in this modernretelling of beauty and the beast savannah carmichael betrayed by an unreliable source returns to her hometown of danvers virginia with her oncepromising journalism career in ruins given the opportunity to get back in the game by writing a patriotic human interest piece savannah turns her attention to the town hermit asher lee a wounded veteran who returned to danvers eight years ago and hasnt been seen since after an ied explosion in afghanistan took ashers hand and disfigured half of his face hes lived a quiet life on the outskirts of danvers where the locals respect his privacythat is until savannah carmichael comes calling in a borrowed sundress with a plate of homemade brownies when asher agrees to be interviewed by savannah he starts feeling things for the beautiful reporter that he hasnt felt in years misfits in smalltown danvers savannah and asher create a bond right away touching each others hearts in ways neither thought possible when a terrible mistake threatens to drive them apart theyll have to decide if the love they found in one anothers arms is strong enough to fight for their hardwon happily ever afterthe vixen and the vet is part of the a modern fairytale collection which will include five standalone novelsthe vixen and the vet beauty the beast available nownever let you go hansel gretel available nowgingers heart little red riding hood available march 22 2016dont speak the little mermaid available 2017swan song the ugly duckling available 201718librarians note this is an alternatenew cover for asin b00l19svq4