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Dare to be a Duchess by Sapna Bhog – Cover Reveal and Giveaway

20 Wednesday Jan 2021

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DARE TO BE A DUCHESS

by Sapna Bhog
Publication Date: February 8, 2021
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Scandalous, Historical, Romance, Regency, Multi-cultural

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SYNOPSIS

He’s a powerful duke. She’s his uncle’s ward. They have forever been at war, until one night, one masquerade, and one kiss…

Lara Ramsay is no stranger to scandal. As the orphaned daughter of a British colonel and his beloved Indian wife, whispers follow her everywhere. Not even the protection of the formidable Duke of Wolverton, a man she can’t stand, keeps the gossips at bay.

The audacious Lara has driven Tristan Wentworth, The Duke of Wolverton, to distraction since the day his uncle took her in—and he’s quite certain doing so is her favorite pastime. After catching her and his younger sister at a salacious masquerade, he’s had enough scandal and issues a marriage ultimatum: find a husband within six months or one will be chosen for her.

Unfortunately, no one in the ton appeals to her. Except, perhaps, the duke himself. The battle of wills has only just begun, and when Lara kisses him, their fate is sealed.

Sometimes even the most proper duke needs to break the rules to win the heart of the woman he loves…

ABOUT SAPNA BHOG

Sapna Bhog is an author from India who writes contemporary and historical novels. As a self-proclaimed die-hard romantic, her books are filled with swoon-worthy heroes and feisty heroines who clash all the time, but do get their happy ever after. Sapna has always surrounded herself with books and when she is not writing she is reading. Originally from Dubai, she now lives in Western India with her husband, kids and a Siberian Husky. She loves to hear from readers. So do give her a shout if you’ve read any of her books.

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The Wild Irish Girl by C.B. Halverson – Book Tour and Giveaway

22 Monday Jan 2018

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The Wild Irish Girl

by C.B. Halverson
The Wild Romantics #1
Publication Date: January 22, 2017
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance, Regency, Erotic

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SYNOPSIS:

Audrey Byrnes doesn’t mind playing the wild Irish princess for London’s elite aristocracy—as long as they buy her novels. With her father’s Dublin theater in ruins and her sister’s illness growing worse, she’s the only person who can save her family from the gutter. As much as she enjoys the occasional passing dalliance, being the primary breadwinner of her Irish family means either marrying well or not at all.

Dr. Joseph Moorland knows it’s wrong to dress in disguise to hobnob with London’s high society, but he figures one night would do no harm—until he meets the charming and mysterious novelist, Audrey Byrnes. Too poor to marry, he hides his real identity until an accident reveals the truth, and what started as a mild flirtation turns to a complex game of secrets, passion, and desire.

Thrown together by circumstance, Audrey and Joseph find themselves in a tense alliance as they try to crawl their way up from their humble beginnings and into the highest echelons of the ton. But when one of the most formidable political players in London sets his sights on having Audrey for himself, she has to choose between saving her family from charges of treason or losing the man she loves forever.

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ABOUT C.B. HALVERSON

As a child, Colleen Halverson used to play in the woods imagining worlds and telling stories to herself. Growing up on military bases, she found solace in her local library and later decided to make a living sharing the wonders of literature to poor, unsuspecting college freshmen. After backpacking through Ireland and singing in a traditional Irish music band, she earned a PhD in English with a specialization in Irish literature. When she’s not making up stories or teaching, she can be found hiking the rolling hills of the Driftless area of Wisconsin with her husband and two children. She also writes as C.B. Halverson.

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The Blue Diamond: The Razor’s Edge By P.S. Bartlett – Book Tour

10 Friday Oct 2014

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the Blue DiamondIvory Shepard didn’t want to be a pirate when she grew up but she didn’t plan on being orphaned and alone at thirteen with her three cousins either.

After a Spanish raid in Charles Towne left them with nothing, Ivory held her cousins together, trained them to fight for their lives and led them to a life of quiet refuge on the banks of the Ashley River. Out of reach of the hands of unscrupulous men, they found life on the farm a tolerable substitute for the traditional alternatives life would force onto them—until the night the pirates showed up.

Setting foot on that first pirate ship was nothing compared to the life of freedom and adventure awaiting them, once Ivory and the girls were through playing nice. Only one man believes he can stop her and he won’t need a ship full of guns to do it.

If it were only that easy…

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About the Author

Award winning author, P.S. Bartlett, was born on Valentine’s Day many moons ago in South Baltimore, Maryland, less than a mile from Fort McHenry and Federal Hill.

Her first novel, “Fireflies,” was published with GMTA Publishing in 2013 and the prequel to “Fireflies,” entitled “Hope From the Ocean,” was published in March of 2014. She loves history and historical fiction. She gets her history fix via movies, television and of course, books although she enjoys reading almost every genre.

Her motto is: “I’m taking a fantastic voyage. Won’t you join me?”

1. What makes you feel inspired to write?

Everything! Life is inspiring to me. The simplest things can be an inspiration. Images, emotions—emotions are a big one, other stories and the list goes on.

2. How did you come up with the idea for your current story?

I like to write books with strong female characters. Of course no one is without flaws, feelings and struggle, so I like to put these women in challenging situations that way back when, women weren’t considered fit to be in. Haha to that!

In “Fireflies,” for instance, Teagan Whelan wants no part of the traditional life. She wants to be a physician like her father. In “The Blue Diamond,” Ivory and her cousins are orphaned and forced to survive on their own the best way they can. Through that struggle, they find they can create a life for themselves that defies convention. They end up running for their lives and right into a whole new set of challenges as pirates.

To get back to the original question, I had a dream I was a pirate on a ship. When I woke up, I imagined myself as one and who I’d want at my side, where we would go and what our lives would be like. I always draw on the personalities of people I know. Most of the characters in this book are no exception. The rest just kind of evolved from there.

3. Tell us about your writing process. Do you outline, or are you more of a seat of your pants type of a writer?

I hand write a loose outline. I choose my cast of characters and begin my research. When you write historical fiction, there is a great deal of research involved. I collected books, searched historical libraries and sites online and read other pirate stories to prepare. I needed to learn the parts of a ship, the ports of call in the Caribbean and the list goes on. Fortunately for me, I LOVE history and writing historical fiction is like taking a history class with every book I write.

From there, I just take off and let the characters drag me along. I pull back when I think things are going off track or they are behaving in a manner that I do not think they would in a certain situation but for the most part, I weave in and out of my outline and stick to the main plot as much as I can.

4. What is the highest goal that you desire to meet as an author?

I definitely want to be a best seller.

I still work a full time job. I need to write full time in order to reach the level of success I want. I’ve decided to hire an advertising and marketing company to assist me with reaching this goal so I entered a pitch contest with Pubslush and Booklogix. I won second place and my main prize was my own Pubslush campaign. The monies raised through my campaign are going to hire a book marketing company so that I can get my books in front of a much wider audience and find my readers. I know in my heart this is the only way I’ll ever reach my future. I’ll never get there being a full time office manager and part time writer.

5. Tell us three fun facts about yourself.

  • I LOVE NFL Football. Watching it and rooting for my home team (Baltimore Ravens) is such a fun way to release a whole lot of stress and energy!
  • I used to do musical theater and loved to sing, dance and act. I played Jan in my high school production of “Grease.”
  • I’m also an artist and I love to draw and paint portraits.

6. What do you have in store next for your readers?

Oh I have so many stories I want to write! I’m currently working on the third story in the Fireflies series. This one will be Teagan’s story of her journey to Philadelphia and medical school. I’m thinking of doing a novella on each child in the Whelan family but I’m not sure yet. If this book about Teagan ends up at 100K words, so be it.

Then, I’m on to the next book in the Ivory Razor Adventure series. She has so much more to tell and so many more adventures to share; not to mention, her awesome cousins have lives of their own too! I believe I have more than enough material to write until I’m 100 years old!

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