Have you ever wondered what fairy tales would be like if they were written with current sensibilities and understandings? Wouldn't it be fun to read a story like that? What about trying to try one? That is just what today's guess in My Writing Corner has done. My guest is author Peg Jaegger. She is a romance writer who writes about strong women, the families who support them and the men who can't live without them. She says if she can't make you cry one minute and then laugh the next, then she has not done her job as author. Her latest book DIRTY DAMSELS. Take it away, Peg!
5 reasons why I wanted to write DIRTY DAMSELS:
1.
I love a
fairy tale. DIRTY DAMSELS is a modern day telling of Cinderella, updated
for the 21st century
2.
The
thought of writing about a female CEO was wicked appealing to me. Women
make up more than half the work force and yet are still struggling to achieve
leadership positions in the corporate world. I wanted to show what a female CEO
could be like and what she could do.
3.
Family
dynamics are a universal theme. Cynderella Jones, just like her fairy tale
counterpart, has a very dysfunctional family and writing their fractured
dynamics was a bit cathartic for me.
4.
Princes
come in all shapes and occupations. My Prince Charming isn’t royalty; he’s
just called the Prince of Wall Street because he’s a financial genius.
5.
Everyone
deserves a Happily Ever after, not only in fairy tales. Ella isn’t looking
for love, but the idea that it finds her when she’s least expecting it was very
appealing to me to write.
Let's get more!
When I first saw Cynderella all covered in soot in that sexy
maid uniform, I knew I wanted to be her Prince.
She’s a small and savvy businesswoman who’s built her
cleaning company from the ground up. But now that Dirty Damsels is booming,
I’ve been hired to arrange a hostile takeover.
But the temptation of having her was too much to ignore… We
ended up spending one night together—a night neither of will forget. Now, I
want more. I need more. I want to spend every night, skin-on-skin, with my
beautiful Ella.
Problem is, when she finds out who I really am, she’ll never
forgive me.
Want to know more? Let's get an excerpt:
The bathroom door opened.
In his tailored suit he’d been
impressive and striking. With a white bulky towel wrapped around his waist, and
the humidity in the bathroom sluicing off his damp torso, he was downright
magnificent. Those wide and solid shoulders tapered down into biceps I could
tell regularly attended a gym with him, and then into forearms corded with
strong sinew and veins.
“I-I’m sorry,” I stammered. “I’m almost done.
I’m sorry.” I blushed again and I cursed my fair skin. But really, how could I
not blush and stutter when faced with this unbelievable specimen of hotness
standing five feet away from me, all wet and hard muscled and gorgeous?
He moved like a panther across the
rug, soundlessly stalking, as if playing with his prey, until he came to the
opposite side of the bed.
He took one corner of the sheet in
his hand and yanked it. “Do you have enough on your side?”
Speech was impossible because I
knew I’d start blabbering again, so I nodded and tucked the sheet under the
mattress.
“Hospital corners.” He nodded and
then mimicked my motions. “I love a tight sheet.”
I couldn’t help but stare at the
way his biceps swelled when he lifted the mattress as if it weighed nothing,
and shot the sheet under it. Nor could I forgo glancing at the thick mat of
black hair crisscrossing from one side of his pecs to the other and then down,
disappearing below the towel. And I’d have to have been struck blind and stupid
– which I’m neither – not to notice and admire the trim, tight waist and
abdomen the towel was securely wrapped around.
At least I prayed it was securely
wrapped.
I grabbed the comforter, shook it
out and he helped me place it over the bed.
“Toss me one of those,” he commanded
when I grabbed a pillow and began tugging the case on.
He caught both in midair.
The bed made, I turned to tell him
about the platter of food, but stopped before the words could leave my throat.
He’d moved without a sound again, coming to stand so close to me I could smell
the citrus scent of the soap he’d used wafting off his body.
He placed a hand on my shoulder and
gave it a little squeeze. I swear my body temperature went up ten degrees. I
figured by now I resembled one of those cartoons where the character’s head
turns beet red and then explodes upward.
“Thanks, Cinderella.” A devilish
grin tripped across his tired face. “But I need to crash now, so…”
I truly could have stood there for
the rest of the afternoon basking in his hotness, but I got the hint.
I nodded and made one last visual
sweep of the room.
“Do you want me to close the
blinds?” I asked, turning back just in time to see him drop the towel and slide
– gloriously naked – into the freshly made bed.
Holy
Mother of God. The
man had a butt made for grabbing. Two perfect, round, and tight cheeks dipped
from that narrow waist, leading downward to two thick and powerful thighs.
Since his back was to me he didn’t notice my jaw hanging open to my knees while he burrowed under the
comforter.
“Mmm…sure. Thanks, Cinderella.”
Even half asleep his voice made my
heart skip a few beats and my girlie parts go zing.
Want more? Here are the buy links:
Amazon: Exclusive to KU readers for free
Kindle version: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TBBPHM8
Print Version: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1640348409
Peg is also an avid crafter and blogger and you can visit her at:
Amazon Author page:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00T8E5LN0
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/mmj122687/
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Rebecca- thank you so much for the shout out and for introducing DIRTY DAMSELS to your fans and followers.
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