11 Fantastical Beauty and the Beast Retellings

A prince cursed to repeat the autumn of his 18th year and turned into a monster and a girl trying to prove she’s more than just her cerebral palsy are thrown together when she is pulled from the streets of Washington D.C. into a magical world. Here, curses and monsters exist. And for the first time in a long time, Prince Rhen feels hope that someone might be able to look beyond his monstrous appearance and actions. But breaking the curse might not be enough to save Harper, Rhen, and a kingdom on the brink of utter ruin.

The love between two sisters takes center stage in this Beauty and the Beast retelling. Marie would do anything to protect her sister — including mixing scents her sister recognizes into the perfumes she sells so that she controls the victims of Ama’s attacks. With this method, they can keep damage and suspicion at bay. But when a young boy is found dead one morning, Marie knows Ama’s beastly appetites are getting worse. And the only way to help is to return to the source of the curse: a mansion full of dark secrets that affect not only Ama, but also Marie herself.

In this WWII-era retelling of Beauty and the Beast, a country parson taking refuge at a manor during a rainstorm plucks finds an empty house filled with sumptuous food — more than he’s seen since before the war. He flees, stopping only to pluck a single rose for his daughter — and finds himself face-to-face with the fire-breathing master of the house. Instead of sacrificing his daughter to this beast’s mercy, Edward chooses to stay himself. And soon, he begins to see just how lonely it must be for Briarley to live out a cursed life.

A house full of dark enchantments. A girl struggling to keep her parentless sisters afloat. A beast who may or may not be a prisoner alongside her. In this Beauty and Beast retelling from the author of Nettle and Bone, a girl named Bryony makes a simple mistake that changes the course of her life forever. Now, she’s just as trapped here as the beast who lives in the seemingly abandoned manor alongside her. They’re both prisoners in this supernatural house, but perhaps together it will be an easier fate to weather.

In the follow-up to Geekerella and The Princess and the Fangirl, Hollywood royalty Vance Reigns is forced to move to a small town to get away from bad press when a scandal catches up with him. Rosie Thorne feels stuck in her small town, but when she accidentally destroys a rare book belonging to the new celebrity in town, she feels compelled to work off the debt. It might sound like a dream to be in close proximity to an honest-to-God star, but Vance is a jerk. Rosie wants nothing more than to be done with him. But as they get to know each other and their carefully constructed masks finally begin to crumble, it seems like Rosie and Vance might have a bit more in common than they thought.

When a scandal threatens to tank a jet-setting supermodel’s career, her former fiancé and friend, Krish, offers her safe haven at his Dallas home. He may be known as “the Beast” for his snappish attitude and love of control, but he’s always been there to protect Diya when she needs it most. And now, he’s hiding something. Their relationship seems off. And when Diya presses for answers, it changes their relationship forever.

In this modern take on Beauty and the Beast set on a luxury dude ranch, a hot-headed cowboy decides to run for Senate. There’s just one problem: his people skills are sorely lacking. Enter former tech consultant Lily-Grace Leroux. She’s tired of temperamental men — especially one Jesse Pleasant, who’s dead set on keeping her widowed father from dating his grandmother. But when she sees just how hopeless his social skills are at a community date auction, she decides she has to help him if he wants even the smallest shot of being elected into office. And as she gets to know his softer side, it slowly becomes clear he wasn’t the man she thought he was at all.