becomes corrupted by their past, family ties, cultures, and their Muslim and Christian religion. The strikingly beautiful Laila, a Pakistani Muslim's life is plagued by every type of abuse from a young age, which leaves her distorted, conflicted, and questioning her sexual identity. Her husband Arthur, falls victims to Laila's attempts to replace her own culture and religion with a material and carnal way of life. Soon he realizes there's a hidden side to Laila long term agenda which may not involve living a heterosexual lifestyle. Real Beast: Abused is a must read for anyone with an urge to observe the long term effects of abuse and the melting of different and often opposing culture's ideals on Sexuality, Loyalty and Love. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Brian Arthur Levene was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 24, 1973. He grew up in Back Bush, one of Kingston's roughest urban ghettos. His mother taught kindergarten until leaving Jamaica in 1983 for the United States, leaving Brian and his older sister behind. Two years later, Brian passed his sixth-grade exams and earned a place at Jamaica College, one of Kingston's top five high schools. In 1988, before he graduated, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever ripped through Jamaica, displacing hundreds of Kingston's citizens, including Brian. He reunited with his mother in Mount Vernon, New York, where she lived. In the States, Brian's interests shifted from academics to writing poetry and songs, producing music, and playing semi-professional golf. In 2001, Brian moved to Palm Beach, Florida, to focus strictly on semi-professional golf, traveling to tournaments throughout the United States. In 2007, he relocated to Yakima, Washington, after deciding to pursue a career in the health field in order to benefit others. After receiving an Associate's Degree in Science at Yakima College, he started school at Washington State University, in January 2008. He transferred to Southern Connecticut State University in August, where he studied public health. He started to write his first and second novels in his senior year. Graduating in December 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Health and Epidemiology, Brian published this first novel, Not Easily Washed Away, in April of 2011 while pursuing his Master's Degree in Forensics Psychology. Brian's co-author is his wife, whose pen-name is Anon Beauty and whose life inspired this book. They live in Chicago with their five-year-old son. He will soon be moving on to San Francisco to pursue his doctorate in Clinical Psychology. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B00GJ3P9OO
Publisher : Gully Gods Publishing (October 20, 2013)
Publication date : October 20, 2013
Language : English
File size : 1001 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 245 pages
Lending : Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #2,360,094 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5,078 in Cultural & Regional Biographies (Kindle Store)
- #5,281 in Dysfunctional Relationships
- #8,103 in Family Abuse

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Arthur's Beast..Remarkable Read. Wow! (ya just gotta get the book, on Kindle or hardcover, it titillates)

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014

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"Chidren learn what they live, children live what they learn".

In a nutshell, 'Real Beast', the story of Laila and Arthur took a 360 degree turn from the first novel, Not Easily Washed Away. This here is Authur's life, a complicated existence with Leila during their six years mariage. There are unimaginable twists and turns as he endures for the love of Laila. His love was honorable, but Laila felt entitled. Authur was her ticket to ride. Arthur's Laila is now a "Real Beast", she's now turn tables. With everything he does, she goes retrograde, there is chaos. The sexual deviant her father was now makes her the same, the miserable existence she endured was now being inflicted on Arthur. Laila can't feel love. She betrays, deceits, and manipulates. Arthur still holds true. Loving her was easy, (or so he thought) then he married her. He is tenacious with a genorosity of spirit; he is strong and unbreakable, he loves her but love is never reciprocated. In Not Easily Washed Away, I felt Laila's pain, in Real Beast, Arthur has my heart.

Without much ado, this is a must read. I was entranced by the story. An easy read, it flowed without restraints; vivid in its description and interpretation (sexuality exudes). I felt the reality of his angst. This story leaves you wanting. There has to be, should be more...what happened to Shianne, Sammy, Laila, there is no 'end'?!. Did the story fell off a cliff. I ends so abruptly.

The funny thing is, I kept hitting my Kindle figuring there's more, the story ends so abruptly. WTF.

Will there be a Real Beast II.?

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Something Else!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2014

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WARNING: This book starts off harmlessly summarizing the characters and their love and family life but then it takes a turn for a route that many of us will be shocked and left thinking WTF!
And just when you think it can'nt get anymore complicated it does. I was thrown for a loop in the end as I never thought that it would have ended that way for the character Shianne. Very interesting read.

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When I read the blurb I was like wow this is going to real

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2015

I won this book via Goodreads. When I read the blurb I was like wow this is going to real, and heartbreaking.
It took me a while to get to this book as I had others to read so when I actually sat down to read it as part of my new Paperback Friday post #PaperbackFriday I knew I needed to get busy reading it.
The book started off okay but by the middle of the book I literally felt lost as to what was happening. Even though this book is based on real events, the author jumped around so much that it was hard to even know what year we were in half the time.
In books like this it is always hard to get upset at the choices the person or persons make because we haven't gone through what they have, but some of the stuff I just was shocked at why Arthur stayed. Half the time I wondered where their young son was during all of this because he seemed to be there sometimes but other times he wasn't.
You can tell Arthur loves Laila but sometimes when there is more hate and physical violence and you have a way out you should take it. Arthur learns over the years what Laila went through with her family it was not normal. Being sexually abused by those that are called family is wrong on so many levels and you can understand why Laila acts the way she does. But when things start happening in his own home and he is questioning half the time what his daughter and Laila are doing you have to wonder where the heck was Arthur's mind at in all of this.
It was heartbreaking to read that people all around Arthur and Laila were not for their relationship because of their religions, it goes to show that sometimes you can not break the tradition no matter how much you love someone.
Even though like I said the book is real and raw, it just was hard to really get into. Not only with the decisions Arthur was making but the timeline of things that would happen from time to time, along with some grammar issues that were found within the story.

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Cupcakes and Books

Wow!!! What happen!!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014

I fell into reading this book, I was not really sure what to expect but was will to read it and see where that took me!!! I'm glad I did!! WOW is all I can say, just WOW! The main characters are Arthur and Leila and their lives are true craziness. She is a pakistan muslim that has been abused by her family and he falls in love with her. Everything that follows is the extreme highs and lows of that love. When one loves so much and the other has been raised to use that only bad can come of it!! The style of writing is an interesting and belieable way to get across what is happening. This was a fast read for me because I had to know what was going to happen next!! I was left with many questions that I hope I'll get answers to!!! Pick it up and read it you wont regreat it you will be that drawn in!!!

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Theresa Beck

Great story

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2014

I received this as a gift from the author Mr. Levene. I got it for joining a party on FB. This is based on a true story. This story takes u on a very different kind of ride. Has u feeling thing u some might never feel. This is a story of Arthur and Leila. Arthur was raised by his loving mother in a normal home. Leila was raised in a family of incest and had hateful things done to her. She was brainwashed and molested. This story had me feeling so many emotions. I really cant describe how I felt while reading this book. MR. Levene deserves 5***** just for putting his he'll on paper. A MUST READ.

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Real Beast

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2014

It is a very complex story. I do believe the author is a victim in the sense that he thinks his love for Laila will conquer all their problems in the way a domestic violence victim thinks that they can fix their relationship by showing more love or being more supportive of the person that hurts them. I don't think the author realizes that Laila was responsible for changing and wanting to change herself and he could not force her to do that. I am curious to read the other books written by Levene about Laila to see if I can understand her better and why he is so addicted to her and maintaining their relationship after all the obstacles were presented to him.

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Tina Pimentel

awful read

Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2015

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Smut and porn masquerading as philosophical analysis. Although such experiences may be real, the story development is so disjointed and often did not make sense. A complete waste of time, not worth to read even it the books were free. UGH and YUCK!!!'

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