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4/9/2019 3 Comments Guest author, Kate Hill Today I have guest author Kate Hill on the blog, sharing an excerpt from her historical romantic suspense, Captain's Mercy. Enjoy! Blurb: Mercy Brown’s life changes when she accepts a position as companion to the disabled sister of wealthy shipyard owner Jonah Barnes. She is instantly attracted to the rugged former sea captain, even if his brusque manner offends her. Mercy soon finds herself entangled in the quirky family’s secrets. From the first, Mercy is troubled by prowlers, disturbances from the attic, and unearthly howls on the property. After meeting several unusual household members, including a groundskeeper who works by night and the mischievous Maxwell Barnes, Mercy realizes she should flee while she can. Pages from Mercy’s first novel go missing and Jonah’s domineering personality causes tension in the house. Only Mercy’s fondness for her young companion, Faith Barnes, as well as her fascination with Jonah prevent her from leaving, but will her desire for him endanger her life? * * * Excerpt: “Mr. Barnes?” she called again. She glanced over her shoulder, back toward the stairs. When she turned around, she cried out, startled to find herself facing Jonah who now stood outside the attic door, holding a lamp. “Miss Brown, what are you doing up here?” he demanded, wearing his usual scowl. “I heard noise from up here. A crash. I thought perhaps lightning had struck the house and someone might be hurt.” She couldn’t keep the tremors from her voice. “I’m also worried about your siblings. You don’t suppose they’re caught in the storm?” Jonah’s brow furrowed and he stepped closer to her. He held up the lamp and studied her face. “I’m sure they’re fine,” he said in a gentler tone. “Max is quite capable and I doubt they’d venture out until after this passes. Are you all right, Miss Brown?” “Yes. Fine.” Another clap of thunder made her jump. “You don’t look fine,” he said. “Are you afraid of the storm?” She chuckled nervously. “Silly isn’t it? A grown person afraid of a thunderstorm.” “Why don’t we wait it out in the library?” “There’s no need for you to keep me company.” Again she jumped at the thunder and lightning. “Keeping you company is far more pleasant than the paperwork I’ve been looking over.” He offered her his arm in a gallant gesture that took her aback. She rested her hand on it lightly. Goodness, she shouldn’t enjoy how solid and warm he felt, yet she was unable to ignore it. His arms were rock hard from years at sea and working in the shipyard. On their way downstairs, she asked, “What were you doing in the attic? I thought I heard howling up there a short time ago and then a crash.” “The wind, I’m sure. No doubt the crash you heard was Michaels. He tripped over an old trunk. He’s up there now, making repairs on a window that was blown open by the storm. He’s also trying to get rid of more unwanted guests of the flying rodent variety, so I remind you to stay away from the attic.” “Why do you suppose the pests keep coming back?” “I’m not sure. My expertise is the sea. Ask me about whales and sharks and I could probably answer. Bats are another story.” “Do you still go to sea?” she asked, eager to keep her mind off the storm. “Not as much as I used to.” “Do you miss it?” “At times. I miss the straightforwardness of being at sea. The simplicity. Aboard ship, a man is valued more for what he knows than for his bloodlines.” “You don’t have much use for polite society, do you?” “As long as rich men keep buying my ships, I like it well enough.” * * * Purchase Links: Bookstrand: https://www.bookstrand.com/book/captains-mercy Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F7Y4BQW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i52 * * * About Kate Always a fan of romance and the paranormal, Kate Hill started writing over twenty years ago for pleasure. Her first story, a short erotic vampire tale, was accepted for publication in 1996. Since then she has sold over one hundred short stories, novellas and novels. When she's not working on her books, Kate enjoys reading, working out, spending time with her family and pets, and running the Compelling Beasts Blog, dedicated to antagonists, antiheroes, and paranormal creatures. She also writes under the name Saloni Quinby. Find her online at https://www.kate-hill.com and https://www.twitter.com/katehillromance.
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Deception and family honor are at stake, so is the heroine’s heart in this new medieval pirate romance from USA Today bestselling author, Ruth A. Casie, which releases Feb. 12! Preorder today! Amazon: https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07M81Y7HM The Pirate’s Jewel Wesley Reynolds will do anything to avenge his family’s banishment from Dundhragon Castle even throw in with the notorious pirate, MacAlpin. His plan, ruin Lord Ewan’s trading network. He has a more devious plan for his father’s ‘best friend,’ the man who abandoned them at the eleventh hour. He’ll ruin the man’s most precious jewel, his daughter Darla. Wesley’s so close to ruining the trade network and succeeding he can almost taste it, but revenge is not nearly as sweet as Darla’s kisses. Darla Maxwell, beloved by her parents has no prospects of marriage. Her father and Lord Ewan search to find her the right husband. Darla’s special gifts are frightening to many. She has visions that often come true. The murky image of a man haunts her, she’s sure it’s Lord Ewan’s soon-to-be son-in-law, but the vision morphs when she meets Wesley. The meaning couldn’t be any clearer to her, her destiny lies with Wesley. When revelations surface indicating Wesley has been deceived and his revenge misplaced. Will he find the truth of what really happened to his family in time to stop the pirates? Will Darla ever forgive him? Will he ever forgive himself? RELEASES FEBRUARY 12th Buy Link: https://amzn.to/2Cyrbev RUTH A. CASIE is a USA Today bestselling author of historical and contemporary romance. Her stories feature strong women and the men who deserve them, endearing flaws and all. Ruth lives in New Jersey with her hero, three empty bedrooms and a growing number of incomplete counted cross-stitch projects. Before she found her writing voice, she was a speech therapist (pun intended), client liaison for a corrugated manufacturer, and vice president at an international bank where she was a product/marketing manager, but her favorite job is the one she’s doing now—writing romance. Visit her website to see what she writes. Her historical swashbuckling action-adventures and contemporary suspense will keep you turning the pages until the end. She hopes her stories become your favorite adventures. Facebook, @RuthACasie, Twitter, @RuthACasie, Pinterest RuthACasie. Instagram RuthACasie 2/4/2019 14 Comments Medieval Monday 2019 Begins!Welcome back to Medieval Monday! This season our authors have put together some exciting excerpts from their hero and heroine's first encounter. Did they start off on a happy note? Or will they have to overcome a disastrous first impression? Follow us for the next 12 weeks and find out! Leave a comment each week to enter to win an ebook copy of The Highlander's Welsh Bride. See each author's blog for details. The Highlander’s Welsh Bride It was over. Prince Llywelyn was dead, his soldiers fleeing before King Edward’s army. Carys, a distant cousin to the prince, herself a princess of Wales, had picked up arms alongside her husband more than a year ago. Now homeless, her husband buried beneath the good Welsh soil, she seeks shelter in the north, far from the reach of Longshanks’s men. Carys and Wales would never be the same again. It was time. Birk MacLean has been ordered to take a bride and produce an heir. He grows weary of the lasses paraded before him, women of delicate nature and selfish motives. He desires a wife strong enough to help lead one of the most powerful clans in Western Scotland. One like the Welsh woman sitting in his dungeon, arrested for poaching MacLean deer. Can Birk convince Carys marriage to him is preferable to a hangman’s noose? And will the heard-headed Scot be worthy of a Princess of Wales? From the towering Welsh mountains to the storm-swept Scottish coast comes a tale of betrayal and loss, deceit and passion. An epic tale of honor and the redeeming power of love. * * * I'll start this round of Medieval Monday off with the first part of my excerpt from The Highlander's Welsh Bride. Caught poaching deer on MacLean land, our heroine isn't very happy. Excerpt #1: The heavy wooden door slammed shut. Carys peered about the stone chamber. Aside from a pallet on the floor and a bucket in a far corner, the room was empty. Air blew crisp through an arrow-slit, much too narrow to consider an escape route. She rubbed her arms in an attempt to erase the feel of strong hands manacling them, then, unable to help herself, tested the door. It was securely latched. “Ffwl!” she spat. Fool. Caught doing nothing more than providing food to hungry people. She stormed about the cramped space, her boots thudding across the wooden floor. “MacLean deer! MacLean people!” she snarled, targeting the absent laird. “Twmffat!” Idiot. * * * Part #2 of this excerpt can be found next week on Jenna Jaxon’s blog: http://jennajaxon.wordpress.com BUY LINK: Amazon: https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07KNYTMPK 12/10/2018 0 Comments Medieval Monday with Ruth A. CasieI'm happy to have Ruth A. Casie with me today on Medieval Monday! You'll find my excerpt on her blog here: http://ruthacasie.blogspot.co.uk Follow me to Judith Sterling's blog next week: https://judithmarshallauthor.com/blog/ Don't forget to leave a comment each week for a chance to win a copy of my ebook, The Highlander's Crusader Bride! Here is Ruth's excerpt from her book, The Guardian's Witch.
An early winter breeze blew outside but the men didn’t notice, until the glint of something in the tree caught Alex’s attention. He straightened up. “Jamie, tell me about the charms she puts about.” “Lisbeth uses them to encourage peace and tranquility.” “What about her visions?” asked Alex. “Laura told me she’s had them ever since she can remember.” “What does she do to bring them on?” “Nothing. Laura told me they just happen. Lisbeth was born with a thin sheath of skin covering her face. She’s grown to be an exceptional healer, and she is plagued with visions.” Alex felt like the wind was knocked out of him. “A caul. And she’ll bear kings.” Everyone turned to him. “Caul? I don’t understand,” said Cameron. * * * The excerpt continues! Next week Ruth will be here: Mary Morgan You can catch last week’s excerpt here: Barbara Bettis Don’t forget, commenters each week will be entered into a drawing for a free digital copy of THE GUARDIAN’S WITCH. * * * THE GUARDIAN'S WITCH Book 1 of the Stelton Legacy Will he come in time or must she trust in her magic and risk exposure as a witch to save them both? England, 1290 Lord Alex Stelton can't resist a challenge, especially one with a prize like this: protect a castle on the Scottish border for a year, and it's his. Desperate for land of his own, he'll do anything to win the estate—even enter a proxy marriage to Lady Lisbeth Reynolds, the rumored witch who lives there. Feared and scorned for her second sight, Lisbeth swore she'd never marry, but she is drawn to the handsome, confident Alex. She sees great love with him but fears what he would think of her gift and her visions of a traitor in their midst. Despite his own vow never to fall in love, Alex can't get the alluring Lisbeth out of his mind and is driven to protect her when attacks begin on the border. But as her visions of danger intensify, Lisbeth knows it is she who must protect him. Realizing they'll secure their future only by facing the threat together, she must choose between keeping her magic a secret and losing the man she loves. Buy all my books here! Welcome to the Historical Romance Unwrapping Romance Themed Excerpt Hop!
Below you'll find the rest of this excerpt from The Highlander's Welsh Bride as well as links to excerpts from some of your favorite historical romance authors! Enjoy! The Highlander's Welsh Bride excerpt: Carys struggled to keep her hands from fisting and exposing the anger churning beneath her breast. The man gained everything from marriage and left her without even the ability to see her previous responsibilities were met. This was no convenient step away from the hangman’s noose, but one straight into the darkest trap. At least the hangman was honest in what he offered. All the acceptance she’d reluctantly gathered to support this mad scheme scattered like startled grouse at the first sign of a predator. “I will not walk into this and lose every freedom I have fought hard to possess.” She advanced a step, clenching her fists tight, shoulders bristled forward. “You hold the upper hand with your outrageous law, but if you expect blind obedience from me, I will gladly face the noose instead!” His brows plunged together. He opened his mouth, but a loud thump sounded at the door a second before it opened. A man Carys did not recognize stepped inside. “Pirates,” he murmured, his voice low and urgent. A common enemy. “I can fight,” Carys stated, stepping firmly toward the door. Birk’s outstretched arm blocked her path. “No need.” She bristled. “Do not presume I will retire meekly when I can be of assistance,” she warned. “I will not live beneath the heel of your boot.” Birk appeared before her in a swift, silent move, scarcely a hand’s breadth away. “Fight whom ye will, so long as it isnae me.” “Do not give me reason,” she countered, tilting her face upward to meet his hard gaze. His breath, warm and heavy, betrayed some emotion in him. Carys’s heart sped, not from the threat of pirates, but from his overwhelming maleness. He was a formidable foe—and would make a passionate defender. Or lover. Preorder today! Amazon Other Excerpts: KRIS KENNEDY-Medieval & Elizabethan Romance https://www.facebook.com/kriskennedybooks/ ELIZA KNIGHT- Scottish Medieval Romance https://www.facebook.com/elizaknightfiction/ ERICA RIDLEY-Regency Romance https://www.facebook.com/ericaridley COLLETTE CAMERON-Regency Romance http://facebook.com/collettecameronauthor TAMARA GILL-Regency Romance https://www.facebook.com/tamaragillromance/ LORI ANN BAILEY-17th Century Scottish Romance https://www.facebook.com/LoriAnnBaileyauthor/ LAUREN ROYAL-17th century Historical Romance https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChaseFamilyReaders/ EMMA PRINCE-Scottish Medieval https://www.facebook.com/EmmaPrinceBooks/ JULIE JOHNSTONE-Medieval Romance https://www.facebook.com/authorjuliejohnstone CECELIA MECCA-Scottish Historical Romance http://www.ceceliamecca.com/unwrappingromance/ KATHERINE BONE-Pirate Romance https://facebook.com/authorkatherinebone |
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