THE BEAST (Billionaire Brothers Grimm 3) by J. Kenner-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 17, 2026
She betrayed him. Now, he’s back to claim everything—including her.
Gabriel Grimm was supposed to be dead.
Once, he was the golden heir—untouchable, unstoppable—until a scandal shattered his world, leaving his name in ruins and his body in a shallow grave. But Gabriel didn’t die. He disappeared, forging himself into something harder, colder, unbreakable. And now, after years in the shadows, he’s ready to take back what was stolen.
Starting with her.
Isabella Hart was everything to him. His love. His salvation. And the woman who stood by while her father destroyed him. Now, she’s at the heart of the empire he’s about to dismantle. But taking down her father isn’t enough. Gabriel wants Bella, too. Ruined. Broken. His.
She swears she wasn’t part of the betrayal. That she fought for him. That the past isn’t what he believes. But Gabriel stopped believing in love the day he died.
Now, he only believes in vengeance.
Yet every time he touches her, the past comes roaring back. The hunger. The need. The lie he tells himself—that breaking her will make him whole again.
But if he’s wrong, then claiming her won’t be his triumph… it will be his downfall. And her undoing.
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REVIEW: THE BEAST is the third instalment in J. Kenner’s contemporary, adult BILLIONAIRE BROTHERS GRIMM dark erotic, romance series focusing on the Grimm Brothers, and very loosely based on fairy tale characters are stories. This is billionaire businessman and artist Gabriel Grimm, and twenty-eight year old business woman and heiress Isabella Hart’s story line. THE BEAST can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from first person (Isabella) and third person (Gabriel) THE BEAST focuses on Gabriel’s need for revenge. Five years earlier, Gabriel Grimm was presumed dead in a deadly fire, and in the ensuing time Isabella never stopped searching for the truth. Fast forward to present day, Gabriel Grimm has returned, a hardened and dangerous man, seeking revenge against those he blames for his early demise including the woman with whom he had fallen in love. Gabriel refuses to listen to reason, believing he was set up by our story line heroine, a woman who is struggling to understand what happened and why.
The world building follows Gabriel as he hunts for the truth, taking aim at the people he believes want him to die. Pushing away family and former friends, Gabriel is a one-man killing machine, a man who refuses to accept the innocence of our story line heroine.
The rekindling relationship between Gabriel and Isabella is a lovers to enemies to lovers in the face of betrayal and murder. Isabella is wholly unaware of the circumstances surrounding Gabriel’s death, yet Gabriel was up close and personal with the people he believes wanted him to die. As Isabella struggles to make Gabriel see the truth, our hero battle between head and heart, unable to trust the woman he once loved. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative but I continue to dislike the use of a certain four-letter word in my romance story lines.
We are introduced to Isabella’s friend David, and best friend Harper Lang; Gabriel’s saviors Anissa and her father Travis Graves; Isabella’s father, hotelier Sterling Hart, as well as the return of Leo Grimm.
THE BEAST is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, dysfunctional family dynamics, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is detailed, edgy and dramatic; the second chance romance is fiery and heated; the characters are broken yet determined and charismatic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.
Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.
JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.
Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.
In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.
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