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Light a Candle for the Beast

by Echo Shea

Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal Romance

Keywords: Romance, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Fairy Tale, Beauty and the Beast

Publisher: Roane Publishing

Release Date: November 26, 2014

Description: If you’ve ever been caught in a riptide, pulled down into the water, then you know me. Or, more accurately, what I’m like when I’m angry.

Delia was beautiful, smart, and kind. He wasn’t. He said he loved her, but he didn’t know what love was. He was manipulative and cruel—more than a thief. A beast.

All she wanted was a rose… 

These are the words on my sister’s grave. Her sadness, her obsession, forever a reminder I didn’t--couldn’t save her.

I’m not vindictive or cruel. I’m simply as the river--my memory is winding and my reach is long. I watched him steal her beauty, her essence. Watched him become a beast. He thought he'd get away with it, thought he'd go free.

I lay a rose upon my sister's grave.

Light a candle for the beast.
 

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT LIGHT A CANDLE FOR THE BEAST!

5 Stars! - Dianne's Reviews

In a dark and twisted tale, Echo Shea has given us, pain, loss, torture, revenge and finally emotional healing. Light a Candle for the Beast has depth, atmosphere and a dark fairytale feel that will hold you spellbound from start to finish. Not only does Ms. Shea know how to evoke connection and emotions, she has done it in very few pages. You will walk away satisfied, and slightly mystified at how this author could complete a novel’s worth of story in a short read that can be finished over lunch or when one has a few moments of quiet time to slip away into another world.

5 Stars! - Sweet N Sassy Book A Holics

A spectacular read! Yes it's short. but dynamite comes in small packages!! I read it twice just because I loved it so much. Yup, once and then turned to the beginning and started again!! 

An Interview with Echo Shea author of 'Light A Candle For The Beast'

It's a real pleasure to be able to welcome Echo Shea to the Flight Deck once more. Congratulations on your new release, Echo. What a stunning cover! Help yourself to something sparkling while you ponder on this question, if you would - Tell us, what is your personal definition of success?

Echo: Writing a good story. To know that I wrote the best story I could at the time, edited, revised and gave my best. If I know in my heart I did that, then I feel successful.

HL   When did you start writing?

Answer: When I was eight, I learned that writing felt special to me. It wasn't until I was twelve that I knew I wanted to be an author and I haven't looked back since.

HL   What comes first: the plot or the characters?

Echo: Answer: For the most part my characters lead the plot. Their actions affect what comes next in the story.

HL: We're kindred spirits!  My stories are always character led too, In fact they sometimes narrate the plot to me! LOL   Is there any advice, as a new writer, that you were either given, or wish you had been given?

Echo : I've read a lot of books and blogs but only one stands out to me at the moment. My favorite advice didn't even apply to writing. It was a magazine doing an intereview with an actress, and I don't remember the question, but I remember her answer: "I don't want to be a great actress, I want to be a good one."

I don't write with hopes for movie deals or because I'm convinced it'll be on the bestseller list. I do it because I love writing and it makes me feel myself. It gives me something that nothing else could, and to share it with a reader and have them enjoy it--this makes me happy, this is what I aspire to, this is what I love. I don't have to be a great writer, I just want very badly to always be a good one.
It's the best advice, because when you can admit you love writing this much, it sets you free--free to do the work you need to make your craft better, free to be rejected or accepted because at the end of the day you get to go back to doing the only thing that feels worth doing, the thing you most love. Only others and fate can say you're a great writer, but your persistence and hardwork? That makes you a good one.

HL Do you have a support system? Do you have a writing community? What valuable lessons have you learned from them?

Echo:  I have a wonderful writers' group that cheers me on when I do well and commiserates when I have set backs, and I get the chance to do so in turn and that makes me feel good. I also have a wonderful family and beta readers/crit partners that make me better than I could ever be alone. My beta readers/crit partners are second to none--I respect their writing and their notes and consider myself lucky to have them in my life.

HL: What is your latest release and what was your favourite part of writing this book/series?

ECHO: My two most recent releases are a short story released by Spooktacular Seductions called If This Be Madness" which came out October 31st, and a stand alone short story called Light a Candle for the Beast which was released yesterday, November 26th. An earlier release though is free and is  called Manor of Sweet Souls: Gladys Celebrates. My favorite part about this? I fell in love with the character. I had so much fun and loved writing it so much that I didn't want to let it go. And to be honest I haven't. With any luck, you'll be seeing a lot more of Gladys. I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.

Oh, I love her already!  Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today, and I wish you much success with this, and all your books!

Light a Candle for the Beast by Echo Shea

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Keywords: Romance, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Fairy Tale, Beauty and the Beast

Release Date: November 26, 2014

If you’ve ever been caught in a riptide, pulled down into the water, then you know me. Or, more accurately, what I’m like when I’m angry.

Delia was beautiful, smart, and kind. He wasn’t. He said he loved her, but he didn’t know what love was. He was manipulative and cruel—more than a thief. A beast.

All she wanted was a rose… 

These are the words on my sister’s grave. Her sadness, her obsession, forever a reminder I didn’t--couldn’t save her.

I’m not vindictive or cruel. I’m simply as the river--my memory is winding and my reach is long. I watched him steal her beauty, her essence. Watched him become a beast. He thought he'd get away with it, thought he'd go free.

I lay a rose upon my sister's grave.

Light a candle for the beast.
PURCHASE LINKS
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Kobo Books
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About Echo Shea

Echo Shea is an Urban Fantasy writer. Known for fast-paced and sometimes chilling prose, she hunkers down at her desk with characters that not only enchant, but excite her. There’s something so freeing about writing beyond what seems possible.

Who says there’s not something more hiding in these Maryland woods?

Website: http://echoshea.weebly.com/

Blog: http://echoshea.weebly.com/blog

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/echo.shea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EchoShea

Facbook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Echo-Shea/381105905253574?ref=hl 

Pinterest:http://www.pinterest.com/echoshea/

Smashwords Page: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/echoshea1

Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/26276450-echo-shea

Book Blitz & tour-wide giveaway: ecopy of Light a Candle for the Beast and a $10 Amazon gift card!

a Rafflecopter giveaway Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code.  No purchase necessary, but you must be 18 or older to enter. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter, and announced on the widget. Winner will be notified by email and have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. The number of entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Roane Publishing's marketing department.

Halloween Earrings Giveaway - free entry contest

My friend Echo is running a fantastic contest to win a pair of earrings (as shown with her able assisant, Bob) just in time for the Halloween festivities.  To enter, all you have to do is complete the Rafflecopter form below:

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A free fantasy story from my friend Echo Shea

Today, instead of my usual 'Welsh legends' I thought I'd guide you to a 'free gift'. My friend Echo Shea's short story 'Manor Of Sweet Souls' is released today as part of Roan Publishing's First Birthday celebrations.

Get your FREE story

September is full of free reads in honor of Roane Publishing’s first birthday.

I've read this story already, of course, and Echo has a delightful 'voice' and her stories are highly original and her characters unique and often surprising, with some quirky, humerous twists.

Do take advantage of the chance to download this great story for free and also enjoy all the other stories in this fantastic'giveaway!

http://www.roanepublishing.com/free-reads.html

Echo's Page at Roane 

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Roane Publishing is turning one this month and to celebrate, we’re giving away free eBooks!All you have to do is come by our Free Reads page each Monday and download the stories we are offering that week. Simple and straightforward, just the way we like it.The best part?

The time to release the first two of Roane Publishing’s Free Reads has finally arrived.

 (You can find the entire release schedule and all of the available downloads on our Free Reads page.)

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The line up and Smashword links for releases stories:

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Monday, Sept. 1st:

Any Other Way – Michelle Ziegler

Dragon Eye – Anna Simpson

Monday, Sept. 8th:

Plague of Cats – Sonny Zae
Bourbon Boots and Southern Persuasion – London Saint James

Monday, Sept. 15th:

Pixified – Sheryl Winters
Sisters: A Montana Series Short – Krista Ames

Monday, Sept. 22nd:

Manor of Sweet Souls: Gladys Celebrates – Echo Shea
Love’s Revenge: Chapter One – Terri Rochenski

Monday, Sept. 29th:

All For Nothing – Laurie Tracey

First Date Disaster? – Rebecca Hart