The beauty and the beast theme is one that I really enjoy, probably because I like the idea of someone attractive looking past the physical flaws of another person and falling in love with them.
But I'm shallow enough that I want someone good looking in my story too!
Beauty is a beautiful young woman. The town hunk loves her for her beauty but does not care for her intellectual nature. He can only see what is outside and not what is inside her.
When Beauty and the Beast come together under the circumstance of Beauty having to stay with the beast in exchange for her father, she begins to see the gentle nature and goodness inside the beast. He beings to see her intellectual abilities and her need to read. They have discovered each others true inner self.