Adrienne deWolfe is
a #1 Bestselling Author and a recipient of 48 writing awards, including the
Best Historical Romance of the Year. She
consistently delights readers with sexy, action-packed, western-style romances,
including her Wild Texas
Nights series and her Velvet Lies series. In addition, she
is the author of the bestselling non-fiction ebook series, The
Secrets to Getting Your Romance Novel Published.
Fascinated by all
things mystical, Adrienne writes a weekly blog about dragons, magic, and the
paranormal at http://MagicMayhemBlog.com to help her research her upcoming YA Epic Fantasy series. She
also writes a weekly blog with fiction writing tips and advice about the
business of writing at http://WritingNovelsThatSell.com. She enjoys mentoring aspiring authors and
offers professional story critiques and book coaching services.
Behind the Scenes with the Author:
SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL by Adrienne deWolfe
SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL is the long-awaited story of
Seraphina Jones, sister of Rafe (hero of SCOUNDREL FOR HIRE) and Michael (hero
of HIS WICKED DREAM).
When SCOUNDREL and WICKED were released in paperback, I
intended to write Sera's story - I even set up her story plot in HIS WICKED
DREAM - but you know what they say: stuff happens!
In May 2012, my ePublisher asked me to write Sera's story:
a fresh, new, never-before-published Romance novel, in anticipation of
releasing SCOUNDREL FOR HIRE and HIS WICKED DREAM for the first time as eBooks.
SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL is Book #3 in my Velvet Lies of
Western Historical Romances – but Sera’s story has a paranormal twist. I got the idea for her character when I went
to a rural antique store, where I ran into a psychic. This psychic was wandering from desk, to
armoire, to fire screen, “touching” the furniture and reporting the various
scenes that she psychically observed through the furniture (weddings, school
classes, Christmas parties, etc.)
The psychic explained that she was learning to fine tune
her gift of “psychometry.” When she
touched manmade objects, she could see their owners “through time” and peek
into their lives. I thought, “Oh my
gosh, I HAVE to write a story about that!”
So in SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL, Outlaw Jesse Quaid (who is
part Cherokee,) has a dream from Great Spirit that Sera can help clear his name
of murder.
Jesse can't possibly imagine how a 19-year-old preacher's
daughter can help him, until he learns that Sera has visions about the future
and the past.
Sera is terrified of her visions, which typically occur
when she touches metal. The only way that she can keep her visions at bay is to
cover her hands with gloves.
Fortunately, Jesse's grandmother was a Cherokee Medicine
Woman, who had visions, too. Jesse has to help Sera learn how to accept her
visions, before he can persuade her to help him clear his name.
The other part of Sera’s story that makes SEDUCED BY AN
ANGEL so unusual is her Love Triangle. In my experience, paperback Romance
publishers are squeamish about letting authors write Love Triangles in which
the heroine is torn between two strong, charismatic male characters.
If a paperback Romance author gets approved to write a
love triangle, then her editor requires one of those men to be exposed as a
villain/major jerk. The other solution is to kill one of the men before the
book ends.
I rebelled against writing either of these scenarios for SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL. That's why I
chose to publish the novel through my e-book publisher.
The challenge in writing a dual-hero love story is to
make one of the male characters clearly right for the heroine. At the
same time, I wanted to make the reader root for the other man (whom I'm
secretly in love with! So of course,
he’ll have his own book, DEVIL IN TEXAS, which I’m currently writing.)
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that ya’ll will like SEDUCED
BY AN ANGEL. I took a bit of a risk writing a heroine with such a different
kind of story!
By the way, if you like a more traditional Western
Historical Romance, check out my bestselling Wild Texas Nights series.
Book Title:
SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL, Book 3, Velvet Lies Series
SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL, Book 3, Velvet Lies Series
Author
Name: Adrienne deWolfe
Author
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Genre: Western Historical Romance (with paranormal
elements: ghosts and a clairvoyant heroine)
Blurb/Book
Description:
Kentucky belle Seraphina Jones craves a dashing stranger worth
kissing. When she spies her handsome, half-naked hired hand at the riverbank,
she thinks her dreams of romance have come true. But this Texican is wanted for
murder.
Jesse Quaid can't let Sera's sweet kisses distract him from rendezvousing with Cass, a childhood friend, to clear his name of a crime he didn't commit. But then a case of mistaken identity turns Cass into Jesse's deadliest rival for Sera's heart.
Now, Sera must find a way to end the feud before the man she loves is lost forever.
Jesse Quaid can't let Sera's sweet kisses distract him from rendezvousing with Cass, a childhood friend, to clear his name of a crime he didn't commit. But then a case of mistaken identity turns Cass into Jesse's deadliest rival for Sera's heart.
Now, Sera must find a way to end the feud before the man she loves is lost forever.
Other Books
in the Velvet Lies series:
·
Book 1:
SCOUNDREL FOR HIRE
·
Book 2:
HIS WICKED DREAM
·
Book 3:
SEDUCED BY AN ANGEL
·
Book 4:
DEVIL IN TEXAS (Available 2014)
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Author Bio:
Adrienne deWolfe is
a #1 Bestselling Author and a recipient of 48 writing awards, including the
Best Historical Romance of the Year. She
consistently delights readers with sexy, action-packed, western-style romances,
including her Wild Texas
Nights series and her Velvet Lies series. In addition, she
is the author of the bestselling non-fiction ebook series, The
Secrets to Getting Your Romance Novel Published.
Fascinated by all
things mystical, Adrienne writes a weekly blog about dragons, magic, and the
paranormal at http://MagicMayhemBlog.com to help her research her upcoming YA Epic Fantasy series. She
also writes a weekly blog with fiction writing tips and advice about the
business of writing at http://WritingNovelsThatSell.com. She enjoys mentoring aspiring authors and
offers professional story critiques and book coaching services.
Author web
links: (web, blog, twitter, facebook, goodreads, etc)
http://www.amazon.com/Adrienne-deWolfe/e/B000API9SA
http://facebook.com/Writing.Novels
http://www.goodreads.com/Adrienne_deWolfe
https://plus.google.com/109088666107201832076/
http://writingnovelsthatsell.com/story-critiques-private-coaching-for-how-to-write-a-novel/
http://eepurl.com/eGgbs
http://eepurl.com/wGwan
pinterest.com/AdriennedeWolfe/boards/
http://Twitter.com/SolMage
http://www.youtube.com/WritingNovelsThatSel
http://ebookdiscovery.com.p8.hostingprod.com/AdrienneDeWolfe.html
http://ebookdiscovery.com.p8.hostingprod.com/AdrienneDeWolfe.html
http://writingnovelsthatsell.com/the-secrets-to-getting-your-romance-published/
3 comments:
You crack me up, Marie. If I could dole out good luck (like a Leprechaun) I'd give you unlimited wishes! Thank you for hosting me on your blog. I look forward to chatting with your readers.
Hugs,
Adrienne deWolfe
http://WritingNovelsThatSell.com
I'm totally serious, Adrienne! You are awesome! I really enjoyed reading about your success!
Looks fascinating!
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