Blurb
What’s
a
Viscount
to
do
when
a
mysterious
lady
with
a
secret
past
and
a
reputation
frayed
around
the
edges
suddenly
appears
in
London
in
hot
pursuit of his
naive
young
cousin,
setting
the
gossips’
tongues
wagging,
stirring
his
family
into
pandemonium,
and
driving
him
mad
with
her
irreverent
ways?
If the Viscount in question is Simon Easton, the answer is quite simple. Seduce the beguiling lady. But Miss Beatrice Morgan isn’t your average tarnished lady. She’s lived a slapdash life wandering the globe like a gypsy, painting fantastical portraits of duchesses as sirens and landscapes featuring a crumbling old fountain, all the while harboring a secret desire to return to Idyllwild, the only home she’s ever known.
What Simon does not know is that Beatrice just might be willing to sacrifice her honor, her virtue, her very heart to reclaim Idyllwild.
Excerpt
“Who
is she?” asked Simon Carlisle, Viscount Easton.
“Isn’t
she beautiful?” replied his cousin Henry Tinsdale, the Earl of
Hastings.
She
was beyond beautiful, Lord Easton thought as he watched her across
the ballroom. She was mesmerizing. The willowy blonde had captured
the attention of every person in the room as soon as she had entered
on the arm of Viscount Moorehead only moments before. Simon heard
whispers of conversation behind the fluttering fans of a group of
ladies standing behind him.
“A
scarlet dress, can you imagine?”
“Not
so surprising, surely? They say she’s an artist, of all things.”
“Artist?
Is that what they are calling them these days?”
While
the ladies of the ton whispered and stared, the gentlemen silently
watched and circled about her, gradually closing the distance. From
Simon’s vantage point some twenty paces away, the men appeared to
be involved in a slow dance whose moves were carefully orchestrated
to appear subtle. They were anything but.
Moorehead
had yet to introduce his beautiful companion to anyone in the
ballroom. They simply stood off to the side of the cavernous room,
framed by two potted ferns, as if waiting for the hordes to come to
them.
With
a gesture that clearly spoke of familiarity and affection, her escort
placed his hand upon the small of her back and leaned in to whisper
in her ear. She evidently found his remark amusing, for she tossed
her head back and laughed. Even across the crowded room Simon
could hear the echo of that laughter, mellow and dark.
Portrait of Passion is on sale for a limited time!
99¢ at Ellora's Cave: http://www.ellorascave.com/portrait-of-passion.html
Kindle or NOok, only $1.99!
About
Lynne
Write
about what you know.
Every
creative writing teacher and college professor said these words to
Lynne Barron in one form or another. But what did she know?
She
knew she enjoyed the guilty pleasure of reading romance novels
whenever she could find time between studying, working and raising
her son as a single mother.
She
knew quite a bit about women's lives in the Regency and Victorian era
from years spent bouncing back and forth between European History and
English Literature as a major in college.
She
knew precious little about romance except to know that it was more
than the cliché card and a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day.
Then
she met her wonderfully romantic husband and finally she knew.
Passion,
Love and Romance.
And
she began to write.
If
you would like to learn more about Lynne Barron and the Idyllwild
Series, please visit her website at LynneBarron.com or follow her at
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LynneBarronRomanceAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynnebarron06
Buy
Links
4 comments:
Beyond Romance, Thank you for giving your fans a sneak peek at Portrait of Passion!
Lynne Barron
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for sharing a bit about your book with us! Portrait of Passion sounds like something I would enjoy... love those EC books!
Hello, Lynne,
Thanks for being my guest. Good luck with your tour!
Post a Comment
Let me know your thoughts! (And if you're having trouble commenting, try enabling third-party cookies in your browser...)