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Blackmailing Belle: A Spicy Beauty & the Beast Retelling (The Lost Girls)
The Beast doesn’t ask for beauty—he demands obedience.
There’s nothing worse than a customer who sneers at your romance-only bookstore, calls your favorite genre trash, and still expects a refund for a wrinkled paperback they’ve clearly read.
Or so I thought.
Turns out, being dragged to a mansion by the Beast of Boston—a terrifying Werebeast and notorious mafia boss—is far worse.
Dominic Blackwell isn’t the stuff of fairytales. He’s ruthless, scarred, and deals in curses that destroy lives. And now, thanks to my dad’s questionable choices, I’m stuck in the middle of his dangerous world. His terms are clear: marry him, or my dad suffers the consequences.
Dominic has no pack to call his own, and his fractured form leaves him trapped between man and beast. Our proximity sparks something primal in him—and something I’d rather not name in myself. He says I’m perfect for him—curves and all.
I say he’s out of his mind.
With my life turned into a dark romance I never signed up for, I’ll need more than my sharp tongue and book smarts to survive this arrangement. Because in Dominic’s world, the line between captor and husband is razor-thin, and falling for the Beast may cost me everything.
This spicy, enemies-to-lovers fairytale retelling will have you clawing for more, with a morally gray alpha, forced proximity, and a romance as sharp as his claws.
There’s nothing worse than a customer who sneers at your romance-only bookstore, calls your favorite genre trash, and still expects a refund for a wrinkled paperback they’ve clearly read.
Or so I thought.
Turns out, being dragged to a mansion by the Beast of Boston—a terrifying Werebeast and notorious mafia boss—is far worse.
Dominic Blackwell isn’t the stuff of fairytales. He’s ruthless, scarred, and deals in curses that destroy lives. And now, thanks to my dad’s questionable choices, I’m stuck in the middle of his dangerous world. His terms are clear: marry him, or my dad suffers the consequences.
Dominic has no pack to call his own, and his fractured form leaves him trapped between man and beast. Our proximity sparks something primal in him—and something I’d rather not name in myself. He says I’m perfect for him—curves and all.
I say he’s out of his mind.
With my life turned into a dark romance I never signed up for, I’ll need more than my sharp tongue and book smarts to survive this arrangement. Because in Dominic’s world, the line between captor and husband is razor-thin, and falling for the Beast may cost me everything.
This spicy, enemies-to-lovers fairytale retelling will have you clawing for more, with a morally gray alpha, forced proximity, and a romance as sharp as his claws.
Published: March 16, 2025
Pages: 416
ISBN: 9798314381342
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4.0
2 ratings
Aaliyah .
Mar 19, 2026
I enjoyed most of the book. I loved Talon and I mostly liked Aurora but some of her actions left me annoyed. They navigate a tricky situation and relationship where Aurora is cursed to be a Succubus and Talon is a dragon shifter, practically cursed never to be able to touch anyone. The full cast of characters from Tink to Rapunzel and Snow made the story fun and the plot was good. The spice was insanely hot but I felt bad for Talon as he saw the spicy moments with the one woman he couldn't have and other people.
The buildup to the antagonist took awhile but when they entered the story, I was shook and couldn't put my Kindle down. The ending felt a bit rushed but it was still satisfactory. If you like fairytale retellings and smut for days, Holly certainly delivers on all counts and you'll want to add this book to your TBR asap!
*Huge thanks to Holly for the early copy
The buildup to the antagonist took awhile but when they entered the story, I was shook and couldn't put my Kindle down. The ending felt a bit rushed but it was still satisfactory. If you like fairytale retellings and smut for days, Holly certainly delivers on all counts and you'll want to add this book to your TBR asap!
*Huge thanks to Holly for the early copy
Sarah L.
Feb 8, 2026
I was stoked when I got the approval email for this ARC! This was my first book I’ve read by her, and it’s a standalone in the Lost Girls series.
A sexy smutty dark version of a Beauty and the Beast retelling?! Yes please!
Dom (The Beast of Boston) blackmails Belle into marrying him. The tension is high,
steamy chapters, dual POV, a fiesty curvy FMC (which you don’t get to see often and I loved that), and grumpy yet sexy shifter MMC.
What more can you want out of a Retellings of one of your favorite Disney movies?!
This is a must read for smutty romance readers who loved Beauty and the Beast growing up!
A sexy smutty dark version of a Beauty and the Beast retelling?! Yes please!
Dom (The Beast of Boston) blackmails Belle into marrying him. The tension is high,
steamy chapters, dual POV, a fiesty curvy FMC (which you don’t get to see often and I loved that), and grumpy yet sexy shifter MMC.
What more can you want out of a Retellings of one of your favorite Disney movies?!
This is a must read for smutty romance readers who loved Beauty and the Beast growing up!