Romance Books by BIPOC Authors
15 Romance Books by BIPOC Authors For Your TBR Pile
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A modern day retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," "By the Book" by Jasmine Guillory ($14) follows Isabelle Marlowe, a burned out publishing assistant who jumps at an opportunity to track down celebrity Beau Towers and the very overdue manuscript for his forthcoming memoir. But when she finds Beau holed up in a mansion in Santa Monica with a manuscript nowhere in sight, something about the mysterious recluse makes her decide to stay and help him write his story.
"This book is a delight from start to finish. There are quite a few parallels to the original fairytale sprinkled throughout, and it was fun coming across them as I read. OG Jasmine Guillory fans might be disappointed by the lack of steam in this story compared to her other books, but all the food references are still there." — SN
Release date: May 3