A Devils Highwaymen Story‘Remember, the Devil was once an angel too’Beast, an enforcer for the Devil’s Highwaymen MC, wakes up months after being captured and tortured by another club and discovers brutal and ugly scars covering over half his body.Once a beautiful man, able to woo any woman into his bed, now his face and body are their own horror story.Though the torture has stopped, Beast … horror story.
Though the torture has stopped, Beast continues to relive the agony. He can’t tell anyone about the nightmares he keeps having or about the fear and depression that are tearing him apart inside. He’s the club’s weapon, and he can’t show weakness.
With no one to trust and nowhere to go, his fear slowly dissolves into rage.
Belle is working as a trainee nurse at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital when Beast is brought in. She’s at first fearful of the dark-eyed man, and the MC behind him, but refuses to let anyone see that.
Brought up by her godmother, she’s been taught to trust her instincts and always see the beauty in people…even if at first you only see the ugly.
He’s full of loneliness and anger.
She’s full of hope and love.
Can Belle see behind the beast and thaw his heart before his rage engulfs him? Or will the broken monster destroy her right alongside himself?
‘Tame his Beast’ is a standalone MC romance and is part of the Once Upon a Fairy Tale Night Series, a collection of multi-author fairy tale romance retellings.
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This was a great read and just what I needed to grab my interest after coming down from reading a long series prior to this. I’m not always a fan of MC books unless they’re done well and for me, this one was. It had the perfect amount of dark, edgy, grit to it without being over the top, something that a lot of other authors tackling this genre struggle with (which is generally what puts me off about it to begin with). What I am a fan of, however, is a fairy tale retelling, so the unique MC spin the plot had around Beauty and the Beast suckered me right in. This book had bang for buck while staying believable as well as highly entertaining. This is a two-part retelling in case you didn’t bother to read the title or the description, so if you prefer to wait until both books are out, don’t say you didn’t know. Personally, I’m glad I’ve read it now because I’ll happily be reading it again in September when Part 2 is released.
The story starts quite brutally as Beast, an Enforcer for the Devil’s Highwaymen, is going to town on a traitor. Without revealing too much, he senses something is off but doesn’t give it much thought. This ends up being a massive mistake with dire consequences, one of which is his brutal torture at the hands of unknown assailants where he is also left for dead. Beast is terribly disfigured, segueing our story three months into the future where he’s still recovering in hospital.
The lovely Belle is tasked with caring for him while he’s on the mend (and in hiding) in hospital and while she did weep every now and then, it was justified (meaningless tears that make women weak in stories is another no-no for me – none of that here, so yay for Belle). I loved that she showed a bit of backbone and was a perfect balance of strong and caring and empathetic. She was young and somewhat naive, being raised by her Godmother after her mother left her at the age of three. She was the perfect counterbalance for Beast. Hands up if you love a grumpy hero? Well brace yourself, because he’s the epitome of grump. Once a handsome player, Beast is now reduced to being weak and a shell of who he was due to his injuries. As a result, he’s cantankerous, rude, angry and, quite often, a Jerky McJerkface. Oh, add to that the fact he’s often crude, downright mean and an abrasive a-hole. So why didn’t I want to punch him in the junk? Because the author did a great job of revealing the man behind the scars, giving a bit of cause for his poor behaviour without it being cheesy or excusable. His role and background had him playing the part of a biker while showing just a teensy amount of vulnerability and hidden loneliness.
A bit of a warning for those that need it – there is intimacy with another man and another woman for both Belle and Beast respectively. It didn’t worry me (and I hate cheating) but I’m mentioning it for the crowd that love to read books they know it’s in and then leave an undeserved, lower review because it annoyed them even though they knew it was there. There was a tiny bit of repetition to emphasise how angry Beast was as well as his determination to find the perpetrators of his torture while he also dwelt on the loss of his MC brother which he took the blame for.
As I mentioned, this is only Part 1 of this duet, so hurry up already September! The author left us with a nice array of breadcrumbs that I’m sure will carry over into Book 2. While it wasn’t a massive cliffhanger, so to speak, the story definitely isn’t finished.
I’m relatively new to this author after only recently falling straight down the Odium rabbit hole over the past few months (quick note – I loved seeing some of the Odium MC characters here. Oh yeah, and I’m also going to take the opportunity to say that I love Shooter but am still firmly on Team Mikey, thank you very much, Ms Riley, lol). I love what I’ve read and can’t wait to get into the other books of hers sitting in my TBR folder.
I wasn’t crazy about this book because Beast was just very unlikeable. He was so mean to everybody.
This is the conclusion to Belle and Beasts story
The story is full of emotions while reading. Will Belle and beasts ending be a happy one?
The story starts off where it left us in book one which you must read first one order to fully understand the story. The story is full of antsy and is intense. It is well written and I felt like I was on this journey with Belle i got so lost in the words.
If you have read book one then you DO NOT want to miss this one.
Tame His Beast part one Claire C. Riley
“She was a saint and I was a sinner, and that was what made this all the more perfect.”
Claire C Riley has left me shooketh!! Did I use that term right?!
Tame His Beast part one is brutal and raw, it is dark and alluring and I was on tenterhooks right from the very start until the every end!! My mind is well and truly blown by Claire’s riveting storytelling. It was like she was building a time bomb inside of my heart, only to pull the pin and detonated my freaking heart before the countdown was over!! I’m still looking for missing pieces.
Beast and Belle are ying and yang- complete opposites, but now their paths are intertwined and their story begins.
Beast is pulled from the brink of death. While his body begins to heal, the scars run far deeper than the surface.
Belle is entranced by Beast, she doesn’t see the surface- the darkness and ugliness that mars his life seems to drawn her in deeper. Belle had a naive innocence and her world is about be wrecked— just the same way Claire did mine!
*as with a dark MC romance, expect DARK scenes.
5 ALL CONSUMING STARS
Ahhhhhh it was so good to be back in the Devil’s Highwaymen world, Claire always sucks me in with her MC romances. Add to that a modern, gritty twist to a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and you have a stroke of genius!
Belle the heroine is a nurse hired to care for Beast, a club member who was attacked and severely injured by an unknown enemy. Beast is used to women falling at his feet, using his good looks to charm his way into anything he desires. Now that’s been taken from him Beast is an angry, vengeful, bitter shell of the man he once was.
I love the juxtaposition between the innate sweetness in Belle and the rough, bitter edge of Beast, it amps up the fairy tale and adds a bit of darkness to the tale. Beast truly is an A hole towards Belle and feeds off her fear and her fragility. When he realises perhaps she is the only thing to bring a little light into his bleak existence, their relationships changes. No not in the ways you may expect, Claire’s writing keeps the story progressing and add’s some twists and some mystery to the plot that leaves you wanting more of this story. Right at the moment things get heated and Belle and Beast cross into new territory, you realise you have run out of pages to turn and words to read.
If you are looking for a different twist on a well known fairy tale then look no further than Tame His Beast.
Tame His Beast is a fairytale retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a modern gritty twist. This is not a fairytale, its a MC romance that was violent, dark and emotional and you will be engrossed in the story until the end. Beast and Belle were two characters who were totally opposite each other. She was innocent and sweet while he was dangerous, hurt and angry. You heart will go out to these two characters and while their story was well written its far from over. This is part 1 of a duet and we are left with a cliff-hanger. I can’t wait for part 2. Tame His Beast is part of the Once Upon a Fairy Tale Night Series. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to all lovers of MC romance.
WOW this is a perfect modern retelling version of the Beauty and the Beast story.
This is also an installment of Claire’s devils haywaymen series, which i have read so for me made this book even more amazing. You do not need to have read that series to read this story but i deffinently recommend reading them at some point, i love them.
Beast is a big, bad, brooding biker with a lot of hotness that has been and still going through a lot of pain and turmoil. He is bewildered with Belle, With all his scars, bad attitude and violent tantrums she still shows up and gives him kindness. I loved it when he pouted over his pudding, his sensitive side subtly comes out at very rare times but when it does, swoon.
Belle seems very reserved and quiet at first but the more time she spends with Beast, she gets more tenacity. She is a very beautiful soul with a hidden feisty side that i think will come out more over time ( roll on part 2). These pair together are endearing, ferocious and simply PERFECT!
I cant wait to read part 2 of this in september. This is also part of the Once upon a fairy tale night series from a collection of multi author fairy tale retellings. So excited.
Beast is the perfect blend of rugged sexyness and complete alpha asshole all wrapped up in a dark and dangerous package ….and oh do i love him….
Tame his beast is a dark and steamy re telling of beauty and the beast ,its part of the Once upon a fairytale night collection and oh is it a good one!!!!
A fantastic gripping ,hot and steamy read that definitely leaves you NEEDING more I cannot wait for the continuation of beast and belles story after that ending I’ve got questions that need answering !!!
Oh yes!! Mrs riley does it again I love these boys, ive missed the devils highwaymen so much.
And again I was up till past 4am reading about this angry brooding man, I couldnt put it down, every aspect made my hair stand on end.
I love him,( I knew I would) yes hes an asshole, hes angry and has a foul temper, but hes in agony every minute of everyday, nearly dying will do that to you.
Flove this story so hard.
I need more NOW though please because I need to know what happens