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The man behind the scars
187 pages
A brooding, high-angst Beauty and the Beast retelling set against a rugged Scottish backdrop.
What it feels like
This high-heat romance delivers a deeply atmospheric and angsty reading experience, plunging you into the brooding isolation of a remote Scottish estate. The pacing is brisk but heavy with emotional tension, driven by a classic Beauty and the Beast dynamic where both characters are hiding profound vulnerabilities behind their public personas. The prose is intensely focused on internal turmoil and explosive physical chemistry, making every interaction feel charged and desperate. It is a story of transactional boundaries slowly melting away to reveal raw, hard-won healing. Readers who crave melodramatic, passionate romances featuring deeply tortured heroes and heroines who refuse to be intimidated will devour this steamy, emotionally intense journey.
- Mood
- brooding
- isolated
- steamy
- atmospheric
- Tone
- intense
- angsty
- melodramatic
- passionate
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- healing from trauma · beauty and the beast dynamics · emotional vulnerability · marriage of convenience
- The writing
- Emotionally charged and heavily focused on internal angst, physical chemistry, and dramatic tension.
- The arc
- Moves from a cold, transactional arrangement steeped in mutual guardedness to a fiery, emotionally raw surrender.
- Who it's for
- Romance readers who devour high-angst, high-heat stories featuring deeply tortured heroes and isolated, atmospheric settings.
Content notes
- war trauma/PTSD
- scars/disfigurement
- explicit sexual content
About the book
"Rafe McFarland, 8th Earl of Pembroke - and 21st century heartthrob - has secretly wed ex-model and tabloid darling Angel Tilson! Angel's long been believed to be in financial difficulty, prompting feverish speculation that her marriage to the tortured billionaire is one of the strictest convenience. Bearing terrible scars from his time in the military, Rafe rarely leaves his remote Scottish estate. And with the terms of this deal negotiated, possibly behind tightly closed bedroom doors, is Rafe demanding repayment - in kind - from his new wife?"--Page 2 of cover.
Description from Open Library.
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