Connor Prince is a beast.He’s a rich, controlling, handsome ex-movie star with one dream left in his cold, godforsaken heart.He wants a baby, and he wants me to be his surrogate.I thought he was just a weirdly good-looking, grumpy hobo until he took me to his freakin’ castle and made me an indecent proposal.The contract doesn’t actually look too bad.All I have to do is hang out for nine months … bad.
All I have to do is hang out for nine months getting pedicures and massages while gestating his child.
I’ll even have a chef.
And I need the money.
My profession, making gory practical effects for horror and sci-fi movies, isn’t exactly a growth industry.
Since my family is on the verge of bankruptcy and I just got fired and blacklisted for kicking a spectacularly creepy B-list actor in the nuts for groping me, this could solve all my problems.
But the castle ends up being a gilded cage, with Connor controlling what I can eat, where I can go, and what I can do.
He’s driving me up the wall with his growling, snarly crap.
Between pregnancy hormones, Connor pushing me to the limits of my patience, and the fact that he’s absurdly hot under the mountain man beard, frustrations are rising quickly.
The angry kind. And the sexy kind.
I’m beginning to suspect that a good man might be lurking under Connor’s permanent scowl, but I know getting entangled with him is a terrible idea.
He’s got demons and secrets, and I’m… what exactly?
I’m the girl with crooked pigtails and paint splattered overalls who makes badass blood geysers and werewolf puppets.
I deal in fake monsters. Not real ones.
I’m not the right girl for Connor Prince.
Which is really unfortunate because I might be falling in love with him…
‘Baby and the Beast’ is full-length sweet and sexy romcom featuring a bad boy hero and a quirky girl next door on a crazy road to happily ever after. It stands alone with no cheating, cliffhangers, or nonsense.
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i love fairy tale renditions and this one is is amazing. So we follow Connor Prince who was an A-list actor who has fallen due to a result of a fall out from the military. What military? Yeah I was shocked to when I read about that. We also meet Isobelle Schmidt who is trying to make a name for herself in the hollywood community. When Connor, meets Izzie he had one goal in mind. It is not getting her in bed. LOL! Izzie is a hopeful person and very vocal. So when Izzie gets a proposition to be a surrogate for Connor Prince, she does it. There is a contract involved!! So now everything is about to get crazy. Isabelle does not let you down either. You will fall in love with her character. She is fiesty and protective. So she goes toe to toe with Connor who is stubborn. As the story unfolds and there are ups and downs and oh my did that just happened. I loved this book and once you start you will want to finish.
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I really enjoyed this new spin on an old classic, Baby and the Beast is a fast-paced standalone romance, Isabelle meets Connor on a bad day and learns he’s looking for a surrogate to have a baby for him, Isabelle agrees to his plan but soon the love/hate relationship that is filled with chemistry explodes. There is plenty of drama and intrigue in this romance story.
I’m a sucker for Beauty and the Beast type books. The twist of this being a reclusive movie star wanting a baby piqued my interest immediately. Our ‘beauty’ so to speak was a quirky, likable young girl to our ‘Beast’. I hate giving spoilers – so, this was a fun ride and I’m off to look for the companion books…
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Former movie star Connor Prince has been living mostly isolated in his castle for almost fourteen years—since a scandal ruined his career. He keeps in touch with just family and a few close friends and works in disguise. A few years back, he decided he wanted to have a baby, and so the search for a surrogate mom began.
After her mom died, Isabelle Schmidt and her dad have been struggling to make ends meet. She meets Connor, who makes her an offer she couldn’t refuse: become a surrogate for him, move in with him, and he will pay her a million dollars. One million dollars would solve so much of their problems! Especially since she just got fired and her Dad quit his job. She signs the contract, basically signing her life over to Connor for the next nine months. As indicated in the contract, he gets to control every aspect of her life. This tests Isabelle’s limits, but then she starts to suspect there’s a good guy hiding underneath the beastly image. Connor also starts falling for Isabelle as they spend more time together. The contract says she’s out of the picture once the baby’s born, which means he has until the end of her pregnancy to convince her to stay…
Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale, so of course I had a great time reading this book! This modern twist is a light, quick read. Isabelle is a strong character who isn’t afraid to speak up and hold her ground, while Connor is brooding and overbearing. I loved their chemistry and how they tempered each other.
Baby and the Beast is a slow-burn, age gap, arranged baby contemporary Hollywood romance written in dual first-person POV. It’s a standalone that ends with a HEA. No cliffhanger, no cheating.
its a nice story, it reads nicely, the characters are fun. all in all I have entertained myself with the book and thats why it gets 4 stars from me
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Baby and the Beast by Taylor Holloway is a wonderful read. sweet,entertaining,sexy and enjoyable romance story of Connor and Isabelle that will keep you entertained while reading. well written,lovely characters with great chemistry. well done!
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Loved this take on Beauty and the Beast. The ruin down castle. The hermit disgraced former A-list actor. I loved that Isabelle was into making visual effects, which helped Connor hide out from the world. I love baby stories and so I loved the surrogacy story. This was a fun and creative retelling of the fairytale and I can’t wait to see what other stories she has in mind for the series!
BABY AND THE BEAST by TAYLOR HOLLOWAY is the story of Conner and Isabel ‘Izzie’. This book is a different spin on the Beauty and the Beast story. Isabel ends up loosing her job but she ends up having a mystery offer from Conner. Conner is a recluse who was a actor but now is just grumpy and angry. Isabel is the completed opposite of him which cause issue with them getting along until he starts to show her a different side of himself.
Enjoyed their story.
This retelling of the classic, Beauty and the Beast was fantastic! It was easy to recognize what character portrayed who from the original. Obviously it followed a story line but Taylor was able to make it her own.
I loved the beast, Connor. He was easy to hate but you wanted to understand him and begged for Isabelle to “fix” him.
Isabelle was a loveable character all the way through. Their love/hate relationship kept me turning the pages to see what was going to happen next.
There wasn’t anything about this tale that I didn’t like. Each character was perfect. I can’t wait to read the next in the series.
Rating 4.5 stars. This book kept my attention from the very first page. I loved the banter between Connor and Isabelle! Connor was such a cranky boy and Isabelle was just what he needed to pull him out of that negative space he had pulled himself down into after that big, horrible incident. I liked how Isabelle didn’t let Connor intimidate her into doing exactly what he wanted her to do. I hope we get to see more of Connor and Isabelle in other book in the series! I loved this couple!
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Hollywood fairy-tale…
Beauty and the Beast was one of my favorite fairy-tales as a child. Over the years, I have enjoyed many remakes of the classic. This time around Ms. Holloway gives us a Hollywood version. Former Hollywood star hires a surrogate to have his child. This topic could be torn from the pages of Hollywood society. This is what gives the story a “believable” vibe. Yet, it’s the characters- Connor and Isabelle- that make it a joy to read.
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Quite original
4.5
It’s a good romance in the Hollywood movie world, which is very well written, with excellent characters. I thought the author’s idea was good because it contains multiple stories embedded in the main story, mixing the world of cinema and its abuse, war crimes, reputation problems, manipulation.
Isabelle used to work in the film industry, but when she is sexually assaulted by a main actor, she is fired. Needing money, she has a proposal from a wealthy man, Connor, to have her child for money. She hesitates because she doesn’t want that this child will have to suffer from her decision. She accepts, but the conditions requested by Connor are so restrictive, even abusive, that Isabelle quickly decides to find a solution that will certainly not please Connor, who remains narrow-minded, locked in a behavior that he has developed following false accusations several years ago. Everyone being pushed to their limits, the situation changes completely.
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Holy wow! This is the first book I’ve read by this author and trust me, it won’t be the last. It was so good! Connor and Isabelle have kind of a rough start, but will they find their way to love?
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I this modern takeoff of Beauty and the Beast, Isabel (Belle) and her father Maurice work for a Hollywood studio. Izzie (to her friends) gets unfairly dismissed from the movie and her father quits in solidarity.
Unsure what to do, with no income ahead, she is approached by a mysterious stanger and taken to a castle. There she meets a Prince. Conner Prince, the recluce former Hollywood actor. He is now a surly “Beast of a man” after social media has destroyed his career. He offers Izzie a miilon dollars to be the surrrogate for his baby. The stipulation is she needs to live in his castle and follow all the rules of the contract to the letter.
After a month of this arraingement Izzie is losing her mind. She is used to working. She wanders into his forbidden movie “Library” and a large fight ensues. Like the Disney story, she gets lost in a snow storm and of course he rescues her. During their snowbound time. Conner lets Izzie see the “Real him”
After that the story really hums along as the two of them really get to know eachother first as friends and then as lovers.
This was an entertaining, charming story that ticked off all the right boxes. It was funny, it was sexy and it left you smiling at the end.
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I had never read anything by Taylor Holloway before and after reading this book, i know it won’t be my last! I loved this book. It’s a new, adult version of the classic fairytale that we all loved as girls. I fell in love w the characters, Connor and Izzie, right away. Connor was a grumpy man in the beginning but Izzie was exactly what he needed to soften and become a better man. And Izzie was a strong woman that is witty and knows exactly how to put a man in his place. From page 1, i couldn’t put this book down. Even tho I knew where the original story of Beauty and the Beast was going to take me, I couldn’t wait to see how Taylor Holloway would put her own little spin on it. This was a light and funny romance that i would recommend to anybody. And if u have never read this author before, this is a great place to start!
I really enjoyed Baby and the Beast it was a great read from Taylor. It had a good interesting storyline that held my interest all the way through. I liked both Connor and Isabelle and thought they were really pretty sweet together I enjoyed this story and would definitely recommend it.
Loved this romance read about Connor a hot millionaire hiding his true identity from Hollywood , and a strong , feisty , quirky geek who gives as much as she gets Isabelle , no spoilers but there’s secrets , mystery , theft and a whole lot more with an HEA , one to read and can’t wait for Tommy’s story
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Another Taylor Holloway I couldn’t put down! This modern day fairy tale starts with a chance meeting in an elevator and ends in their happily ever after. Love happens when guy out least expect it!
This was my first book by Taylor Holloway and it definitely won’t be my last!
Baby and the Beast is so well-written.
The storyline kept me turning each page, I stayed up well into the night to finish this one.
Conner and Isabella will keep you wanting more. You can’t help but root for them!!
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great love story!
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4 Stars