Living with her mother seemed like a good idea at the time But Elliott Donovans living arrangements are not working for her anymore Desperate to get back on her financial feet after a divorce and out from under her mothers thumb Elliott takes a job in the child care center at Weight Expectations a local gym It has everything she needs family friendly hours more pay than she expected and a super cute trainer who just happens to have part of his house for rent Abel DiSoto was living the good life until his wife walked out taking half of the family income with her The blow to his ego was bad enough but after a fire at the gym scattered Abels clients and consequently his commissions hes stuck figuring out how to make ends meet too Renting out the master suite of his house to his new coworker seems like an easy solution Theyre both mature adults they both have eightyearold daughters and their work schedules coordinate so they can lend each other a helping hand to ease the burden of single parenthood The only downside Living like a blended family when youre not actually a family can present some challenges Welcome back to Weight Expectations where the unexpected is likely to happen Cutie and the Beast is a fulllength contemporary romantic comedy can be read as a standalone and is book 3 in the Cipher Office series Knitting in the City World Penny Reid Book Universe