By the Book

This fun and frothy Beauty and the Beast reimagining pairs an overworked editorial assistant with a grumpy and secretive author. Life hasn’t turned out the way Isabelle imagined; instead of shaping stories and working with the literary elite, she’s stuck running coffees back and forth for her boss—then ending the day back at her childhood home. Just as Izzy questions her future at Tale As Old As Time publishing (wink wink), she overhears her boss complaining about beastly Beau Towers and his missing manuscript. Ambitious Izzy preps her pep talks and travels to Beau’s mysterious mansion to coax his story out of him, where what began as a spontaneous career move slowly turns into a fairytale romance as Izzy melts Beau’s cold exterior. Guillory turns down the heat in this closed door romance and pours plenty of charm on the page.