Mature
Length20h 25m
About this audiobook
This is a Dark Beauty and the Beast Retelling. Please read TW below and on website!
Isabelle Beaufort
Isabelle loves her library not only is it her dream job, but it's also where her father used to bring her every Saturday as she grew up.
She is heartbroken when she discovers that the council have sold it to no other than billionaire Playboy Adam Xander. Everything Xander buys, he turns into a bar or gentlemen's club or knocks down and builds apartments. Isabelle knows her little library isn't safe unless she can persuade Xander to preserve her haven.
Adam Xander
Adam has no problem getting his hands dirty to get what he wants because no one has the guts to tell him no—until her.
No woman turns Adam down and on the rare occasion that they do, he finds another in minutes. But when he meets the feisty little librarian, who makes it perfectly clear she has no interest in him, it becomes his mission to get what he wants. But Adam isn't the only one who has eyes on his girl. Will he be able to protect Isabelle from her other admirers? Will one night be enough for the notorious billionaire playboy? Or has he found the one person who could teach him that there's more to life than making money?
TRIGGER WARNINGS (for full list please check website www.debartley.com): Past child abuse and domestic violence (mentioned but not in detail), Stalker (not the good kind), Murder of a parent, Murder, SA, Kidnapping
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.7 (93)
Includes Goodreads
GenreRomance
Length20 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Vinci Books
26Chapter Seventeen
2Trigger Warning
27Chapter Eighteen
3Prologue
28Chapter Nineteen
4Chapter One
29ROSE
5ROSE
30Chapter Twenty
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6Chapter Two
31Chapter Twenty-One
7BEAST
32ROSE
8Chapter Three
33Chapter Twenty-Two
9Chapter Four
34Chapter Twenty-Three
10“Oh! Yes!”
35Chapter Twenty-Four
11Chapter Five
36Chapter Twenty-Five
12Chapter Six
37BEAST
13Chapter Seven
38Chapter Twenty-Six
14Chapter Eight
39Chapter Twenty-Seven
15ROSE
40Chapter Twenty-Seven
16Chapter Nine
41Chapter Twenty-Eight
17Chapter Ten
42Chapter Twenty-Nine
18Chapter Eleven
43Chapter Thirty
19Chapter Twelve
44Chapter Thirty-One
20Chapter Thirteen
45Chapter Thirty-Two
21ROSE
46Chapter Thirty-Three
22Chapter Fourteen
47Chapter Thirty-Four
23Chapter Fifteen
48Chapter Thirty-Five
24Chapter Sixteen
49ROSE
25BEAST
50Chapter Thirty-Six
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