Hello Friends,
Welcome to another edition of Saturday Spotlight. This week I'm pleased to bring you two Rocking Summer Romance Reads from Linda McLaughlin.
The first is a boxed set of 11 stories titled Always & Forever Romances!
Romance Super Bundle
III: Always and Forever
The follow-up to the USA Today Bestselling Romance Super Bundle
II: Second Chances is available!
SKIN (book 1 of Broken but… Mending) by Dale Mayer
A journey of exploration... A journey of healing… A journey
of love… Two people are forced by circumstances into a therapy class to help
them deal with their problems. They are strangers. Forced to be partners.
Naturally opposites.
EVIDENCE OF TRUST by Stacey Joy Netzel
Sparks fly when a headstrong wrangler & an alpha park
ranger are thrown together while he’s searching for evidence to stop a poacher
killing animals in RMNP. When the monster turns his sights on Brittany, Joel
discovers he’ll do whatever it takes to protect her.
CROSS THE LINE by Wendy Ely
Living the ‘no strings’ attached lifestyle has always worked
for Leslie until she arrives in Phoenix and meets Chris Matthews. She doesn’t
like bad-boys, so why can’t she keep her hands off her new neighbor? Can she
let him lead her places she’s never been before?
TREASURE ON MOON LAKE by Amy Gamet
Tori Henderson has never forgotten her teenage crush, Gabe.
When her mother gets engaged to Gabe’s father, Tori assumes Gabe will be at the
wedding and hatches a plan to get him back. But Gabe also has a half-brother,
Jed, with plans of his own to snag Tori himself.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY by Donna Marie Rogers
James is furious when his shiftless brother sells half their
horse ranch to match a bet. When a golden opportunity falls into Angela’s lap,
she takes it and sets out to prove she has what it takes to help James run the
ranch—and ends up losing her heart to both.
HEARTS IN MOTION by Edie Ramer
Take two cats, a dog, a determined woman and her teenage
sister… Add a businessman trying to do the right thing and a six-year-old girl
with a damaged heart… And it’s hard to tell who is rescuing who...
OUT OF CONTROL by Kate Kelly
One night of passion turned into a crazy, unforgettable
month—until Serena McGregor walked away from undercover FBI agent Nick DeMarco.
Six months later, her elusive scent still haunting him, Nick risks his career
to prove Serena is innocent of a million dollar theft.
LOST IN MANHATTAN by Lois Winston—A terrorist’s twisted need
for revenge has claimed the lives of Sarah Montgomery’s entire family. One more
kill will fulfill a promise made long ago. Can a woman who can’t remember and a
man who can’t forget stop the assassin before Sarah becomes the final victim?
ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE by Barbara Phinney
Comedy, romance and a meddling family: Former beauty queen
Janet Jemseg is asked to raise money for charity and ‘marry’ hunky, annoying
Devon Kidder? No way! But it’s for a good cause.
LADY ELINOR’S ESCAPE by Linda McLaughlin
Lady Elinor Ashworth longs for adventure, but when she runs
away from her abusive aunt, she finds more than she bargained for in Stephen
Chaplin, a curious barrister determined to ferret out her secrets. Cinderella
meets Mr. Darcy in this sweet Regency romance.
LORD OF DARKNESS by Ava Bradley
The night Victoria Conrad runs away doesn’t turn out at all
like she planned. After being accosted by two ruffians, she is rescued by the
horribly scarred Earl of Carlisle—only to discover she is his prisoner!
Released on July 6, 2015. Order at:
The next Rocking Summer Romance Read is Linda's single title, Lady Elinor's Escape...
Note: In this excerpt, Stephen shows up at the dress shop on
a rainy spring day with a basket of flowers.
He handed her the basket of flowers, then shrugged out of
his coat and handed it and his hat to Peggy O’Shea. She gave him a flirtatious
smile in return before hanging the wet items on a nearby rack.
Elinor stepped forward. “Flowers, Mr. Chaplin?”
He turned toward her. “Ah, Mrs. Brown. Yes, I thought these
spring blossoms just the thing to brighten Madame Latour’s shop on such a
dismal day.”
“How very kind you are,” said Ellie. “But an entire
basketful?”
He smiled. “The young girl selling them was in despair over
the lack of customers. She appeared to be almost drowned and nearly in tears,
so I bought all she had, including the basket.”
“And paid far more than they were worth, I am certain,”
Elinor murmured.
“Did you say something, Mrs. Brown?” he asked with a raised
brow.
“Nothing of importance.”
He rummaged through the basket and produced a nosegay of
bluebells, which he presented to Dolly. “These are for you, to match your
eyes.”
Her blue eyes grew wide with wonder as she accepted the
nosegay. “Oh, sir, no one ever give me flowers afore.”
“Well, I am certain this will not be the last time,” he said
gallantly. Ignoring Dolly’s worshipful look, he returned to the basket for
another nosegay, white violets this time, which he gave to Peggy.
She bobbed him a curtsy. “Oh, thank ye, yer lordship.”
He gave her a warm smile. “You are very welcome, Miss
O’Shea. But I am not a lord, merely a mister.”
“No matter. ’Tis a fine gentleman ye are, to be thinking of
us working girls.”
“Girls, why do you not go on home?” Mimi asked. “You have
all worked so very hard today, and there will be no more customers, n’est-ce-pas?”
With glad smiles for Mimi, and more thanks and curtsies for
Stephen Chaplin, the girls donned their cloaks and left the shop.
“I will get a vase for these lovely flowers,” Mimi said.
“Please come into the parlor, Monsieur Chaplin, and warm yourself by the fire.
I have made the coffee and there is water for tea.”
“Thank you,” Stephen Chaplin said. He delved into the basket
one last time before handing it to Mimi. As she left the room, he handed Elinor
a bunch of purple violets.
Elinor held them to her nose and breathed in the sweet,
delicate fragrance. “‘A violet in the youth of primary nature, forward, not
permanent, sweet, not lasting,’” she quoted.
“‘The perfume and suppliance of a minute; no more,’” he
added softly.
Startled, she gazed into his warm honey-brown eyes and her
pulse began to race. She would have to guard her heart around this man? Why did
he have to have such an effect on her? Was it simply because he was the only
eligible gentleman she had ever known?
No, a gentleman who brought flowers to poor shop girls and
quoted Shakespeare was surely out of the ordinary. What a catch he would be for
some young lady. But of course, not for her.
Buy links:
Linda McLaughlin grew up with a love of books and history, so
it's only natural she prefers writing historical romance. She loves
transporting her readers into the past where her characters learn that, in the
journey of life, love is the sweetest reward.
Linda also writes steamy to
erotic romance under the name Lyndi Lamont, and is one half of the writing team
of Lyn O'Farrell.
Well Friends hope you enjoyed today's spotlight!
Be sure and check back weekly for Tuesday Treasures, Thursday Thoughts and of course Saturday Spotlight.
Oh and just in case you're interested, TWJ Magazine is giving away an Android Tablet loaded with a collection of wholesome books!
Enter to win today!
Until next time...take care & God Bless!
PamT
