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Blackmailing Belle: A Spicy Beauty & The Beast Retelling (The Lost Girls Book 4)
by Holly Roberds
About this book
The Beast doesn’t ask for beauty—he demands obedience.
There’s nothing worse than a customer who sneers at your romance-only bookstore, calls your favorite genre trash, and still expects a refund for a wrinkled paperback they’ve clearly read.
Or so I thought.
Turns out, being dragged to a mansion by the Beast of Boston—a terrifying Werebeast and notorious mafia boss—is far worse.
Dominic Blackwell isn’t the stuff of fairytales. He’s ruthless, scarred, and deals in curses that destroy lives. And now, thanks to my dad’s questionable choices, I’m stuck in the middle of his dangerous world. His terms are clear: marry him, or my dad suffers the consequences.
Dominic has no pack to call his own, and his fractured form leaves him trapped between man and beast. Our proximity sparks something primal in him—and something I’d rather not name in myself. He says I’m perfect for him—curves and all.
I say he’s out of his mind.
With my life turned into a dark romance I never signed up for, I’ll need more than my sharp tongue and book smarts to survive this arrangement. Because in Dominic’s world, the line between captor and husband is razor-thin, and falling for the Beast may cost me everything.
This spicy, enemies-to-lovers fairytale retelling will have you clawing for more, with a morally gray alpha, forced proximity, and a romance as sharp as his claws.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
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Reader Reviews
April 17, 2025
I love that this series isn’t your typical fairytale retellings. It truly is a whole world unto its’ own. The world building and story telling makes you forget it is even based off of anything. It feels like it a whole new world. (No pun intended. LOL) As part of the world building, each book builds off of the last one. We get to see Lost Girls from previous books stories continue on through their interactions with the main character. This is book five in there series and is focused on a...
April 16, 2025
Spice: 3/5 This book was another strong and enjoyable installment in the Lost Girls series. I loved watching Belle slowly let her guard down and connect with the real man behind the reputation; her dynamic with Dominic was so well done, and their alternative event was such a sweet touch. Dominic’s transformation from a broody jerk to a completely smitten husband was incredibly satisfying, and his “my wife” moments had me grinning. The flutterbuns were absolutely adorable, and honestly, I want...
February 17, 2026
I admit I haven't read a lot of Beauty and Beast retellings. They have been popping up more frequently. This one...wow. Describing sex scenes as steamy comes nowhere near what the author has written. They are akin to the buildup and explosion of an atomic bomb, the tension sparking in your gut and the skyrocketing passion consuming your mind and body until you reluctanty put aside your e-reader because your mind has just been blown, in a good way. A++. For those who aspire to write like those...
March 27, 2025
Possible spoilers This book comes after Tasting Red and Chasing Goldie. While this book will still make sense without reading TR and CG, the experience will feel more well-rounded if you read all the books. Belle is considered one of Rap’s original Lost Girls and owns a romance bookstore she runs solo while taking care of her father. All of Rap’s girls are kickass in their own way and Belle is no exception. Dominic made for an excellent Beast of Boston and had a surprising sweetness behind his...
February 5, 2026
I liked the story and characters. It was a fun little twist of the original story. The book could have been a little shorter given the redundancy of many words and phrases. Sometimes I felt like I was reading the same sentence twice. ) One person found this helpful
