After a carriage accident leaves Isabeau unable to bear children, she knows she can never get married. She makes the best of her life in a small town with her father and her books. But when her father doesn't come back from selling their crops at the faire, Isabeau gets worried. She tracks him down to a castle deep in the forest.


Garrick has chosen a life of solitude to hide his werebear curse. But when a man sees him change from human to bear, he fears that his secret has been uncovered. After the daughter comes in search of her father, Garrick is overcome by her beauty and strength. He wants to have her as his, if only for one night, and strikes a bargain with her that will allow him to have what he desires most. But will that one night be enough?

Beauty and Her Bear is a Beauty and the Beast style short story.