When she goes to Los Angeles for a book conference, she overhears her boss talking about a very late manuscript from a reclusive, former child actor who is writing his memoir named Beau. She’s worked at the company for 2 years and she is still an editorial assistant and she still lives at home. Isabelle (Izzy) is an editorial assistant for Tale of Old Time publishing company. I loved finding all the little nods to the animated movie throughout this book. By the Book is loosely based on the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast.

They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before.īest-selling author Jasmine Guillory’s reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.īy the Book by Jasmine Guillory is the second book in the popular Meant To Be series that has different authors doing fairy tale re-tellings. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. He is jaded and withdrawn and-it turns out-just as lost as Izzy. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. How hard could it be?īut Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.Īll she has to do is go to the author’s Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.***Ī tale as old as time-for a new generation… ***I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

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