Hello! I'm back again with another tribute to the authors of historical romance at Evernight Publishing -- the house that gave me my start a few years ago. Hope you enjoy these cameos from some of my good friends! As usual there is a little bit of everything here from spicy to sweet and you can find out more about the historical romances available at www.evernightpublishing.com.
(click on the book covers below to find out more about the particular books in this showcase and read excerpts. Should you find yourself tempted beyond endurance, they are all available for purchase from Evernight, Amazon, Bookstrand, All Romance Ebooks and most other online stores)
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MORGAN KING
"I
love reading, if I’m honest it’s an addiction, there are some days I read
multiple books and when I have to do other stuff like prepare dinner I am
secretly counting down the minutes till I can next pick up my e-book. Writing
has been a bit of a life saver, certainly for my bank balance as if I’m writing
I don’t have as much time to read or spend buying books.
I read lots of different
genres, but the one I keep coming back to is the historical. I used to read a
lot of thrillers but then I had my son and got squeamish. I studied the
classics and sci-fi as part of my degree. Romance makes me feel warm and fuzzy
when life’s too busy to do anything but read for a feel good break. The thing
about historicals though is they can be so many different things, so I always
read them, they can be thrillers, they can be educational, they can be drama,
they can be paranormal, and most importantly they can be romance.
Historical
romances give me the opportunity to escape to places I’d otherwise never get to
go, meet characters I’d never bump into in real life, and let me believe that
no matter where on when, love is possible.
My favourite periods are
Tudor and Regency, I think because there is this sense of glamour and political
intrigue associated with the court and aristocracy that is akin to today’s
world of celebrity. The stories from these periods go to places I could never
go in real life no matter the time period.
And
of course I fell in love with Mr Darcy when I was thirteen and named my dog
after him. I think that says it all.
Sometimes I’ve just
wished the stories would go that little bit further… like the bedroom… so mine
do. My first regency novella Duty to
Love imagines what it would genuinely be like for two brothers to fall in love with
the same woman and how/why they might agree to share despite the social
conventions of the time. I like to think it’s a believable regency ménage."
DUTY TO LOVE -
A craftily worded contract and fate finds Arthur, Earl of Hentonbury,
having to marry not the lady he expected but her younger sister Amelia, the
woman he knows his brother James loves and hoped to marry. Arthur cares for
both Amelia and James how can he choose between his love for them and his duty? James
may be the younger son, but he has taken leave from the Army and will fight for
Amelia.
Torn between her feelings for two brothers Amelia wishes to marry Arthur
but can't bear to lose James.
Is
there any chance the three of them can find happiness together? Will duty or
love win out?
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Morgan's second
regency is a sweet short story, and just a little Pride and Prejudice
inspired with the question of will they won’t they hanging over my Lord and
Lady who are so different yet ideally suited.
AN
UNCONVENTIONAL COURTSHIP - To marry or not to marry- that is the question for
Lord Mendton and Lady Eleanor Chatsby.
Lady Eleanor
Chatsby has her eye on a man; unfortunately he doesn’t appear to know she
exists and is more interested in his hobby of bird watching.
Lord
Mendton, curses his inability to communicate well with others, especially when
his attention is captured by the most interesting of ladies.
One
impetuous act from her and he is struck by the desire to make Lady Eleanor
Chatsby his wife. Unfortunately his proposal is unexpected, poorly timed and
refused. He is not deterred and begins a
plan of seduction.
Their
courtship fast becomes a battle of wills, what can Lord Mendton do to capture
his lady’s heart? Will she give him her heart? Will he cede her control of
their relationship?
Where to find Morgan and more about her work:
Twitter: Morgan King @EroticWritings
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ALEXANDRA O'HURLEY
Alexandra
was born in the wild sticks of Eastern Maryland ,
but moved to the Old Dominion at the tender age of 7. Being the new kid, she
was shy, and books were her best friends.
Fast forward several years ... college, marriage, child, divorce, and then strings and strings (and strings) of dating Mr. Wrongs (and a couple of Mr. Rights along the way) all led to putting fingers to keyboard and living vicariously through her characters.
Fast forward several years ... college, marriage, child, divorce, and then strings and strings (and strings) of dating Mr. Wrongs (and a couple of Mr. Rights along the way) all led to putting fingers to keyboard and living vicariously through her characters.
Alex loves
to ride roller coasters with her teenaged kiddo, eat sushi, watch lightning
storms, dance to obnoxiously loud music (especially when it embarrasses the
teenager), bake bread, paint ... when she has time between writing and work, of
course.
Now
multi-published and a best-selling author, she's still living somewhere in
Virginia, probably napping with her fingers on a laptop, lying on a beach
somewhere hoping her stories make you smile.
BEING IMPROPER- Born into world as mere chattel, Carrie Scott rebels against the oppression women are dealt in 1897 Philadelphia the only way she knows how—by hiding under layers of black mourning clothes worn for a fiancé she respected but did not love. Freedom from the marriage auction block allowed her the quiet she needed, but the lonely life eventually made her body yearn for more.
Dr. Matthew Gibson was floored to see his best friend’s little sister standing in his office, now the full fledged beauty he had always expected her to become. But the fact she was asking to be treated for “Female Hysteria” made his fingers itch to touch her and claim her as his own.
Neither knew that the one afternoon in his office would change their lives forever.
Dr. Matthew Gibson was floored to see his best friend’s little sister standing in his office, now the full fledged beauty he had always expected her to become. But the fact she was asking to be treated for “Female Hysteria” made his fingers itch to touch her and claim her as his own.
Neither knew that the one afternoon in his office would change their lives forever.
Where to find Alex and more of her work in several different genres?
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MARIE MEDINA
Marie Medina was born in
northern New England and raised by her pale,
mysterious godfather in a dark gothic mansion on the edge of her small, sleepy
town. He didn’t turn out to be a Bronte hero or a vampire, as she thought when
she was very young, but he is her best friend and the standard by which she
measures all her heroes (and suitors). She has been writing since the age of
eleven and has no intention of stopping anytime soon!
CLAIMING HIS BRIDE -
Bastian never intended to marry, but he gives in to his father’s scheme
because the more he thinks about the bride, the more he wants to capture her
heart. He sweeps her into his arms at the reception, determined to make her
smile and laugh, though he only manages to make her blush and stare at him
incredulously.
Was he wrong to believe he could turn a marriage of convenience into a
love match? Or does another man already hold the heart of his reluctant bride?
Want to find Marie and more about her work in a multiple of genres?
Hope you enjoyed this sampler from Evernight Publishing! Stop by next month for another smidgeon of talented authors.
Jayne
