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Contest with Sabrina Jeffries - September 2024
September is Friendship month, so I`m giving away books from a few of my talented author friends!
Enter for a chance to win two autographed novels from Tammy Falkner including A Lady and Her Magic and Maybe Matt`s Miracle, Deb Marlowe`s Victorian Mystery series starter, A Killer in the Crystal Palace, and Live Like You Mean It by Ava Stone.
Plus, you`ll also receive a beautiful candle in a teacup and one of my backlist titles. Books are always better when shared with friends!
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Contest with Sabrina Jeffries - September 2024
September is Friendship month, so I`m giving away books from a few of my talented author friends!
Enter for a chance to win two autographed novels from Tammy Falkner including A Lady and Her Magic and Maybe Matt`s Miracle, Deb Marlowe`s Victorian Mystery series starter, A Killer in the Crystal Palace, and Live Like You Mean It by Ava Stone.
Plus, you`ll also receive a beautiful candle in a teacup and one of my backlist titles. Books are always better when shared with friends!
https://sabrinajeffries.com/fun-stuff/contest/
https://coffeetimeromance.com/contest-with-sabrina-jeffries-september-2024/?feed_id=2928&_unique_id=66ec10b2d1b63&utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=coffeetimeromance&utm_campaign=FS%20PosterContest%20with%20Sabrina%20Jeffries%20-%20September%202024269603 September is Friendship month, so I’m giving away books from a few of my talented author friends! Enter for a chance to win two autographed novels...
Mad Tinker`s Daughter by J.S. Morin February 28, 2014
Mad Tinker Chronicles: Volume 1
The world told her No. She didn’t listen.
Madlin Errol is heiress to the greatest fortune in Tellurak. Her father, the Mad Tinker, has built an empire by crafting devices that no one else in the world could match. Madlin grew up spoiled, given everything she could wish for: the finest tools, all the raw metals she could ask for, and a workshop of her very own. Yet in her sleep, she lives another life, in another world.
Korr...a world where humans are subjugated, working menial jobs or even enslaved. The ruling kuduks treat them like talking animals. In that world, Madlin is known as Rynn, a girl who grew up without her parents, mired in the depths of an underground city, sleeping in a boiler room. But unlike so many of her fellow humans, she has seen a world where there are no limits. She, and a growing number of human rebels, have begun to fight back.
Amazon | Kindle https://coffeetimeromance.com/mad-tinkers-daughter-by-j-s-morin/?feed_id=2888&_unique_id=66eb42eb405e8&utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=KarenneLyn&utm_campaign=FS%20PosterMad%20Tinker%27s%20Daughter%20by%20J.S.%20Morin6471 February 28, 2014 Mad Tinker Chronicles: Volume 1 The world told her No. She didn’t listen. Madlin Errol is heiress to the greatest fortune in Tellurak....
Mad Tinker`s Daughter by J.S. Morin February 28, 2014
Mad Tinker Chronicles: Volume 1
The world told her No. She didn’t listen.
Madlin Errol is heiress to the greatest fortune in Tellurak. Her father, the Mad Tinker, has built an empire by crafting devices that no one else in the world could match. Madlin grew up spoiled, given everything she could wish for: the finest tools, all the raw metals she could ask for, and a workshop of her very own. Yet in her sleep, she lives another life, in another world.
Korr...a world where humans are subjugated, working menial jobs or even enslaved. The ruling kuduks treat them like talking animals. In that world, Madlin is known as Rynn, a girl who grew up without her parents, mired in the depths of an underground city, sleeping in a boiler room. But unlike so many of her fellow humans, she has seen a world where there are no limits. She, and a growing number of human rebels, have begun to fight back.
Amazon | Kindle https://coffeetimeromance.com/mad-tinkers-daughter-by-j-s-morin/?feed_id=2888&_unique_id=66eb42eb405e8&utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=KarenneLyn&utm_campaign=FS%20PosterMad%20Tinker%27s%20Daughter%20by%20J.S.%20Morin6471 February 28, 2014 Mad Tinker Chronicles: Volume 1 The world told her No. She didn’t listen. Madlin Errol is heiress to the greatest fortune in Tellurak....
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Fresh Fiction - September 2024
Fall in love this September from Julie Rowe!
GUEST POST GIVEAWAY! DiAnn Mills | LETHAL STANDOFF
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Fresh Fiction - September 2024
Fall in love this September from Julie Rowe!
GUEST POST GIVEAWAY! DiAnn Mills | LETHAL STANDOFF
Donna Michaels is giving away $10 Bath and Body Works GC. Enter the giveaway now!
Jade Lee is giving away an autographed copy of VIXEN!
Up in the Air: Catch Your Flight Contest & Win $20 Amazon GC with AMARA ACQUIRED from Michel Prince
Enter to Win THE SON`S SECRET & $15 Target GC from Daryl Wood Gerber!
Claim Your Cowboy Love: Andrew Grey’s Giveaway Inside!
Enemies to Lovers Like No Other Contest from Jenna Jaxon!
Fall into romance giveaway from Kris Jayne!
Enter for a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift card from Melinda Curtis!
Enter to Win THE DIVA SPICES IT UP + $25 Amazon GC from Krista Davis!
Sun & Sand: Grab a Digital Book and $10 Gift Card from Jennifer Faye!
Enter to Win an Ebook of THE JIG IS UP from Lisa Q. Mathews!
Enter to Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card and a Copy of HOLLY POINTE & CANDY CANES from Cindy Kirk!
Enter to Win One of Three E-Copies of THE RAKE TO RUIN HER from Julia Justiss
Love & Glam: Win an Autographed Copy of A LADY BY CHANCE + Heart Sunglasses from Cheryl Bolen!
Fate’s Reunion: Win a Copy of BONDED FOR LIFE + $10 Amazon GC from Sharon Buchbinder!
Unleash the Heat: Win a Steamy Anthology & Starbucks Gift Card from Meg Napier!
Unlock the Truth: Win a Copy of SILENCED WITNESS from K.D. Richards!
Unleash Your Power: $10 Amazon Gift Awaits from Jennifer Estep!
Heart-Pounding Thrills & $20 Amazon Gift from Lindsay McKenna!
Bombshell Giveaway: Grab a Thrilling Read from Terri Reed!
Win a signed paperback copy TRAPPING THE BUTTERFLY from Debra Parmley!
Win a copy of THE PROMISE OF TOMORROW plus Amazon GC from Mary Ellen Taylor!
Secrets Unveiled from Mary Burton: Your Chance to Win!
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Win $25 Amazon Gift Card from Fresh Fiction
WIN a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a copy of ROCK CRUSH AND ROLL from Hunter Snow!
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A Winter`s Romance Anthology by GL Robinson
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
I am GL Robinson, originally from the UK, but have spent most of my adult life in the USA, having married an American I met in Brussels, where I was working after the UK joined the Common Market (as it was then) in 1973. He always tells the story that he’d been sent over to Europe for six weeks to “help out a guy”. He arrived with one suitcase; he ended up going home five years later with a wife and three children!
My sister and I were educated in a convent boarding school in the south of England, because our parents were in Africa. That sounds crazy now, but it wasn’t unusual at the time. Nearly all the other girls there had parents who worked abroad. Francine and I used to giggle over Georgette Heyer under the covers after lights-out, and when she died unexpectedly in 2018, I woke up with a Regency Romance whole and entire in my head. Having never written anything other than academic papers before that (I was a French Professor), I sat up and wrote that first novel in two weeks. I think now it was my way of grieving, and it gave me such joy I haven’t stopped since. To date, I have 16 Regencies live on Amazon, and one on pre-order. They are all dedicated to my sister.
When I was asked if I would like to join in an Anthology with a short story on the theme of Winter, my thoughts went immediately to Christmas. The confluence of pagan and Christian traditions on our celebration of the holiday has always fascinated me. The early Christians arriving in Britain had the good sense not to try to eliminate deep-rooted pagan beliefs and festivals, but give them what we would now call a “spin”. The date of Christmas itself was chosen to coincide with the spring equinox, wildly celebrated in the pagan world. It would take too long to go into all the many integrated traditions now, but just one example is the holly and the ivy.
Pagan peoples looked on holly as a masculine plant, its red berries a symbol of fertility in the depths of winter. The clinging ivy was considered a female...
A Winter`s Romance Anthology by GL Robinson
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
I am GL Robinson, originally from the UK, but have spent most of my adult life in the USA, having married an American I met in Brussels, where I was working after the UK joined the Common Market (as it was then) in 1973. He always tells the story that he’d been sent over to Europe for six weeks to “help out a guy”. He arrived with one suitcase; he ended up going home five years later with a wife and three children!
My sister and I were educated in a convent boarding school in the south of England, because our parents were in Africa. That sounds crazy now, but it wasn’t unusual at the time. Nearly all the other girls there had parents who worked abroad. Francine and I used to giggle over Georgette Heyer under the covers after lights-out, and when she died unexpectedly in 2018, I woke up with a Regency Romance whole and entire in my head. Having never written anything other than academic papers before that (I was a French Professor), I sat up and wrote that first novel in two weeks. I think now it was my way of grieving, and it gave me such joy I haven’t stopped since. To date, I have 16 Regencies live on Amazon, and one on pre-order. They are all dedicated to my sister.
When I was asked if I would like to join in an Anthology with a short story on the theme of Winter, my thoughts went immediately to Christmas. The confluence of pagan and Christian traditions on our celebration of the holiday has always fascinated me. The early Christians arriving in Britain had the good sense not to try to eliminate deep-rooted pagan beliefs and festivals, but give them what we would now call a “spin”. The date of Christmas itself was chosen to coincide with the spring equinox, wildly celebrated in the pagan world. It would take too long to go into all the many integrated traditions now, but just one example is the holly and the ivy.
Pagan peoples looked on holly as a masculine plant, its red berries a symbol of fertility in the depths of winter. The clinging ivy was considered a female...
Midnight`s Temptation - New Releases (September, 9th – September, 15th)
Her Sweet Orc by Meg Rhodes
Paranormal Romance, Monster Romance
Ada: The last thing I expected after moving to Whispering Springs, Oregon was to fall head over heels for Ulgan, the sweet and sexy orc bakery owner. I’ve had my eye on him for months, and it makes my heart race when I find out that my feelings aren’t one sided. Am I ready to trust Ulgan and let him into my life, or will a secret that he’s been keeping from me tear us apart?
Ulgan: I knew from the second Ada entered my bakery that she’s my fated mate. Humans don’t have fated mates, so how am I supposed to prove to her that we are meant for each other? Months have gone by since I first scented her, and I’m through with waiting. It’s time for me to woo my beautiful mate and show Ada that the one thing missing in her life is an orc to care for her.
Nocturnal by Clio Evans
Dark Paranormal Romance, Monster Romance
I was his toxic obsession. He was my sadistic monster.
Nora: When I took a job at St. Thorns university as a psychology professor, I encountered something – someone – unexplainable. Fascinating. And deadly.
Alec Briar had the eyes of a killer.
He’s a botanist who would rather rot in his greenhouse alone than deal with students, professors, or me. When a monster stalks me, our relationship becomes corrupted in ways that bring us closer together, for better or worse. He has secrets – ones that will destroy him if he discovers the truth…
Our minds twist to protect our souls, and Alec’s is the most warped of all. The only way to save him is to hurt him and accept the damnation doing so will bring.
Alec: She was deadlier than belladonna, and yet I cannot resist her.
Nora Woulfe has become my infatuation. As she pushes me to my breaking point, we spiral down a path that will be our downfall. A monster is trying to steal what is mine, and I will hunt him to the bitter end. Even if I have to use her to draw him out…
Black Rose Gold Queen by Shannon Mayer & Kelly St. Clare
Fantasy Romance
Underhill has been killed and the only thing standing between all realms and utter destruction by
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Midnight`s Temptation - New Releases (September, 9th – September, 15th)
Her Sweet Orc by Meg Rhodes
Paranormal Romance, Monster Romance
Ada: The last thing I expected after moving to Whispering Springs, Oregon was to fall head over heels for Ulgan, the sweet and sexy orc bakery owner. I’ve had my eye on him for months, and it makes my heart race when I find out that my feelings aren’t one sided. Am I ready to trust Ulgan and let him into my life, or will a secret that he’s been keeping from me tear us apart?
Ulgan: I knew from the second Ada entered my bakery that she’s my fated mate. Humans don’t have fated mates, so how am I supposed to prove to her that we are meant for each other? Months have gone by since I first scented her, and I’m through with waiting. It’s time for me to woo my beautiful mate and show Ada that the one thing missing in her life is an orc to care for her.
Nocturnal by Clio Evans
Dark Paranormal Romance, Monster Romance
I was his toxic obsession. He was my sadistic monster.
Nora: When I took a job at St. Thorns university as a psychology professor, I encountered something – someone – unexplainable. Fascinating. And deadly.
Alec Briar had the eyes of a killer.
He’s a botanist who would rather rot in his greenhouse alone than deal with students, professors, or me. When a monster stalks me, our relationship becomes corrupted in ways that bring us closer together, for better or worse. He has secrets – ones that will destroy him if he discovers the truth…
Our minds twist to protect our souls, and Alec’s is the most warped of all. The only way to save him is to hurt him and accept the damnation doing so will bring.
Alec: She was deadlier than belladonna, and yet I cannot resist her.
Nora Woulfe has become my infatuation. As she pushes me to my breaking point, we spiral down a path that will be our downfall. A monster is trying to steal what is mine, and I will hunt him to the bitter end. Even if I have to use her to draw him out…
Black Rose Gold Queen by Shannon Mayer & Kelly St. Clare
Fantasy Romance
Underhill has been killed and the only thing standing between all realms and utter destruction by
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Viscount’s Christmas Runaway by Audrey Harrison
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
Hello, thank you for having me. I am Audrey Harrison, an English writer of Regency romance from the North West of England. I live halfway between Liverpool and Manchester, in a very working class town called Wigan. I’ve been indie publishing since 2011, it started because traditional publishers told me that there was no market for Regency romance! I am married with two grown-up children and two gorgeous grandchildren, plus a mad foster dog (hoping to adopt her) and two granddogs. Life is usually chaotic, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
A shy child, I lost myself in books. They gave me the friends and adventures I needed and I have never stopped reading. I would write stories as a child, resulting in my first novel when I was sixteen, but life, family, and mortgages meant that I had no opportunity to follow that path. I think I wouldn’t have appreciated it as much if I had been younger, whereas now I feel very privileged to be able to follow my dream.
I’ve always wanted to write, but people from a working class background don’t become authors. I worked in the public sector and then a hospital stay and the chance at voluntary redundancy was the prod that I needed. It took a few more years before I published because I had no idea about ebooks, but I have never regretted a day of taking the risk and indie publishing. I would love to achieve more, write more and build my readership. I love what I do but I never take it for granted and am always humbled that readers enjoy my stories.
I have nearly forty Regency romances available on ebook or paperback. This venture of being part of an anthology is something new and exciting to me. I will always suffer from imposter syndrome, but the chance to work with five other talented authors was too tempting an opportunity to miss. I love that the stories are all based around winter, the perfect time for snuggling down with a nice book!
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Viscount’s Christmas Runaway by Audrey Harrison
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
Hello, thank you for having me. I am Audrey Harrison, an English writer of Regency romance from the North West of England. I live halfway between Liverpool and Manchester, in a very working class town called Wigan. I’ve been indie publishing since 2011, it started because traditional publishers told me that there was no market for Regency romance! I am married with two grown-up children and two gorgeous grandchildren, plus a mad foster dog (hoping to adopt her) and two granddogs. Life is usually chaotic, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
A shy child, I lost myself in books. They gave me the friends and adventures I needed and I have never stopped reading. I would write stories as a child, resulting in my first novel when I was sixteen, but life, family, and mortgages meant that I had no opportunity to follow that path. I think I wouldn’t have appreciated it as much if I had been younger, whereas now I feel very privileged to be able to follow my dream.
I’ve always wanted to write, but people from a working class background don’t become authors. I worked in the public sector and then a hospital stay and the chance at voluntary redundancy was the prod that I needed. It took a few more years before I published because I had no idea about ebooks, but I have never regretted a day of taking the risk and indie publishing. I would love to achieve more, write more and build my readership. I love what I do but I never take it for granted and am always humbled that readers enjoy my stories.
I have nearly forty Regency romances available on ebook or paperback. This venture of being part of an anthology is something new and exciting to me. I will always suffer from imposter syndrome, but the chance to work with five other talented authors was too tempting an opportunity to miss. I love that the stories are all based around winter, the perfect time for snuggling down with a nice book!
https://bit.ly/CTRBooksBlog
A Worthy Alteration by Judith Hale Everett
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
A Worthy Alteration by Judith Hale Everett
Peter Holydale, Viscount Windon, is a connoisseur of beauty. The lovely face of a beautiful woman will inspire him to all sorts of gallantry—except marriage. Somehow, he cannot bring himself to wish to offer for any of the lovely ladies he has admired over the years, and all of them end up marrying someone else. But he continues to pursue beautiful women, and this laudable pastime takes him all the way to county Durham, where he means to pay court to Miss Tyndall, his latest object of admiration. But a chance encounter with the governess—whose beauty is hidden by her severe dress and hairstyle—thwarts his purpose, for he cannot seem to get the drab governess out of his mind...
Excerpt
Lord Windon kicked at a stone. Perhaps he would offer for Miss Tyndall—if not during the house party, sometime in the near future—for besides being angelically pretty, she was the most darling, the sweetest, most captivating—
His mental image of this paragon vanished away as his gaze fell upon one in the flesh, just emerging from the door to the inn. She wore a heavy, fur-lined cape over a blue woolen pelisse, but the countenance framed by the hood testified to the perfections hidden beneath the layers of her clothing. Her face had an elfin quality, the lips a cupid’s bow, the eyes a deep and trusting brown. Dusky curls peeped from the recesses of the hood, and the gloved hands that held a portmanteau before her were small and elegant.
Lord Windon’s view was obscured a moment as the stage lumbered out of the yard, but when it had passed, he saw that she was speaking with the ostler, who shook his head in answer to her inquiry. The lovely eyes were downcast a moment as the lips frowned, and when she again raised her eyes, her distress was evident, even from across the inn yard. Another inquiry was productive of still more consternation, and Windon knew his moment had come.
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A Worthy Alteration by Judith Hale Everett
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
A Worthy Alteration by Judith Hale Everett
Peter Holydale, Viscount Windon, is a connoisseur of beauty. The lovely face of a beautiful woman will inspire him to all sorts of gallantry—except marriage. Somehow, he cannot bring himself to wish to offer for any of the lovely ladies he has admired over the years, and all of them end up marrying someone else. But he continues to pursue beautiful women, and this laudable pastime takes him all the way to county Durham, where he means to pay court to Miss Tyndall, his latest object of admiration. But a chance encounter with the governess—whose beauty is hidden by her severe dress and hairstyle—thwarts his purpose, for he cannot seem to get the drab governess out of his mind...
Excerpt
Lord Windon kicked at a stone. Perhaps he would offer for Miss Tyndall—if not during the house party, sometime in the near future—for besides being angelically pretty, she was the most darling, the sweetest, most captivating—
His mental image of this paragon vanished away as his gaze fell upon one in the flesh, just emerging from the door to the inn. She wore a heavy, fur-lined cape over a blue woolen pelisse, but the countenance framed by the hood testified to the perfections hidden beneath the layers of her clothing. Her face had an elfin quality, the lips a cupid’s bow, the eyes a deep and trusting brown. Dusky curls peeped from the recesses of the hood, and the gloved hands that held a portmanteau before her were small and elegant.
Lord Windon’s view was obscured a moment as the stage lumbered out of the yard, but when it had passed, he saw that she was speaking with the ostler, who shook his head in answer to her inquiry. The lovely eyes were downcast a moment as the lips frowned, and when she again raised her eyes, her distress was evident, even from across the inn yard. Another inquiry was productive of still more consternation, and Windon knew his moment had come.
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A Winter`s Romance with Christina Dudley
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
Can blindness and deception keep them from love? When scandalous James Thornton suffers a hunting accident, he is carried broken and unconscious to Ardenmere, where schoolteacher Eliza Blinker is spending her holidays. All hands are required to nurse the patient, but for Eliza’s protection Lady Arden insists she pose as an older, plainer woman. Blinded as he is, Thornton may be told anything, after all. But what if love truly is blind, and he begins to care for Eliza despite what he’s been led to believe?
“Epiphany Day” is a short story found in A Winter’s Romance: a Regency Anthology.
Excerpt
The maid trailed her to the bottom of the stairs like a faithful mastiff and hovered while Eliza gave instructions to the footman Hoskins. Then, when she glanced toward the drawing room doors, Kirby said, “Lady Arden says I am always to accompany you, if you are a-going in there. ‘Don’t you let her be alone with him, Kirby,’ she told me.”
“Well then, together it is. But perhaps we need not go in. I don’t hear anything now.”
As if to spite her, a protracted moan struck their ears, one ending in a sudden whuff.
Oh, dear. Suppose he had rolled from the sofa and could not right himself? Or that he had pulled off his bandages and was dragging himself across the room in search of light? Eliza found herself regretting her earlier bravado about broken bones. What precisely had she imagined she knew about injuries? Especially injuries the magnitude of Mr. Thornton’s!
Taking a deep breath and nodding at Kirby, she opened the doors quietly and crept around the side of the lacquered screen. To her great relief, the man still lay upon the sofa, his bandages intact, though one hand fumbled at them.
“No, no,” said Eliza, hurrying forward. “You mustn’t. Your eyes must not be exposed.”
Though she had not touched him, his hand froze in its exploration.
“Can you hear me, sir?” she asked. “Do you understand me?”
There was a long, long pause. Was he too muddled to speak?
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A Winter`s Romance with Christina Dudley
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology on preorder now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
Can blindness and deception keep them from love? When scandalous James Thornton suffers a hunting accident, he is carried broken and unconscious to Ardenmere, where schoolteacher Eliza Blinker is spending her holidays. All hands are required to nurse the patient, but for Eliza’s protection Lady Arden insists she pose as an older, plainer woman. Blinded as he is, Thornton may be told anything, after all. But what if love truly is blind, and he begins to care for Eliza despite what he’s been led to believe?
“Epiphany Day” is a short story found in A Winter’s Romance: a Regency Anthology.
Excerpt
The maid trailed her to the bottom of the stairs like a faithful mastiff and hovered while Eliza gave instructions to the footman Hoskins. Then, when she glanced toward the drawing room doors, Kirby said, “Lady Arden says I am always to accompany you, if you are a-going in there. ‘Don’t you let her be alone with him, Kirby,’ she told me.”
“Well then, together it is. But perhaps we need not go in. I don’t hear anything now.”
As if to spite her, a protracted moan struck their ears, one ending in a sudden whuff.
Oh, dear. Suppose he had rolled from the sofa and could not right himself? Or that he had pulled off his bandages and was dragging himself across the room in search of light? Eliza found herself regretting her earlier bravado about broken bones. What precisely had she imagined she knew about injuries? Especially injuries the magnitude of Mr. Thornton’s!
Taking a deep breath and nodding at Kirby, she opened the doors quietly and crept around the side of the lacquered screen. To her great relief, the man still lay upon the sofa, his bandages intact, though one hand fumbled at them.
“No, no,” said Eliza, hurrying forward. “You mustn’t. Your eyes must not be exposed.”
Though she had not touched him, his hand froze in its exploration.
“Can you hear me, sir?” she asked. “Do you understand me?”
There was a long, long pause. Was he too muddled to speak?
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A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology, now on preorder at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
Jayne Davis, GL Robinson, Christina Dudley, Audrey Harrison, Penny Hampson, and Judith Hale Everett are pleased to present a collection of delightful short stories sure to warm your heart this winter. From not-so-resigned spinsters and harassed heirs to runaway ladies and reformed rakes, there is plenty of romance to drive away the cold!
Advice to Young Ladies by Jayne Davis
Ben Paynton is in no hurry to find a spouse. Neither is Kate Ardley, but she accompanies her stepmother and sister to Lady Paynton’s house party. When snow prevents most of the male guests arriving, Ben is thrown into the company of the young women his mother has invited rather more than he had planned, and begins to think that Kate might be someone he could spend the rest of his life with. Then an unexpected discovery shows Kate in a very different light.
Extract
Kate chose a vantage point from which to make her sketch. She wouldn’t have much time to draw before her fingers froze, but she relished the challenge of depicting this mostly white, snow-covered landscape. Her spot chosen, she took a step away from the cleared path and unfastened her satchel.
Absorbed in the drawing taking shape on her paper, Kate didn’t hear the quiet crunching of approaching footsteps on the path.
“Good morning, Miss Ardley.”
Startled, Kate turned to face Mr Paynton and took a step back. A step into snow that gave way beneath her foot. Her sketchbook, pencil, and the contents of the satchel all went flying as she waved her arms in an attempt to keep her balance, but to no avail. She fell, landing on her back in deep snow, seeing only sky above her. Snow found its way inside the neck of her pelisse and soaked through her stockings and boots, making her shiver. She struggled to sit up—not easy with her legs stuck in the snow.
“Are you hurt?” Mr Paynton gazed down at her.
“No.” No thanks to him. She managed to roll over and pushed herself to her feet, soaking her hands and arms in the process.
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A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology
A Winter’s Romance: A Regency Anthology, now on preorder at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Winters-Romance-Regency-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DG3R12L1
Jayne Davis, GL Robinson, Christina Dudley, Audrey Harrison, Penny Hampson, and Judith Hale Everett are pleased to present a collection of delightful short stories sure to warm your heart this winter. From not-so-resigned spinsters and harassed heirs to runaway ladies and reformed rakes, there is plenty of romance to drive away the cold!
Advice to Young Ladies by Jayne Davis
Ben Paynton is in no hurry to find a spouse. Neither is Kate Ardley, but she accompanies her stepmother and sister to Lady Paynton’s house party. When snow prevents most of the male guests arriving, Ben is thrown into the company of the young women his mother has invited rather more than he had planned, and begins to think that Kate might be someone he could spend the rest of his life with. Then an unexpected discovery shows Kate in a very different light.
Extract
Kate chose a vantage point from which to make her sketch. She wouldn’t have much time to draw before her fingers froze, but she relished the challenge of depicting this mostly white, snow-covered landscape. Her spot chosen, she took a step away from the cleared path and unfastened her satchel.
Absorbed in the drawing taking shape on her paper, Kate didn’t hear the quiet crunching of approaching footsteps on the path.
“Good morning, Miss Ardley.”
Startled, Kate turned to face Mr Paynton and took a step back. A step into snow that gave way beneath her foot. Her sketchbook, pencil, and the contents of the satchel all went flying as she waved her arms in an attempt to keep her balance, but to no avail. She fell, landing on her back in deep snow, seeing only sky above her. Snow found its way inside the neck of her pelisse and soaked through her stockings and boots, making her shiver. She struggled to sit up—not easy with her legs stuck in the snow.
“Are you hurt?” Mr Paynton gazed down at her.
“No.” No thanks to him. She managed to roll over and pushed herself to her feet, soaking her hands and arms in the process.
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Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James Wildes of Lindow Castle
Book 1: Wilde in Love
Book 2: Too Wilde to Wed
Book 3: Born to be Wilde
TOO WILDE TO WED
Wildes of Lindow Castle, Book 2
ELOISA JAMES
ISBN #: 9780062692467/9780062692405
May 2018
Avon
HarperCollins.com
Mass Market Paperback/E-Book
$7.99
376 Pages
Historical Romance
Rating: 4 Cups
Diana Belgrave was once the most sought after heiress in London and was betrothed to the heir of a duke, now she is his governess.
North Wilde became the heir to a dukedom when his elder brother died, and he did everything he could to become the perfect heir, including his betrothal to the perfect debutante, until she ran away.
Two years after he was jilted by Diana Belgrave, North Wilde returns home from the war in the colonies to find her ensconced in his parents’ home as governess to his youngest sister, and that the child with her is generally thought to be his. Diana and her nephew were left destitute after she ran away from her engagement and this job was a godsend, until North returned home. They both discover that they never really knew each other at all before, but the attraction is still there.
I have become a great fan of this series and am very happy that there are so many Wildes yet to read about. I knew there had to be more to North than the fashion plate and perfect heir of the first book as the author gave us glimpses of the real man. He has come back changed after a particularly terrible battle. Diana has changed as well from her mother’s creation to her own person. She is not the best governess, but is determined to do the best she can to repay North’s parents and aunt who took her in when her own mother rejected her. Their story is very hard to put down and I am looking forward to reading Lavinia and Parth’s story next.
Maura
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More https://coffeetimeromance.com/too-wilde-to-wed-by-eloisa-james/?feed_id=2678&_unique_id=66e82f6998570&utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=Maura&utm_campaign=FS%20PosterToo%20Wilde%20to%20Wed%20by%20Eloisa%20James55294 Wildes of Lindow Castle Book 1: Wilde in Love Book 2: Too Wilde to Wed Book 3: Born to be Wilde TOO WILDE TO WED Wildes...
Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James Wildes of Lindow Castle
Book 1: Wilde in Love
Book 2: Too Wilde to Wed
Book 3: Born to be Wilde
TOO WILDE TO WED
Wildes of Lindow Castle, Book 2
ELOISA JAMES
ISBN #: 9780062692467/9780062692405
May 2018
Avon
HarperCollins.com
Mass Market Paperback/E-Book
$7.99
376 Pages
Historical Romance
Rating: 4 Cups
Diana Belgrave was once the most sought after heiress in London and was betrothed to the heir of a duke, now she is his governess.
North Wilde became the heir to a dukedom when his elder brother died, and he did everything he could to become the perfect heir, including his betrothal to the perfect debutante, until she ran away.
Two years after he was jilted by Diana Belgrave, North Wilde returns home from the war in the colonies to find her ensconced in his parents’ home as governess to his youngest sister, and that the child with her is generally thought to be his. Diana and her nephew were left destitute after she ran away from her engagement and this job was a godsend, until North returned home. They both discover that they never really knew each other at all before, but the attraction is still there.
I have become a great fan of this series and am very happy that there are so many Wildes yet to read about. I knew there had to be more to North than the fashion plate and perfect heir of the first book as the author gave us glimpses of the real man. He has come back changed after a particularly terrible battle. Diana has changed as well from her mother’s creation to her own person. She is not the best governess, but is determined to do the best she can to repay North’s parents and aunt who took her in when her own mother rejected her. Their story is very hard to put down and I am looking forward to reading Lavinia and Parth’s story next.
Maura
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More https://coffeetimeromance.com/too-wilde-to-wed-by-eloisa-james/?feed_id=2678&_unique_id=66e82f6998570&utm_source=Instagram&utm_medium=Maura&utm_campaign=FS%20PosterToo%20Wilde%20to%20Wed%20by%20Eloisa%20James55294 Wildes of Lindow Castle Book 1: Wilde in Love Book 2: Too Wilde to Wed Book 3: Born to be Wilde TOO WILDE TO WED Wildes...
5 Elements of a Scene: #3 Revelations by Kayelle Allen
We`ve been discussing the elements of scenes, and I`m covering five. First was the opening hook, then turning points,this is revelations and next up will be response.
Discovery
Dealing with a complication leads to a choice. Most often, the first choice leads to a failure. Early in a book, the choice and complication can be simple. But these can hint at choices later in the book.
Discovery is a reveal. The reader becomes aware of something new and it`s literally a pivot point. Learning this changes an aspect of the story and drives the character in a different direction.
At the catalyst of a story, the character decides to take action.
Likewise, in a scene, there is some type of discovery as well. Here`s a snippet from chapter one of Trailing Kaiwulf. Jee is an agent of TRAIL, which makes her a high-priced bounty hunter. She`d been about to board a starship heading off for a vacation when her boss cancelled her leave. Now she`s blown into his office like a whirlwind. Jee makes a swift decision in reaction to a visceral response, and it will color the rest of her decisions throughout the story.
How dare you call me back here? TRAIL doesn`t own me, Jeff Thompson. I`d be halfway there if it wasn`t for you. How dare you cancel my leave? Who do you think you are?"
"Watch this holovid before you give me a definite no." Thompson initiated a life-sized holographic image of a youth.
"I`m not watching a thing. I..." Jee`s voice faded as the holovid activated. "Whoa." She made a sensual growl, low in her throat. "Who is that?"
Jee tends to objectify men, and though she has growth in this story, she doesn`t lose that tendency. Revelation about a character`s flaw, situation, or conflict are powerful elements of a scene.
Next month, we`ll take a look at the next section of a scene: response.
How have you used a creative hook to grab a reader`s attention? Feel free to leave an example and the name of the book.
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5 Elements of a Scene: #3 Revelations by Kayelle Allen
We`ve been discussing the elements of scenes, and I`m covering five. First was the opening hook, then turning points,this is revelations and next up will be response.
Discovery
Dealing with a complication leads to a choice. Most often, the first choice leads to a failure. Early in a book, the choice and complication can be simple. But these can hint at choices later in the book.
Discovery is a reveal. The reader becomes aware of something new and it`s literally a pivot point. Learning this changes an aspect of the story and drives the character in a different direction.
At the catalyst of a story, the character decides to take action.
Likewise, in a scene, there is some type of discovery as well. Here`s a snippet from chapter one of Trailing Kaiwulf. Jee is an agent of TRAIL, which makes her a high-priced bounty hunter. She`d been about to board a starship heading off for a vacation when her boss cancelled her leave. Now she`s blown into his office like a whirlwind. Jee makes a swift decision in reaction to a visceral response, and it will color the rest of her decisions throughout the story.
How dare you call me back here? TRAIL doesn`t own me, Jeff Thompson. I`d be halfway there if it wasn`t for you. How dare you cancel my leave? Who do you think you are?"
"Watch this holovid before you give me a definite no." Thompson initiated a life-sized holographic image of a youth.
"I`m not watching a thing. I..." Jee`s voice faded as the holovid activated. "Whoa." She made a sensual growl, low in her throat. "Who is that?"
Jee tends to objectify men, and though she has growth in this story, she doesn`t lose that tendency. Revelation about a character`s flaw, situation, or conflict are powerful elements of a scene.
Next month, we`ll take a look at the next section of a scene: response.
How have you used a creative hook to grab a reader`s attention? Feel free to leave an example and the name of the book.
_____________________
https://coffeetimeromance.com/5-elements-of-a-scene-3-revelations-by-kayelle-allen/
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