And I've got the scoop on the story!
What's it all about?
Miss Juliet Marshville is
spitting mad. With one guardian missing, and the other singularly uninterested
in her fate, she is at the mercy of her wastrel brother who loses her beloved
childhood home to a man known as Sin. Determined to reclaim control of Rosecliff
Cottage and her own fate, Juliet arranges a meeting with the notorious rogue
and demands the return of her property.
Jonathan Tidemore, 5th
Earl of Sinclair, known to the ton as
Sin, is exceptionally lucky in life and at the gaming tables. He has just one
problem. Well…four, really. His incorrigible sisters have driven off yet
another governess. This time, however, his mother demands he find an
appropriate replacement.
When Miss Juliet
Marshville boldly demands the return of her precious cottage, he takes
advantage of his sudden good fortune and puts an offer to her; turn his sisters
into proper English ladies, and he’ll return Rosecliff Cottage to Juliet's
possession.
Jonathan comes to
appreciate Juliet’s spirit, courage, and clever wit, and decides to claim the
fiery beauty as his mistress. Juliet, however, will be mistress for no man. Nor
could she ever love a man who callously stole her home in a game of cards. As
Jonathan begins to see Juliet as more than a spirited beauty to warm his bed,
he realizes she could be a lady he could love the rest of his life, if only he
can convince the proud Juliet that he's worthy of her hand and heart.
Sounds pretty good right? How about an excerpt!
Over
the years he’d become a rather apt read of character. It had saved him from
title-grasping misses attempting to trap him into marriage for no other reason
than their desire for the title of countess. The lovely, if defiant Miss
Marshville had affected a rather masterful showing of antipathy where he was
concerned.
Jonathan
leaned ever-closer so a mere breadth of a hand separated them and lowered his
head toward hers. “Perhaps I should be more direct, Miss Marshville. I’d not
have kissed you, unless you wanted it.”
Her
mouth opened and closed like a poor trout just snagged
from his well-stocked lakes. The spirited Miss Marshville might condescend to
him with her very eyes and the subtle nuances of her speech, but her heightened
color told an entirely different story. One that told her body’s awareness of
him.
Ahh, you are not as
indifferent toward me as you’d have me believe, sweet. He lowered his voice to
a near whisper. “And you may be assured, Miss Marshville, you would want it.”
He trailed his eyes over her face. “I would kiss the proper from you. I would
kiss the frown from your lips. Kiss you until your knees knocked together with
weakness and your hands,” he snared one of those hands in his and raised the
trembling fingers to his lips. Her mouth quivered, as he kissed the tip of her
middle three fingers. “And your hands would not be capable of anything but
twining about my neck, with your desire for more.” His gaze fell to the creamy
white skin of her neck, to where the pulse throbbed wildly there.
“Y-you are wrong,” she whispered.
Her
hand still delicately clasped in his, Jonathan moved the tip of her fingers to
that hard, pounding just below her jawbone. “Perhaps I am. But I don’t think
so.” He released her suddenly and she sat there at the edge of her seat
blinking wildly up at him.
Want to know more about the author?
Christi Caldwell is the bestselling
author of historical romance novels set in the Regency era. Christi blames
Judith McNaught's "Whitney, My Love," for luring her into the world
of historical romance. While sitting in her graduate school apartment at the
University of Connecticut, Christi decided to set aside her notes and try her
hand at writing romance. She believes the most perfect heroes and heroines have
imperfections and rather enjoys tormenting them before crafting a well-deserved
happily ever after!
When Christi isn’t writing the
stories of flawed heroes and heroines, she can be found in her Southern
Connecticut home chasing around her feisty six-year-old
son, and caring for twin princesses-in-training!
Visit www.christicaldwellauthor.com to learn more about what Christi is working on,
or join her on Facebook at Christi Caldwell Author, and Twitter
@ChristiCaldwell
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