Dee St. Holm | Author-Reader Match: THE MONSTROUS DUKE AND I

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Dee St. Holm!

Writes:

Hi! I’m thrilled to be here and for you to decide if I’m a match for you. I write fantastical romance—stories set in rich worlds full of monsters finding love against all odds.

About:

Dee St. Holm is a pen name for USA Today Bestselling Author Dee J. Holmes. A Canadian author obsessed with monsters and their love lives, Dee enjoys creating rich fantasy worlds—and always likes to play with monsters. The characters she enjoys don’t sit in some narrow box and do what they’re told. Whether battling supernatural forces or facing off across a lush ballroom, her characters are defying expectations and finding true love.

My ideal match for my newest release, THE MONSTROUS DUKE AND I, will probably:

• Have fantasied about inserting Disney’s Beast into Bridgerton.
• You love Beauty and the Beast—and wish he’d remained beastly.
• You always wondered what Pride and Prejudice would have been like with monsters. If your reply is “omg a beasty Mr. Darcy? Yes please!” then this book is for you.
• You want to be wooed with a waltz and swept away with wonder at a fantastical estate, and then for things to get scorching hot in a carriage.
• You loooove angst and longing, before the promised happily ever after.

What to expect if we're compatible:

If you fall in love with Roth and Penelope in The Monstrous Duke, you will probably yell at me to hurry up with the next book—a delicious tale featuring Penny’s brother Theo, a very sassy harpy, and a mystery. You’ll also head over to my Dee J. Holmes alter ego and discover why my readers are obsessed with my zombie hero in The Pandora Strain: Zombie Road series. (I know. On the surface it’s a strange move. All I can say is TRUST ME.)

My fans know my books have:

• Amazing characters you can fall in love with
• Stories that make you laugh, cry and cheer (and often curse me for another twist)
• Rich and complex world that you’ll want to spend time in.

My fans also know I give amazing newsletter, full of original art, tales of my rebellious Great Dane and often featuring a free and brand-new serialized stories.

THE MONSTROUS DUKE AND I by Dee St. Holm

The Monsters Ball

Dear Miss Penelope Essex, on account of your unforgivably bookish ways and abysmal attempts at conversation, Her Majesty has deemed your Season a failure. With no marriage proposals, no dowry and no prospects, you are hereby ordered to attend The Monsters Ball.

Confirmed wallflower Penelope Essex has every intention of tending her brother’s library for the rest of her days. But first, she must survive the Monsters Ball.

Held at a remote gothic estate, the three-day ball is rife with monstrous nobles all determined to claim a mate. They’ll do whatever it takes to seduce her into hidden corners, to tempt her into signing a marriage contract. Escaping with her spinsterhood intact seems impossible, until she spots her childhood crush: the now monstrous Duke of Roth.

Lord William Warwick is normally as cool as the cold fire covering his body. When he became a frost-flame demon, he swore he’d never take a mate. Yet when he sees Penny Essex struggling to resist three monstrous nobles, he rushes to her side and pretends to be her fiancé.

A fake betrothal is the perfect cover. Except the longer they’re together, the more she wants his fire to claim her. But will her duke treasure her heart and her beloved books, or will their passion send them both up in flames?

Romance Paranormal | Romance Historical [Bad Unicorn Press, On Sale: February 28, 2023, e-Book, / eISBN: 9781778067952]