Angie Derek

Today is the first day of the review tour for my steamy paranormal romance novella The Beast's Redemption . I hope you will follow along for your chance to win a $10 Amazon or B&N gift card. Here are the tour stops: May 13th- Busy Mom's Book Reviews (Stop 2) Racing to Read May 14th- Romance Bookworm May 15th- Tattooed Book Reviews May 16th- Toots Book Reviews (Stop 2) Reading is my Time Out May 17th- Books and Buttaflies The Beast’s Redemption - A miniature rose from the Black Rose line by The Wild Rose Press . Cursed shape shifter, Alexander Léandre, is resigned to his fate, but that doesn’t stop him from hunting down the descendants of the sorceress who bewitched him in the hopes of obtaining a cure. Belle Beaumont is used to men never looking past her curvy figure and pretty face. She dutifully agrees to befriend Alexander in order to protect her father’s herbal company. A single touch changes all. Passions flare. When Belle discov...

I love fairy tale adaptations, retellings, and inspired bys. There's just something about the dynamics and little tidbits from the fairy tales that make such interesting stories. My first published romance was a fairy tale retelling or inspired by depending on your viewpoint. The Beast's Redemption came from Beauty and the Beast . If you haven't read my The Beast's Redemption beware there are some spoilers below, but I thought it would be fun to share what I included from the original fairy tale as well as other adaptations. Names My heroine is named Belle - the original name of Beauty (and the Disney version). Her surname and the hero's name are also French. My little nod to the fairy tale's origin. Rose I wanted the rose as a symbol in the story. It makes three appearances. 1) As a single red rose Alexander gives to Belle. 2) The rose emblem on the amulet Alexander wears. 3) The rose journal which has the answer to breaking the curse. G...

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been one year since The Wild Rose Press released my first novella The Beast's Redemption (actually, about a year and one month :-)). Alexander Leandre's voice was so strong when I set out to write a fairy tell adaptation that even though I had originally planned on retelling a less famous fairy tale I ended up doing Beauty and the Beast. The Beast was very insistent that his story be told. To celebrate the one year anniversary I'm going to give away a pdf copy of The Beast's Redemption to one lucky winner. Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter (this giveaway is international). Cursed shape shifter, Alexander Léandre, is resigned to his fate, but that doesn’t stop him from hunting down the descendants of the sorceress who bewitched him in hopes of obtaining a cure. Belle Beaumont is used to men never looking past her curvy figure and pretty face. She dutifully agrees to befriend Alexander in order to protect h...

Welcome to my #sffsat snippet! To read other #sffsat snippets head over over here. The Beast's Redemption is a paranormal romance novella about a shape shifter and witch who must learn to trust in each other to break a hundred year old curse. *** Alexander second-guessed his impulsive proposition to her in the elevator. The pictures hadn’t done her beauty justice or prepared him for the fact she could have been Serena’s identical twin. As soon as she’d walked into the room, the old rage had gripped him with a longing to strangle the little witch. His brain had overridden his instincts reminding him the woman wasn’t Serena. But that didn’t mean he could relax his guard. Belle looked too much like Serena for coincidence. She was either a direct descendant or the sorceress reincarnated. Serena was vain enough to demand the same body when she came back. Jory, the driver from the car service, opened his door, and Alexander shook off the unpleasant memories of years past. T...

Welcome to my #sffsat snippet! To read other #sffsat snippets head over over here. I took a break for a little bit from participating under my other pen name, Angelia Almos, as I ran out of stuff to post, but now that I know I can post paranormal romance I'm back under my Angie Derek pen name. The Beast's Redemption is a paranormal romance novella about a shape shifter and witch who must learn to trust in each other to break a hundred year old curse. *** The stranger’s jaw flexed and his gaze drilled into her. The golden eyes darkened into rage, and panic rose within Belle Beaumont. She stood her ground. She was in no danger in the conference room of her family’s company. She pulled her gaze from the stranger to her father. Mercer was expectant and hadn’t caught the anger vibrating off the man. She was pretty sure this wasn’t the distraction her father had intended when he’d sent his urgent text message not two minutes ago. She scrambled for what she’d said just a mo...

My publisher of The Beast's Redemption is celebrating their birthday today. They're giving away a Kindle Fire and several TWRP gift certificates in celebration. To have a chance at winning you need to interact with them at the various social media. Facebook , Twitter , The Wild Rose Press Blog (and the other blogs linked off of it).