Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00EZ5R78O. NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers the romantic suspense novel DON’T MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL. This story was inspired by true events. If you liked the movie "Sleeping With the Enemy", then you might like this story too. No one knew a woman lived there or that she even existed. A monster, living in darkness... At twenty-two, Nicole doesn't even look human anymore. The beast made sure of that. So she hides. A monster, consigned to a life of fear and solitude. This is all she deserves, she is quite sure of that. And then one day out of the blue, the autographed baseball caught by Brian Jensen at the latest Marlins game enters her prison and manages to turn her world completely upside down. Temptation comes in the form of pity at first, and then perhaps something more. Does she dare to believe the things she's told, that this is not the life she was meant to live? That being a monster is not her forever-fate? And will she be willing to risk everything, to reach out and accept the helping hands around her and share her deepest, darkest secrets? She knows only too well that hands can hurt. Finding out whether they can also heal is a risky proposition, especially when the beast is still out there. Looking for her. Content warning: Violence, foul language, and adult situations. Not meant for younger readers. A note from Elle about this book: A really long time ago, I read an article in a newspaper or a magazine (I haven’t been able to locate the original) about a woman who was so badly beaten over a long period of time, she couldn’t leave her house. I thought about that woman a lot over the years and about what her thoughts might have been, her fears, her reality … and this book was my attempt to both exorcise those thoughts from my brain and also shed some light on a subject—domestic violence—that I feel should never be left in darkness.
Author
Elle Casey, a former attorney and teacher, is a NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling American author who lives in France with her husband, the youngest of her three kids, and several horses, dogs, and cats. She has written more than 40 novels in less than 5 years and likes to say she offers fiction in several flavors. These flavors include romance, science fiction, urban fantasy, action adventure, suspense, and paranormal. BOOKS BY ELLE CASEY (by genre): ROMANCE By Degrees Rebel Wheels (3-book series) Just One Night (romantic serial) Just One Week Love in New York (3-book series) Shine Not Burn (2-book series), also available as an Audiobook Bourbon Street Boys (3-book series), also available as an Audiobook Desperate Measures Mismatched ROMANTIC SUSPENSE All the Glory: How Jason Bradley Went from Hero to Zero in Ten Seconds Flat Don’t Make Me Beautiful Wrecked (2-book series), Book 1 also available as an Audiobook CONTEMPORARY URBAN FANTASY War of the Fae (10-book series) *Book 1, The Changelings, is a free ebook at most retailers* Ten Things You Should Know About Dragons (short story, The Dragon Chronicles) My Vampire Summer Aces High SCIENCE FICTION Drifters’ Alliance (3-book series +) Winner Takes All (short story prequel to Drifters’ Alliance, Dark Beyond the Stars Anthology) The Ivory Tower (short story standalone, Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far. A Space Opera Anthology) DYSTOPIAN Apocalypsis (4-book series) *Book 1, Kahayatle, is a FREE ebook at most retailers* PARANORMAL Duality (2-book series) Monkey Business (short story) Dreampath (short story, The Telepath Chronicles) Pocket Full of Sunshine (short story & screenplay) A personal note from Elle ... If you've enjoyed any of my books, please take a moment to leave a review on the site where you bought the book, here on Goodreads, or on any book blogs you participate in, and tell your friends! I love interacting with my readers, so if you feel like shooting the breeze or talking about books or your family or pets, please visit me. You can find me at: www.ElleCasey.com www.Facebook.com/ellecaseytheauthor www.Twitter.com/ellecasey www.Instagram.com/Ellecaseyauthor Want to get an email when my next book is released? Sign up here: www.E
