Content Warning: This book contains blood, guts, strong sexual themes, and other content which the reader may find offensive. Reader discretion is advised. "He was a stranger. My first instinct was not to trust him, but then I learned - sometimes the most beautiful people have the ugliest scars." Atop Mount Belle lives a beastly man. The beast has only known solitude since the death of his abusive mother, so when he comes across a bloodied beauty in the woods, he refuses to let go. This is the first book in the Happily Never After Collection, and can be read as a standalone.