Monday, May 26, 2014

The Earl's Enticement- New Release by Author Collette Cameron

Hi Readers!!

Great news! I'm happy to show off a lovely new historical romance release by author Collette Cameron. Her historical voice is light, delightful and incredibly emotional and sensual. I just love her characters and I hope you will too!! 

Here's the inside scoop on the book The Earl's Enticement!


Blurb:


She won’t be tamed.
A fiery, unconventional Scot, Adaira Ferguson wears breeches, swears, and has no more desire to marry than she does to follow society’s dictates of appropriate behavior. She trusts no man with the secret she desperately protects.

He can’t forget.
Haunted by his past, Roark, the Earl of Clarendon, rigidly adheres to propriety, holding himself and those around him to the highest standards, no matter the cost. Betrayed once, he’s guarded and leery of all women.

Mistaking Roark for a known spy, Adaira imprisons him. Infuriated, he vows vengeance. Realizing her error, she’s appalled and releases him, but he’s not satisfied with his freedom. Roark is determined to transform Adaira from an ill-mannered hoyden to a lady of refinement.
He succeeds only to discover, he preferred the free-spirited Scottish lass who first captured his heart.



Excerpt:
Smiling, a heart-wrenchingly sad smile, she said flatly, “I’m quite used to being the source of gossip and disapproval. One really does become immune after a while.”
Shoulders sagging, she dropped her gaze to her hands, and fidgeted with a ribbon on her gown.
Like hell one did.
People erected barriers and defenses and lived a lonely life of isolation. Or behaved outrageously, keeping the company of those even more scandalous than themselves. Or they became bitter and unfeeling, afraid to hope for anything better than the harsh hand they’d been dealt. He couldn’t let that happen to his free-spirited Adaira.
Stifling an oath, Roark straightened his shoulders. The infernal pounding in his head and throbbing in his nether regions affected both his patience and his ability to focus.
“You’d prefer censure and ostracism?”
Adaira tilted her chin, meeting his eyes. “I prefer them over being compelled to marry a man who doesn’t want me. You have made it very clear you disapprove of everything about me. I’m not foolish enough to mistake your lust for anything more than what it is, pure animalistic drive.”
She gave him a cynical smile and shrugged again. “You forget, my lord, I have a stallion that becomes crazed with the need to copulate. He doesn’t give a rat’s whisker about the mare he’s mating. She’s a means to an end. Humans are little better in my observation, at least the males of the species.”
By God, she’d compared him to her rutting stallion. Roark almost touched his jaw to make sure it wasn’t sagging open. 




Collette Cameron Bio:

Award winning, Amazon best-selling, and multi-published historical romance author, Collette Cameron, has a BS in Liberal Studies and a Master's in Teaching.  A Pacific Northwest Native, Collette’s been married for thirty years, has three amazing adult children, and five dachshunds. Collette loves a good joke, inspirational quotes, flowers, the beach, trivia, birds, shabby chic, and Cadbury Chocolate. You'll always find dogs, birds, quirky—sometimes naughty—humor, and a dash of inspiration in her novels. Her motto for life? You can’t have too much chocolate, too many hugs, or too many flowers. She’s thinking about adding shoes to that list.



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You can connect with Collette on Goodreads, LinkedIn, and Google+  too. Go to her website for the links, her email address, and mailing address.







10 comments:

  1. Good morning, Lauren!
    Thanks so much for hosting me today.

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  2. Lovely excerpt, Collette. My very first hero was named Roark--I have a fondness for that name, now :) Best of luck with the release. Barb Bettis

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  3. Thank you for hosting Lauren! And thank you for the excerpt Collette! Sounds like my kind of book for certain!! I just purchased The Viscount's Vow!

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    1. Wonderful, Angie. These characters all show up in other books too!

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  4. Just the fact that her heroine Adaira was no ordinary woman, made this story more appealing to me. I loved it! so much fun to read!

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    1. Aaww, Nicole. Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Hugs.

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  5. Thanks Barb. I've always wanted to name a hero Roark.

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    1. Thank you, Sandra. He expected her to jump the chance to marry him.

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  7. Loved the excerpt, Collette! The Earl's Enticement sounds great. Thank you for sharing!

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