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Saturday, December 28, 2019

#SaturdaySpotlight is on Jacqueline Seewald & Sinful Seduction!

Good Morning!

Well Christmas is over but before we can truly exhale, celebrations will continue through next week with New Years.

If you've got some downtime during this season, why not relax with a good book?

My friend, Jacqueline Seewald is in the spotlight today with a brand new release so please give her a great big SW LA welcome....

They met and loved passionately in a time of revolution.

Anne McIntyre, a schoolmistress in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey at the outset of the American Revolution, is serious-minded, intelligent, and patriotic. Anne supports her sister in her marital problems and helps the ironmaster’s widow manage a difficult situation with her daughter.

Peter Kensington should have been an earl, but thanks to the duplicity of his younger brother and his own reckless nature, he has ended up an officer in the colonial war. Spying is alien to his gentlemanly code. Yet he must do exactly that. Anne is suspicious of him from the first but as passionately attracted to him as he is to her.

SINFUL SEDUCTION has received an excellent review from the Historical Novel Society: “Sinful Seduction sets a romantic domestic drama against the backdrop of the American Revolution in an innovative way… an enjoyable read.”

Excerpt:

New Jersey, 1776

AT FIRST, the trip to Princeton was not frightening. There were no armies of soldiers on the road. Yet the smell of fear was in the air. Anne McIntyre had been told the Continental Army was retreating across New Jersey with the British army in hot pursuit. The coach pressed on. She grimly kept her skinning knife at one side and the spare pistol at the other — just in case. Visions of red-coated soldiers pillaging and raping marched through her mind.

A few miles outside of Princeton, old Jacob sped up the coach. Anne could hear horses racing and drawing near. Soon there was the sound of voices yelling at Jacob to halt.

“Is it soldiers?” Delia Baincroft asked in a small, frightened voice that made her sound more childish than her sixteen years.

Anne turned her head toward the window at the rear of the coach and peered out. There were four armed men on horses chasing after them, but they were in civilian dress.

“It looks like highwaymen, although I cannot be certain.”

The coach could not outrun the men on horseback, and they were forced to pull over. Anne’s heartbeat increased as she gripped the pistol beside her.

“Where are you goin’, driver? And who are the folk within this fine coach?”

“Who wants to know?” she heard Jacob return sharply.

“Do not be rude to your betters, old man, or I’ll slice out your tongue.”

Fanny Baincroft slightly opened the coach door and peered her head outside. “Step away, man. My daughter is ill, and we are on our way to seek a physician.”

“Then surely you fine ladies have money with you to pay a fat fee. Get out of the coach and hand over your valuables.”

“How dare they!” Delia sputtered indignantly.

“Stand and deliver.”

There was the sound of a pistol fired and then another in exchange. Anne brushed past Fanny to see what was happening. Jacob had obviously tried to shoot one of the robbers, but his aim wasn’t good enough. The old man gasped, holding his chest where blood spurted forth. While the men had their eyes turned on Jacob, Anne took up her weapon and aimed it at the leader of the group.

“I’ll shoot you if you don’t get out of here,” she said, cocking the mechanism.

The highwayman laughed at her in a crude, menacing way. “And what does a young woman like yourself know of weapons?” He started moving toward her. “I think you need to be taught a lesson in how to yield right and proper.”

Anne let loose her shot and caught the man in the head. She saw the look of astonishment as he fell from his horse, blood trickling down his temple. She hoped that without a leader, the others would turn and ride away, but that was not the case. Three men charged toward her, and she could only think to remove her knife from its hide casing in readiness. She would not die without a fight.

But suddenly she heard a pistol discharging and then another. A tall man on a great horse dispersed the robbers, another of whom fell from his horse, bleeding profusely while the other two rode away.
“Are you all right?” The man’s black horse reared up.

Anne found herself trembling. She had been fine in the moment that required her greatest effort, but now she felt weak. It was as if her legs could no longer support her. Their savior seemed to sense this. He climbed down from the spirited stallion and put his arms around her, holding her close as if she were a child. Normally, she would have been shocked and offended by such behavior from a stranger, but these were not usual circumstances. She felt his gesture of comfort suffuse her flesh with an unfamiliar but pleasant sensation of warmth.

“They won’t be back,” he said reassuringly.

He ran his hands over her back and continued to press her close against the hard length of his masculine body. Her reaction to him was peculiar. She felt herself begin to tremble as if in the grip of a raging fever. It took all the strength she could summon to pull free of him.

Anne looked up into the handsomest face she had ever seen. The man removed his hat and bowed to her. His eyes were of a deep, dark blue, hair completely blond on top and sandy beneath. He was well-dressed in a great, black cape and fully armed with a sword and brace of pistols. When he returned his hat to his head, he cocked it jauntily like a military man.

Sinful Seduction is available in print and all e-book formats from Luminosity Publishing, Amazon, B&N and Kobo among other online and retail outlets.

Multiple award-winning author, Jacqueline Seewald, has taught creative, expository and technical writing at Rutgers University as well as high school English. She also worked as both an academic librarian and an educational media specialist. Fifteen of her books of fiction have been published to critical praise including books for adults, teens and children. Her short stories, poems, essays, reviews and articles have appeared in hundreds of diverse publications and numerous anthologies such as: THE WRITER, L.A. TIMES, READER’S DIGEST, PEDESTAL, SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY MAGAZINE, OVER MY DEAD BODY!, GUMSHOE REVIEW, THE MYSTERY MEGAPACK, LIBRARY JOURNAL, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. One of her inspirational poems took first place in the Reader’s Digest 2015 Poetry Contest. She’s also an amateur landscape artist and loves blue grass music.

Her author’s blog can be found at: http://jacquelineseewald.blogspot.com

Wow, Jacquie, sounds like another winner for you! Good luck and God's blessings with it.

Hope you enjoyed today's guest, friends, and that you'll check back weekly for Wednesday Words with Friends and Saturday Spotlight.

Until next time take care and God bless.
PamT

20 comments:

Alina K. Field said...

What a great excerpt! This sounds wonderful. Congratulations on the book and the great review!

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Alina,

Thank you for your kind words!

Steven M. Moore said...

Jacqueline and Pamela,
I bet you don't get many guys here, but we all have to recognize that romance is an important part of what makes us human. I can't write it, but when it's combined with history in historical fiction and done right, it's still all about good storytelling. And I think it is done right after seeing the excerpt. Maybe I could write in the historical romance genere if I'd taken Jacqueline's course?
Wishing you the best on your new book, Jacqueline,
r/Steve

Saralyn said...

A new book from this talented author is like a gift-wrapped truffle, rich and tempting. Congratulations on your latest work, Jacqueline. I'm ready to indulge.

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Steven and Saralyn,

Thank you both for your generous comments! They are greatly appreciated.

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Pam,

Thanks so much for putting my novel in the spotlight on your blog today!

Happy holidays!

Unknown said...

There is only ONE Jacqueline Seewald and this new novel promises to bring history to life in modern times. I look forward to a good read.

Laura Elvebak said...

Your excerpt grabbed my attention at once. Congratulations, Jacqueline! Look forward to an exciting read. Well done!

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Laura,

Thank you for the feedback! I hope you do read the novel.

Kara O'Neal said...

Really enjoyed the excerpt! Gonna have to read this one!

Alicia Dean said...

Intense excerpt. Sounds like a great read. Congrats and best wishes!

Hywela Lyn said...

Congratulations on your latest release - the excerpt sounds so exciting and intriguing. wishing you and Pamela belated Christmas wishes and a very Happy New Year.

Daniella Bernett said...

Jacqueline,

Congratulations on your new book! What a great excerpt. I'm intigued

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Ladies--Kara, Alicia, Hywela Lyn, Daniella,

I thank each of you for reading the excerpt of my novel and for your positive support! Happy holidays and may you read many good novels in the coming year.

Kathy McIntosh said...

Wow. The excerpt is thrilling. I'm fascinated by historical fiction and yours sounds like a good'un.

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Kathy,

Thank you for reading the excerpt and offering feedback. I appreciate it.

June Trop said...

Jacqueline Seewald rocks! I just finished reading her SINFUL SEDUCTION. Pick up this book, open it to the first page, and, as if by magic, you will be transported to New Jersey's Pine Barrens during the American Revolution. Will you be a rebel or a Tory? I can't be sure and neither will you or Ms. Seewald's protagonist. But you will live the conflict and the romance. Be careful, though. You'll forget you're reading and fall in love yourself. June Trop

Loretta Wheeler said...

What a tempting excerpt! And, something to whisk us away on our days off during the holiday season :)

Loved it,

Lo

Jacqueline Seewald said...

June,

You write a terrific review! Thank you!

Jacqueline Seewald said...

Hi Loretta,

So glad you enjoyed the excerpt!