Once Upon a Beast

Kyra Jacobs

Aug 2023 · Tule Publishing

About this ebook

It’s a fairy tale as old as time…

Everyone in Bourbon Falls knows Delaney Brooks doesn’t need a man—including Delaney. So when a storm sends her niece’s car hydroplaning into the town hermit’s bushes, it’s nothing Del can’t handle herself. But the winds also cause costly damage to the roof of her family’s beloved bookstore, and Del accepts it’s time to seek help.

Isaac Manning never intended to be the bad guy. But a slanderous post went viral, and he’s forced to take cover in Bourbon Falls, Indiana, hiding to protect his tech company until the online storm blows over. The strategy goes smoothly until a teenage girl destroys his lawn. Now two locals have seen his face, and one is tugging at his heartstrings.

Del’s fundraiser can save her family’s bookstore but she’ll need an amazing website built to draw the crowds in. Isaac, wanting a break from his loneliness, is happy to trade his skills for Del’s landscape panache. But can the two truly work together to support the town’s biggest event of the year without jeopardizing their hearts and reputations too?

Ratings and reviews

In the town of Bourbon Falls, Indiana friends and family band together to help one another. For Isaac, it is a place to hermit himself away from a company in trouble due to a viral video of him. For Delaney, it is home. When they collide, the hearts begin to float up in the air. Bur, he is to return to New York when the furor dies down. Daring fate, Delaney jumps into his arms knowing it might end in heartache. Delightful story, full of love. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.