Joanna Alonzo

The Sacred Scarred Books 1-3: A Contemporary Christian Retelling of Beauty and the Beast - The Sacred Scarred Joanna Alonzo

CALYSTA AND THE BEAST

Life yanks Calysta Daniels out of her comfort zone when an odd request from a stranger becomes the only option to keep her father out of jail. The request? She has to live four years under the roof of a beast.

Brendan Keefe is perfection-turned-beast. The last thing he wants is to grovel at the feet of this imperfect young woman, who happens to be the only way out of the curse he got himself into.

Will Calysta's history and brokenness help reach out to a beast who considers himself beyond redemption? Or will Brendan's stubbornness deprive him of the love he so desperately longs for?

Both beautiful, both broken, this beauty and this beast embark on a journey to discover a love greater than themselves, a love powerful enough to heal all scars and give beauty for ashes. If only they would believe.


BEAUTY AND THE BRUTE

When Brendan shows up to her sister's wedding, Calysta realizes who he was all along. After he abandoned her, can she still find it in her heart to love him even if this version of him scares her more than his beastly self ever did?

Brendan knows he is a stranger to her world and longs to be a part of it. However, the more he spends time with her, the more her secrets unravel before him. Will his old habits return to reject her brokenness or is he indeed the new man he so desires to be for her?

Find out what happens to Brendan and Calysta in this story about second chances and how one sometimes needs to give it even to those who don't deserve it.


BRENDAN AND THE BELLE

His mother's secrets unravel as Brendan grapples with the new mission Belle throws his way. Dealing with an embittered criminal out for revenge and a fashion empire on the verge of collapse, will he battle his past, so he can conquer his present, and forge his future with Calysta?

Torn between her calling and the love of her life, Calysta faces her fears and doubts when it comes to what God is asking her to do and what she sees in front of her. Will she stand strong with every new revelation Brendan's twisted ancestry brings about or will she be swept off her feet in the worst way possible?

On the third and last book in The Sacred Scarred series, together, Brendan and Calysta discover a destiny much greater than just happily ever after.