He Has To Change His Ways

This version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is by Jenni James. She writes clean fairy tales in historical settings as part of her Faeire Tale Collection.

Prince Alexander Henry Richard the fourth is handsome on the outside, but a rude self-centered man on the inside. One day, he angers an old witch and she casts a spell on him. By day he would be the handsome prince, but by night he would take wolf form. And I’m not talking about him changing only on a full moon, but every single night! He has one year to find a female who would “embrace, accept, and love you for the monster” that he was. If he doesn’t succeed, then he will remain a wolf for the rest of his life, both day and night!

Cecelia Hammerstein-Smythe lives with her selfish mother and her arrogant brother William. She has clashed with Prince Alexander on many occasions. Why is he suddenly being nice and apologizing? One night as she sits beside her beloved stream, she sees a wolf. Instead of attacking her, the wolf starts talking! She isn’t sure what to do with this revelation. But something happens that upsets Cecelia and she runs to her stream and leaves a message for the wolf to meet her that night. They meet night after night and she pours out her many woes to him.

Alex, fearing that he won’t find a female to break his curse in time, decides to train his cousin Lord Bellemount to take his place as ruler. What he doesn’t realize at first is that his cousin is power hungry and will do anything to take Alex’s throne. When Alex starts acting strange and distracted, he fears that he has fallen for someone. He can’t have anyone stand in his way to the throne, so he will have to throw a wrench in the romance. He doesn’t know about Alex’s curse, he just knows that Alex isn’t likely to marry and so Alex is handing him the throne.

Can Alex make Cecelia fall in love with him before the year is over? Will Lord Bellemount find out about the curse and try to make sure it doesn’t get broken? If the curse is broken, will Cecelia love Prince Alex when she learns that he was the wolf?

This book is wonderful for all ages. Jenni James has written a large collection of fairy tales that are all amazing. Most of them can be read alone. So far only two stories are connected and this story isn’t one of them. This book is good for all ages. It comes in book and e-book formats.