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Monthly Archives: February 2014

Lord Ruin by Carolyn Jewel
The Duke of Sin

The Duke of Cynssyr didn’t believe in love. He planned to marry for beauty. But a night of unforgettable passion left him a changed man — a man tied to a bespectacled spinster. Anne Sinclair’s long legs drove him wild with desire, and her quick wit challenged his mind. Ruined for any other, the notorious rake had only one choice; to court his wife. To win her condfidence, however, nothing less than his love would do.

The Old Maid of Bartley Green

Anne Sinclair had sworn to protect her sister from the infamous Lord Ruin. Yet she never expected to sacrifice her own virtue. Forced to give the rogue her hand in marriage, she vowed never to relinquish her heart. But Ruan worshipped her body and valued her intelligence, making Anne long to succumb to the ultimate temptation: falling for her husband.

Lord Ruin is full of engaging, loveable characters, a wonderful, interesting storyline, and true, realistic romance. — Carla Hesom, Romance and Friends

“With a captivating, innocent young woman and a handsome virile rake of a man, Ms. Jewel’s sensual and powerful love story keeps to the classic lines of the Regency Historical and while adding a fresh voice.” — (4 stars) Joan Hammond, Romantic Times

Buy at: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Apple ~ Kobo

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Carolyn Jewel

Carolyn Jewel was born on a moonless night. That darkness was seared into her soul and she became an award-winning author of historical and paranormal romance. She has a very dusty car and a Master’s degree in English that proves useful at the oddest times. An avid fan of fine chocolate, finer heroines, Bollywood films, and heroism in all forms, she has three cats and two dogs. Also a son. One of the cats is his.

Learn more and connect with Carolyn at:
Carolyn’s website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Goodreads ~ Carolyn’s newsletter

For a complete listing of titles offered in this sale, please visit the Risky Regencies 99 Cent Sale Page.

The Bride of Larkspear

Fitzhugh Trilogy, Book 3.5 (an erotic novella)

To save her family from the repercussions of scandal, a young woman reluctantly marries a man she despises. Now she faces her wedding night…

What she doesn’t know is that her gorgeous bridegroom has long been desperately in love with her. But he is too proud to expose his yearning to her scorn. Now that he has her in his bed and in his power, he is going to mount a determined and dangerous assault…

It will be a battle fought with whispers, kisses, and the most intimate of touches, a war between a woman defending the fortress of her heart and a man determined to break down all barriers.

Win or lose, each clash will sear with pleasure…

“This is a very intense emotional exploration of the extreme ends of the spectrum of human experience: love and hate, doubt and certainty, pain and pleasure… And, once again, Sherry Thomas leaves me breathless…” — Love Saves the World

“The Bride of Larkspear was both a very hot and a very sweet story.” — (5 stars) Amazon Reader Review

Buy at: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble ~ Apple ~ Kobo ~ All Romance Ebooks ~ Google Play

Sherry ThomasSherry Thomas is one of the most acclaimed romance authors working today. Her books regularly receive starred reviews from trade publications and are frequently found on best-of-the-year lists. She is also a two-time winner of Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Award.

English is Sherry’s second language—she has come a long way from the days when she made her laborious way through Rosemary Roger’s Sweet Savage Love with an English-Chinese dictionary. She enjoys digging down to the emotional core of stories. And when she is not writing, she thinks about the zen and zaniness of her profession, plays computer games with her sons, and reads as many fabulous books as she can find.

Learn more and connect with Sherry at:
Sherry’s website ~ Facebook ~ Goodreads ~ Twitter ~ Library Thing

For a list of all the titles in the sale, visit the 99 Cent Ebook Sale page.

Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume 1 by Ashley Gardner/Jennifer Ashley

Three full-length novels in the award-winning Captain Lacey Mystery series for 99 cents!

Meet Captain Gabriel Lacey, a half-pay cavalry officer who returns to Regency London after the war with little money, but with a sense of honor and fairness. He’s pulled into a search for a missing young woman, and thus begins investigating crime. He uses his status as a gentleman but a poor one to cross the boundaries between the top of society and the working class of the back streets.

This volume includes:

The Hanover Square Affair (full-length novel)
A Regimental Murder (full-length novel)
The Glass House (full-length novel)
The Gentleman’s Walking Stick (two short stories)

“With her vivid depiction of the era, Gardner brings her novel to life, from the streets inhabited by the destitute to the mansions of the wealthy. Woven into the plot are clues revealing the events from Lacey’s past that have shaped him into the honorable but lonesome man he has become.” — (4 1/2 stars, Romantic Times, for The Hanover Square Affair)

“Every book in this series is a pleasure and joy to read.” — Maggi Anderson, Romantic Historical Reviews

Buy at: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble

(Note: This bundle is only available on Kindle and Nook, but the entire series is available on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple, Smashwords and in print.)

JenniferAshleyWebphotoNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Jennifer Ashley has lived and traveled all over the world, and now lives in the Southwest. She writes historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance as Jennifer Ashley; mysteries as Ashley Gardner; and paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James.

Jennifer’s/Allyson’s/Ashley’s more than fifty novels have won RWA’s RITA award, the Golden Quill, RT Reviewer’s Choice awards, and the Prism award, among others. Jennifer’s novels have been also been translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Hungarian, Italian, Thai, and other languages.

Jennifer enjoys writing and reading above all else, but her hobbies include cooking, hiking, playing flute and guitar, painting, and building miniature rooms and dollhouses.

Learn more at her websites:
www.jennifersromances.com ~ www.allysonjames.com ~ www.gardnermysteries.com

You can also connect with Jennifer on:
Facebook ~ Twitter ~ Goodreads ~ Pinterest

For a complete listing of titles offered in this sale, please visit the Risky Regencies 99 Cent Sale Page.

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The Risky Regencies welcome you to our first ever 99 cent ebook sale, running all this week in celebration of Valentine’s Day!

Participating authors include our guests, award winning, bestselling authors Ashley Gardner (aka Jennifer Ashley) and Sherry Thomas, along with Riskies Carolyn, Janet, Gail, Susanna and Elena.

Each day, we’ll share a post featuring one of the sale ebooks. You can also visit the 99 Cent Sale page for a complete listing. If any titles there are not yet 99 cents, they will be soon.

So treat yourself to any of these titles. Or for the price of a fast food meal, you can get them all!

The Riskies

groundhog_wolfPlease don’t throw things at me, but when I see memes like this on the Internet, I laugh but I also feel torn.

Don’t misunderstand. I don’t enjoy crazy sub-zero temperatures. And despite years of experience driving in all sorts of conditions with no mishaps, I don’t enjoy driving on icy, snowy roads.

I still don’t want winter to rush by too quickly. I’ve been too busy guiding my oldest daughter through the college search and application process to get out to the slopes. Maybe once I get my skiing fix in, I’ll be more ready for spring.

But that’s not all of it. Part of it’s my affinity for a time when more people agreed with the following quote from Edith Sitwell (British poet and critic, 1887-1964).

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

Although I’d add winter sports to her list, I agree with the idea of enjoying the season, rather than rushing about keeping to our usual schedules even in wintry weather. It’s too bad we often don’t have a choice about it. I once worked for an employer who would not close our facility even during states of emergency, as if our work was so important it was worth rising peoples’ lives. More likely, they just wanted to save money by forcing us to take vacation time.

Now that my jobs are stroke caregiver and writer, snow days don’t bother me except for worrying about those who are still obliged to travel to work.

Since my daughters are old enough to leave me alone if I take an hour or two to write, snow days are pretty near perfect. Even when they were small, I enjoyed going out to play in the snow, making soup or cookies, watching movies, playing board games or cutting paper snowflakes. We still do a lot of these things. Since my oldest is heading off to college next year, I cherish the extra time together.

Maybe that’s really what it is this year. I don’t want time to speed up when I’m heading toward a change for which I don’t feel quite ready.

How about you? Are you one of the many who are sick of winter? Or are there things you still enjoy about it?

For those of you who are sick of winter, we Riskies are planning something that may cheer you up. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we’ll hold the first ever week long Risky Regencies 99 Cent Ebook Sale, including titles by the Riskies and some special guests. More details coming soon!

RR_99c_Sale_FB_1Elena
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