The Beast of Bath

A Regency Fairytale

By: Chasity Bowlin

Narrated by: Lillian Yves

Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's Summary

Lord Victor Mayhew, Viscount Norcross, lives in the shadows, hiding his scarred face from those who would fear him...or worse, pity him. He's become accustomed to the dark, and to the aching loneliness that is his only and constant companion. But while traversing the city in the dark of night, he encounters a beautiful woman who is running for her life.

Lady Thessaly Shade has discovered that the prettiest of faces can hide the ugliest of hearts. While Lord Norcross keeps his face carefully concealed from her, he cannot hide the fact that he is a man of honor, a man for whom the word gentleman is a way of life and not merely an honorary title.

With no way to repay him for his kindness, for his courage in aiding her at great risk to himself, Thessaly bargains with the only thing she possesses of value...herself. Can she convince him to trust her, to believe that she can see beyond the scars he bears to the man he is? Or will he push her away out of fear and retreat into the loneliness that he knows so well?

©2015 Chasity Bowlin (P)2017 Chasity Bowlin

A beast worth meeting

Based on Beauty and the Beast this story is similar enough to be recognizable and different enough to show creativity. I liked the characters, they're more complex than they seemed in the first chapters and their emotional range is very good.

The narration is well done, I liked the character voices and the delivery conveyed the emotion of the story nicely.

This book was supplied free by the author/narrator/publisher and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.

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Enjoyable Regency Story

I really enjoyed this book, the story is about a brave strong willed woman, Lady Thessaly, who runs away from her, wastrel of a stepfather who intends to sell her to a brothel having already sold everything else. She is rescued by Victor an honourable tortured soul who lives life in the shadows because he is very badly scarred.

Victor has an enemy, the man who caused his scars, and this enemy is out to hurt him in any way he can.

Thessaly and Victor strike a bargain, they will marry and produce an heir for Victor's line, what isn't part of the bargain is that they will fall in love.

I really enjoyed this story, I liked the way their relationship developed and I loved that love won in the end.

The story was just the right length with just the right amount of action and was beautifully performed.

Great!

I loved this quick take on one of my favorite fairytales. I love a damaged hero and this one was perfect! Steamy and suspenseful, I really loved this book! Also, the narration was fantastic!! I highly recommend this audio for anyone looking for a historical novella!

Fun little book

Fun retelling of beauty in the beast. Sound quality was excellent, accents were well done, enjoyable little spin to an already familiar tale. A little short, but definitely worthwhile.

Beauty & the Beast..: beautifully done

Not too long, and not rushed. A Regency B&B that was well written and narrated. Highly recommend.

Historical Beauty and the Beast

If you could sum up The Beast of Bath in three words, what would they be?

Steamy historical fairytale

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes! And the short length of the audiobook makes it easy.

Any additional comments?

Loved this book and the narrator was great! A quick listen great for fans of historical romance and fairytales. I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Narrator was Distracting

The plot did not have any unique or creative twists the way that some of the better fairytale reimaginings do. And the narrator had such a choppy delivery (stressing words or phrases at odd intervals in each sentence) that I found myself grinding my teeth and hoping for the end.

Nice spin on a classic

This story was very fast paced and intriguing my only complaint is that is was not long enough. 😋 I really like Chasity Bowlin’s writing style and the twists and turns she takes

Lillian Yves does get another great job at narration and navigating between different voices and dialects. She’s easy to listen to and brings the story to life.

Send the narrator for remedial reading lessons!

The story was much better than the narrator, who continually misread or mispronounced words as if she had no i see what they meant.
The story had very explicit sex scenes and not enough plot, as if it was written solely as an excuse for the sex.

Narrator switch between accents was irritating

I'm not sure how good the story was. The narrator must be American because she read non-dialogue lines in American and tried to read the dialogue in an English accent. She also mispronounced many simple words - very distracting. I will not buy anything that involves British characters that is read by this reader again. I am returning this title as I couldn't make it half-way through the irritating narration and mispronunciations.

Adult Fairytale - short, sexy and sweet!

If you like fairytales and are looking for something compact, fast-moving and easy to listen to, this could be your book. It is a sexy version of Beauty and the Beast, complete with intrigue, murder and some risque Regency fashion. The result is fun and fast-paced Regency escapism.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Perfect gothic tipped escapism!

I am a magnet for fairytale inspired tales and Beauty and the Beast has to be one of my all time favourites, with Chasity Bowlin's original take becoming an enjoyable repeat read for me!!
I just love the conflicting collison of brooding allure and vulnerability meets innocence steeped in strength and intellect and Victor and Thessaly project this is spades. With Lilliann Yves at the helm to bring this quick but statisfyingly well polished tale to life - it will remain a firm favourite of mine.
A delicious blend of tortured hero, fiesty heroine, sensual intimacy, forthright compelling dialogue, humming chemistry, a central thread of wit entangling beneath the surface and such fascinating characters that had the power to keep me on tender hooks and tingle on high alert whenever they were together. A fabulously gripping twist on a classic fairy tale!

What a wonderful book.

This my 2nd time listening to this author books and I would say it was absolutely fantastic and I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a sweet romance story. thank you all x