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Left scarred and bitter, he demands her body and desires her heart. But could she come to love a beast?Gwendolyn Sinclair needs help. And the one person who can give her the aid she urgently requires is exacting a high price.Desperate to keep the neighborhood community center open, Gwendolyn seeks out Xavier St. James, her childhood friend and the brother of her dead fiance. Xavier's family foundation possesses the funds necessary to keep the center open, but instead he offers a bargain - a devil's bargain: submit her body for his pleasure for seven days, and the building doesn't close its doors.Left scarred from an accident, Xavier is bitter, resentful, and alone. When Gwendolyn reappears in his life, need and loneliness override conscience, and he proposes an arrangement she can't afford to refuse. With the woman he has always wanted but could never have finally in his bed, he hungers for more. Her heart. But could she come to love a beast? Also under the title "Bargain with the Beast ".
Publication Year: 2021
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A Beauty and the Beast sort of story. Gwendolyn needs funds for her community center. She asks for it from the richest man she knows, and an old friend. But Xavier has been through some things and everyone sees him as a beast. So in exchange for the funds, he demands she spends a week in his bed. She agrees but what she doesn't want to admit is that it's always where she's wanted to be.
This story was okay. Something about the writing style or something just threw me off, though. So I didn't love this. But the scenes were steamy and the pair get their HEA.
Quick complicated sexy.