Beauty and Deceit

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>BEAUTY AND THE BEAST</em> meets <em>THE BACHELOR</em> / <em>THE SELECTION</em>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Aeryn is hungry perpetually exhausted and short on hope. Ever since her merchant father lost everything to pirates the twenty-two-year-old has worked endlessly to meet the needs of her impoverished family. But it's never enough.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That all changes when a mysterious faerie invites her to a competition hosted by a Fae beast looking for a wife. Tor the castle-dwelling creature is wealthy enough to provide for Aeryn's family ... and she's desperate enough to say yes.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The castle is beautiful straight out of Aeryn's dreams. Tor is more suited to her nightmares with his red eyes long claws and rat-like tail. But looks can be deceiving ...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then there are the other contestants nine powerful faerie females. Aeryn is a mortal. How is she supposed to compete with their otherworldly beauty-and thwart the curse magic some of them wield?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The complicated situation quickly turns impossible for Aeryn. As her romance with Tor progresses she also finds herself drawn to Wyatt the castle gardener. He's nothing like the powerful Tor yet Aeryn's feelings for him keep blurring the lines between friendship and attraction.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Winning Tor's heart is the only way Aeryn can save her family. But can she fend off the attacks of powerful faerie females ignore her growing desire for Wyatt and let herself fall for a monster?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If you like fairytale retellings bookish heroines love triangles and a little bit of steam you'll love <em>Beauty and Deceit</em>. Buy it now!</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>***</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This story is romantic and there's mild steam. The intimacy is open door but with minimal explicit detail. Written for NA (new adult) audiences appropriate for ages 16+.</span></p>