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Close Encounters With the Night Kind
Today I am guest blogging over at Close Encounters of the Night Kind, about how Tova’s Dragon came to be written.
Drop by to read an excerpt and to enter the rafflecopter giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the ebook and a $10 Bath and Bodyworks card.
#99cent Book Lovers’ Buffet
UPDATED: Due to popular demand the Book Lovers’ Buffet has been extended through Sunday, May 5. Load up, you won’t gain a pound!
The Buffet’s “Bouquet of Books” sale will be open May 1-3. More than 175 e-books, all reduced in price to just 99 cents. Save in categories such as Young Adult, Contemporary, Paranormal, Suspense, Erotic Romance, and more, including my historical romance Rogue’s Hostage!
PLUS, visit the website (or enter Rafflecopter below) to win gift cards to your choice of online retailers. $400 in gift cards up for grabs!
Enjoy! I know I’ll be loading up my Kindle!
Lyndi
Cover Reveal: Lady Elinor’s Escape
I’m thrilled to reveal the gorgeous new cover for Lady Elinor’s Escape, designed by the wonderfully talented Lacey Savage.
Lady Elinor’s Escape
by Linda McLaughlin
Sweet Regency Romance
Lady Elinor Ashworth always longed for adventure, but when she runs away from her abusive aunt, she finds more than she bargained for. Elinor fears her aunt who is irrational and dangerous, threatening Elinor and anyone she associates with. When she encounters an inquisitive gentleman, she accepts his help, but fearing for his safety, hides her identity by pretending to be a seamstress. She resists his every attempt to draw her out, all the while fighting her attraction to him.
There are too many women in barrister Stephen Chaplin’s life, but he has never been able to turn his back on a damsel in distress. The younger son of a baronet is a rescuer of troubled females, an unusual vocation fueled guilt over his failure to save the woman he loved from her brutal husband. He cannot help falling in love with his secretive seamstress, but to his dismay, the truth of her background reveals Stephen as the ineligible party.
Lady Elinor’s Escape is now available at Amazon, All Romance eBooks, and Barnes and Noble. Coming soon to other retailers.
Lyndi Lamont w/a Linda McLaughlin
Website: http://www.lindamclaughlin.com/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/lindamclaughlin
Read an eBook This Week
This is Read an eBook Week, and I am participating in Smashwords.com’s sitewide sale. Through March 9, you can download a bunch of free e-books, including How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride, or buy others at steep discounts.
How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride
How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride
by Lyndi Lamont,
Sexy Historical Romance (Short Story)
A marriage contract, nothing more…until darkly handsome Evan Channing and demure Lydia Blatchford meet. Yet the rules are simple for an arrangement such as theirs. There should be no misunderstanding, no illusions of anything more.
Armed with a copy of the Kama Sutra, Evan sets out to seduce his reluctant bride into passionate surrender.
Rogue’s Hostage
by Linda McLaughlin,
Sensual Historical Romance
His hostage… Her destiny…
From the wilderness of Pennsylvania to the fall of Quebec, Mara and Jacques are thrust into the tumult of war and passion, relying only on their feelings for each other to stay alive. Before the war ends, they will risk death, embrace life, and discover love that transcends all bounds.
$1.00 at Smashwords (75% discount)
Worth The Risk
by Lyn O’Farrell,
Sensual Contemporary Romance
Children’s librarian Amanda Lloyd values privacy above all else. Until she meets a sexy single dad with a scandalous past.
Ex-racer Mitch Delaney is a public figure whose life has been plastered across the tabloids more than once. But he believes that anything worth doing is worth a risk.
When scandal hits a small Southern California town, will happiness come at too high a price?
(Previously published as Private Affair, Kensington Precious Gem #121)
$1.50 at Smashwords (50% discount)
Don’t forget to use the appropriate coupon code when you checkout to get your discount. I hope you’ll take advantage of one of these offers. It’s not often I can offer this kind of discount.
Lyndi
Armchair Travels: Quebec
Chateau Frontenac
This is the first in a new Wednesday feature on places I’ve been, places I love, and places I’d love to visit.
I’m celebrating the re-release of my French & Indian War historical romance, written under my real name, Linda McLaughlin. So today’s visit is to Quebec, one of the settings used in Rogue’s Hostage.
When I was writing the book, my husband and I took a vacation to Quebec so I could do some research, and I fell in love with the charming old city. Since I was working in the travel industry at the time, I got us a discount on a room at Chateau Frontenac, the venerable Canadian Railway hotel. Good news was, we got a discount. Bad news? We think they gave us the smallest room in the place with an alley view. Oh, well, you get what you pay for.
In any case, we didn’t spend much time in the room, since we were far more interested in wandering the streets, taking pictures of the old houses and the fort and battlefield. On the last day we took a boat ride on the St. Lawrence for the spectacular views of the city and countryside. What a beautiful area!
Rogue’s Hostage
By Linda McLaughlin
Sensual Historical Romance
His hostage…
In 1758 the Pennsylvania frontier is wild, primitive and dangerous, where safety often lies at the end of a gun. Mara Dupré’s life crumbles when a French and Indian war party attacks her cabin, kills her husband, and takes her captive. Marching through the wilderness strengthens her resolve to flee, but she doesn’t count on her captor teaching her the meaning of courage and the tempting call of desire.
Her destiny…
French lieutenant Jacques Corbeau’s desire for his captive threatens what little honor he has left. But when Mara desperately offers herself to him in exchange for her freedom, he finds the strength to refuse and reclaims his lost self-respect. As the shadows of his past catch up to him, Jacques realizes that Mara, despite the odds, is the one true key to reclaiming his soul and banishing his past misdeeds forever.
(Previously published by Amber Quill Press)
4 ½ stars and a Top Pick from Romantic Times!
Romantic Times Nominee—Best Small Press Romance of 2003!
2nd Place – Lorie Awards – Best Historical Romance!
Rogue’s Hostage is now available as an electronic download Amazon and at Barnes and Noble. Coming soon to Smashwords and other online retailers.
For more information and to read an excerpt, go to http://www.lindamclaughlin.com/rogueshostage.html
This is the fourth stop of my Rogue’s Hostage Blog Tour. Leave a comment here with your email address to be entered for a $10.00 gift certificate of the winner’s choice: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, etc. Contest ends March 3.
Linda McLaughlin
Website: http://www.lindamclaughlin.com/
Blog: http://flightsafancy.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LyndiLamont
Egg-cerpt Exchange: Under His Wings
I’m thrilled to welcome Anna Bayes as my guest for the 2013 Egg-cerpt Exchange. She is the author of Under His Wings, a M/M/F menage love story, part of Torquere’s New Year New Experiences line.
Blurb:
Bonnie thought Matt was everything she ever wanted: boyishly charming, understanding and exciting. Then she realized that he had another lover: Sean, an artistic, intensely jealous and handsome man. She tries, and fails to accept herself as the barely tolerated female lover. On New Year’s Eve, she demands a meeting amongst the three. The confrontation sparks dangerous rage, and something else with an entirely different heat level: steamy desire. Can she bring about a reconciliation satisfactory to everyone involved as she surrenders to her passion?
Available from Torquere Press.
Excerpt:
As I stood before my reflection in the mirror this morning, I tried to rehearse my request to Matt. I repeated it many times, looking into my eyes: the round, dark brown pupils returning my gaze unconvincingly. I shook my hair loose, and reasoned with myself again. If all Matt’s talk about my importance is only empty words to keep me, then he is a lying bastard, and I am better off without him. I tried to say it aloud with conviction, but my voice betrayed me; I sounded like a frightened, disappointed little girl. I know logically that I can live without him, but loving him has become such an integral, necessary part of my life; I am not sure I could stop, even if we parted.
5 pm. Matt took my hand as I closed my shop early for the day, kissed it and buried it in the large pocket in his jacket. I love how my hand fits snugly in his; it is as if all my body parts have been tailor-made to suit him, and melt into him. I concentrated on staring at the toes of my boots, mustering up my courage, then I looked squarely into his eyes, and said, “I want Sean to meet me.” I had initially practiced declaring in a crescendo, “I refuse to be hidden like an undignified whore. I am not a filler between Sean and other things in your life. I need him to acknowledge me as a person. I demand his respect,” but this part of the speech became stuck in my throat. Matt looked at me, dumbfounded, until I almost started to believe that I had delivered my full speech, after all. Then he clenched his teeth, tightened his grip on my hand, and said, “Yes, you deserve better than this.”
The taxi ride to his apartment was a blur. The original plan for tonight, it being New Year’s Eve, had been that Matt would spend the early evening with me, then return home to Sean for dinner and to count down to 2013 over sizzling sex. Sean is not there when we arrive at the apartment, and we sit on the sofa to wait. Matt looks frighteningly dashing: his eyes blazing, his whole body tense, clearly deep in thought, preparing for something. He looks up as the sound of keys in the lock announces Sean’s return. “Hey you…” Sean’s lilting voice stops in its tracks as he opens the door wider and sees me seated next to his lover.
Find Anna Bayes at these places:
Blog (http://annabayes.wordpress.com)
Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/author/annabayes)
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/anna.bayes.author)
Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/annabayes)
Manic Readers (http://www.manicreaders.com/annabayes)
Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/anna_bayes)
And today you will find me at Anna’s blog with an “egg-cerpt” from Tova’s Dragon.
And as always, feel free to leave a comment.
Something New, Something Naughty
Monday Update, Jan. 14:
My thanks to everyone who participated in the blog hop and visited the site or posted a comment.
Congratulations to Mary R. who won a $15.00 Amazon Gift Card!
The grand prize winners should be announced soon at blog hop central. (click on link below)
Blog Hop Central
Welcome to the Something New, Something Naughty Blog Hop!
The something new and naughty in my part of the world is the reissue of How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride, my romantic Victorian short story.
The Victorians are known for being prim and proper, but appearances can be deceiving, and often were. Despite the veneer of gentility, prostitution was legal and widely available, esp. in London. Gentlemen still had their mistresses and frustrated ladies went to see the physician or midwife for treatment of hysteria, i.e. a hand job, until the much welcomed invention of the electric vibrator. (If you haven’t seen the movie Hysteria, I do recommend it for a good depiction of the times, as well as a charming and funny film.)
The sleazy tabloid papers came on the scene in the 1880′s and scandal suddenly became news, and the prolific author, Anonymous, penned a string of pornographic novels with titles like Three Nights in a Moorish Harem. Talk about a male fantasy! In 1883, the famous explorer Sir Richard Burton, translated the Kama Sutra from Sanskrit to English where it was quietly published by the Kama Shastra Society and no doubt sold in a brown paper wrapping.
The Kama Sutra plays an important part in my latest release when the hero uses it to woo his reluctant bride.
How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride
(Romantic Historical Short Story)
by Lyndi Lamont
http://www.lyndilamont.com/ReluctantBride.html
Blurb:
A marriage contract, nothing more…until darkly handsome Evan Channing and demure Lydia Blatchford meet. Yet the rules are simple for an arrangement such as theirs. There should be no misunderstanding, no illusions of anything more.
But the rules are about to change when Evan is gifted with an intriguing copy of the Kama Sutra. He sets out to win his high-born bride, blending seductive heat with exotic lessons in love-making. With a little help from Sir Richard Burton’s new, provocative translation of ancient wisdom on seduction and arousal, the cold marriage bed of an arranged union is about to combust into a blazing flame of desire.
(Previously published under the title Love… By the Book)
Short Excerpt:
After dinner Evan wandered around his bedroom, clad in his new blue and white striped pajamas, wondering how much longer he should wait before going to his new bride. He’d never felt so unsure yet so filled with anticipation. He pictured her in the red sari Zahra had given her, the cloth draped seductively around her curves. His cock was already partially hard just thinking about what was to come.
At the same time he was more nervous than he’d ever been in his life. It wasn’t as if it were his first time, but every woman he’d been with had been a prostitute, so he was never sure if their cries of pleasure were real or feigned. After all, they were paid to please their clients. But Lydia was a highborn lady, and a virgin. He just hoped he could make this pleasant enough for her she’d let him visit her room again. And again…
He glanced at his copy of the Kama Sutra. The book recommended waiting ten days before consummating the marriage. Bloody hell. He could no more wait ten more days to make her his wife than he could fly to the moon. He wanted her. Now. Badly.
Taking a deep breath, he walked to the door between their rooms and knocked. He let out his breath when she bade him enter. He found her perched on the edge of the bed in the red sari, but looking pale and apprehensive.
He sat on the side of the bed and took her hands in his. “You wore the red sari. I wasn’t sure if you would.”
She gave him a sheepish look. “I almost didn’t. At first, I couldn’t figure out how to put it on again, but I finally figured it out. I think.”
“Stand up and let me see.”
She rose and turned in a circle, all the while clutching the waist with one hand. “I don’t know how well it will stay on.”
“No matter,” he said, kissing one hand. “I am looking forward to removing it.”
“Evan,” she exclaimed.
He raised an eyebrow. “What did your mother tell you to expect on your wedding night?”
Lydia flushed and glanced away. “Very little actually. She said to lie back and let you take charge.”
He sighed and reached out to touch her face and turn it to him. “I’d really prefer it if you participated in what we’re about to do. It is much more pleasurable that way. Like it was when you kissed me back, like you did at Zahra’s. And in the carriage.”
She gave him a tentative smile. “If that’s what you want.”
“What I want is you naked and writhing in my arms.”
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How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride is now available for 99 cents at Amazon, Barnes & Noble & Smashwords.
Now for the important details about the blog hop:
For my giveaway: Leave a comment below to win a $15.00 gift certificate of the winner’s choice, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, etc. Also, all comments across the hop count as entries for the grand prizes: a $60 EdenFantasys gift certificate and two $25 bookstore Gift Certificates donated by authors Jennifer Wright and Lisabet Sarai.
To keep hopping. click on one of the author names in the links below. Happy hopping!
Lyndi Lamont
Blog Week Continues
Update: Congratulations to Jan. D. who won the $15 Gift Card!
I’ll also be giving away two ebooks of the winner’s choice at the other blog stops from Dec. 20-22. Leave a comment on any of my blogs and you will be entered.
In the meantime, my blog week continues to celebrate the release of How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride.
Here is the schedule:
Dec. 20, Servants of the Muse blog with a post about the Kama Sutra
Today I will also be at Lex Valentine’s Sunlight Sucks blog for Lex’s 30 Days of Christmas featuring a special giveaway of my novella Deception, Historical M/M Romance
Dec. 21, The Romance Studio blog to discuss Victorian weddings
Dec. 22, Love In A Book Reviews
My thanks to everyone who visited and left a comment during the Secret Santa Blog Hop. Hope you all enjoyed reading the different posts. Happy Reading!
Lyndi
Secret Santa Blog Hop
A Victorian Christmas
My latest release, How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride, takes place in the summer of 1885, but since it’s now December, I got to wondering what Lydia and Evan’s first Christmas might be like. Many of our most treasured Christmas traditions – Christmas cards, lighted trees – didn’t become widely popular until the Victorian era, largely thanks to Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Caroland Prince Albert introducing German traditions to Britain, including the Christmas tree.
But back to Lydia and Evan. They could stay in town and celebrate quietly, but I think they’d hop on a train and go to her childhood home in the country. Thanks to Lydia’s marriage settlement, the Blatchford family fortunes are in better shape, so they will be celebrating in style this season. The manor house will sport wreaths and garlands of evergreen, holly, ivy and mistletoe.
If the weather is cold enough, there might be skating on a frozen pond or sleigh rides to the village or a neighbors’ house.
Cook will roast a fatted goose for dinner with all the trimmings, topped off by the traditional plum pudding. The servants will have to work preparing and serving dinner, but there will be treats for them, plus a day off on December 26 called Boxing Day.
In the evening, the family can gather around the piano while Lydia plays Christmas carols for all to sing. There are no little ones to dream of sugar plums yet, but next year things will be different. Lydia has a little secret to confide to Evan.
If you’re curious as to how Evan won over his Reluctant Bride, check out the excerpt on the book page.
My Question: Does Boxing Day take place on Dec. 26?
Now back to the Secret Santa Blog Hop:
There are three ways to enter: One for following my blog (enter email address in space in left sidebar and click Subscribe), one for leaving a comment and another for answering my question.
Grand Prize: 7″ Kindle Fire HD preloaded with books by authors on the blog hop, including a copy of my latest release How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride. Must be 18 to win.
My Prize: $15.00 Gift Certificate of winner’s choice. (Amazon, B&N, iTunes, etc.)
After you are finished hopping, send Tabby an email and tell her which blogs you went to and what you did at each, including the answers to the questions. You are not required to go to every blog to win but the more blogs you go to the better your chance of winning is. Send info to (careydoucet AT yahoo.com). Please send it all in one email.
Happy Holidays!
Lyndi Lamont
Click link below to keep hopping on for more prizes!
http://tabithablake.blogspot.com/p/secret-santa-blog-hop.html
Blog Week Starts Monday!
To celebrate the release of How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride, available now from Amazon, B&N and Smashwords, I’m doing a blog hop & mini-tour next week, with prizes.
For the Secret Santa Blog Hop, I’m giving away a $15.00 Gift Certificate of winner’s choice. (Amazon, B&N, iTunes, etc.)
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The Grand Prize for the Blog Hop is a 7″ Kindle Fire HD preloaded with books by authors on the blog hop, including a copy of my latest release How To Woo… A Reluctant Bride. Must be 18 to win.
I’ll also be giving away two ebooks of the winner’s choice at the other blog stops from Dec. 20-22. Leave a comment anywhere and you will be entered.
Here is the schedule:
Dec. 17-19, Secret Santa Blog Hop
Dec. 20, Servants of the Muse blog
Dec. 21, The Romance Studio blog
Dec. 22, Victoria Pindar/Greta Buckle blog
Hope to see you soon!
Lyndi
