Welcome to November, everybody! Or, as I like to call it, "Mevember." Because why have a birth day when you can have a birth month?
Since November is my birthday month, I've decided to celebrate with three weeks of giveaways, to share some of my favorite stories with everyone.
First on tap, Beauty and the Bitch.
I originally wrote this adult fairy tale as a protest. The live-action Beauty and the Beast had been announced and I was frustrated that the most commonly accepted trope was a beautiful girl saving a broken man, rather than the alternative.
I decided to write the alternative.
In doing so, I ended up writing one of the most powerful love stories I've ever created, and it wasn't even the A-plot. It was something I uncovered quite accidentally as I got to know the characters begging me to tell their stories.
My B-plot romance between Rose and Vincent took me by complete surprise, offering love, beauty and hope even in the face of tragedy. That I was able to work out so many things from my own mother's dementia and death only made it more special to me. It contains one of the hardest, yet most rewarding, chapters I have ever written... one that managed to bring me peace and closure.
It is one of the most important stories I've written and I'm truly so proud of it, despite it being one of my quieter titles that never generated much buzz.
Maybe I'm the only one who needed this story to be told. In truth, that makes it even more special to me.
And today you can get your copy for free.
Enjoy my modern-day retelling of a popular fairy tale with Beauty and the Bitch.
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