Taming Xavier: A contemporary Beauty & the Beast retelling (Nashville Billionaires Book 4)

Love (and lies) weaves its own tangled web—and this one comes with a beast.

Xavier Titan has made a career out of his shadows. The reclusive thriller writer hasn’t been seen in public for nearly a decade, his life carefully constructed to keep the world—and any painful memories—at arm's length. But when his mother asks him to bring his non-existent fiancé to his sister's wedding, life gets complicated. Forced to confront his past and his reclusive lifestyle, he wonders if there’s any woman in New York willing to enter his world... and stay.

Aribelle—or “Ari” as everyone calls her—isn't looking for love, just a shot to prove herself in her career at a prestigious publishing house. Her new boss has set an impossible task for her: persuade the famous Xavier Titan to agree to a book tour. With his name, it should be easy. But when she meets Xavier, the brooding, secretive man she’s only read about, she’s caught between duty and an undeniable attraction.

A compromise that suits both of their agendas might be more trouble than either were expecting.

Two lives. One fake relationship. A twist on a classic romance where beauty and the beast might save each other—if they’re willing to risk their hearts.