Once Upon a Rose A Cozy Fantasy Beauty and the Beast Retelling

A cursed lord, a librarian, and their disguised dragon pet.Being the first librarian in their small town is everything Beatrice Montgomery has ever dreamed of-except no one in town knows what to make of her, or the library. But spending her days surrounded by books is an occupation beyond her wildest dreams, and she'll do whatever it takes to make the library a success.Lord Alexander Dunham's time is running out. Providing for his estate and the people dependent on him before his curse ruins his life is his first priority--and that means he needs a wife, immediately. Proposing a marriage of convenience to the prim librarian seems like the perfect plan: he gets a wife, she gets funds for her library, and the sorcerer trying to steal his estate gets nothing.Even with his lips sealed about the curse, a transforming dragon pet watching his every move, and a wife who's winning over everyone on their estate, their marriage of convenience should have solved all of Alexander's problems. Unfortunately, he's falling for his wife, and it's causing a new problem: he's no longer willing to die.