**She’s about to make a beast of a bargain in this clever and deliciously engaging fairytale twist, from** USA Today **bestselling author Eva Devon…** All of London gossips about the Duke of Montrose. *A recluse. Inflicted with a terrible disease. A gargoyle with a terrible temper*. But he’s also the most important patron of the centuries-old book shop that belongs to Miss Elizabeth Sharpe’s family. Now she’s been charged with delivering books to the Gargoyle of London herself—or risk their shop falling into ruin. But surely a duke can’t be *that* ghastly… Garrett Maximilian doesn’t give a tinker’s damn what society says about him. Most of them are sycophants, bowing and scraping in his presence. But not this proud, redheaded spitfire of a woman standing before him. In fact, nothing makes him feel more alive than Miss Elizabeth tartly criticizing his books. Perhaps he just needs a plan to keep her close… The duke’s glower doesn’t terrify Elizabeth as much as it fascinates her. And worse, he looks at her with a dark hunger that should make her shake with fear—not desire. But Elizabeth’s father has sinister plans in store for his daughter…and this beastly duke might be her *only* salvation. Each book in the Once Upon a Wallflower series is STANDALONE: *The Beast and The Bookseller * The Duke and the Dressmaker * The Rake and the Rose