When the Mask Slips (Beauty and the Beast)

Only he can protect her. Only she can save him.Two worlds. Two memories. One love.After completing her studies at Trinity College, the young and innocent Lily leaves Ireland and goes home to her father, a wealthy Boston lawyer. The homecoming, however, proves to be much different to the one Lily had imagined, and the girl discovers that her father is linked to several influential and mysterious men. Among them, there is Michael O'Rourke, and Lily is irresistibly attracted to him, with his taciturn and dangerous charm, the tattoos that adorn his powerful body and his unapproachable attitude. But the situation deteriorates, and Lily finds herself a prisoner in a labyrinth of smoke and mirrors, where nothing is what it seems. Then only her heart will be able to guide her and only Michael will be able to protect her. In only one way: claiming her as his exclusive possession.“What… what do you want to do to me?” she asks him in a breath, not knowing what to expect. And not prepared for what follows. A kiss. The way O'Rourke has of kissing her.Lily can do nothing but let it run through her like a hurricane. And, in the end, when he pulls back, she is exhausted. Devoid of strength like a survivor. “What’s happening, hummingbird? Never been kissed?”“Never like that.” The novels in the Beauty and the Beast series are all loosely inspired by the acclaimed and beloved fairy tale.They are standalone, independent of each other, and can be read in any order you like.