Isabelle and the Beast

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>It was supposed to be a quick meeting. </em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've been trying to break into acting for years and now I'm FINALLY up for a lead role in a romcom movie. It's a huge step up from barista #3 especially considering who's supposed to play my love interest-Adam Stone.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sure he's known as the Hollywood Hothead and disappeared from the public eye eight months ago after he punched fellow actor Tristan Jackson on the red carpet. But I'm willing to endure some personality issues for the sake of my big break.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When he asks me to come meet him at his family estate to make sure we can work together I figure it'll just be a couple hours. Maybe dinner.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But then it starts snowing.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In May.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In Southern California.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now I'm stranded with Adam for who knows how long. He's rude gruff and I KNOW he's keeping some crazy secrets. I'm 99% sure it's not a dead body but...you never know.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The longer I stay the more determined I am to find out the truth...and the more I realize that Adam has scars below the surface too.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Maybe things aren't always what they appear.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Isabelle and the Beast</em> is a closed-door romantic comedy retelling of Beauty and the Beast with no spice and swoony kisses only! The stories in the Once Upon a Rom-Com series follow the siblings of the Stone family as they find their happily ever afters. The stories are standalone but if you like continuous stories I recommend reading them in order.</strong></p><p></p>