Pure Temptation
by Auria
Jourdain
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GENRE: Historical
Romance
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BLURB:
A rogue gypsy hired to kidnap a debutante Creole spying for the Cabildo
government discovers they are both pawns in a dangerous Frenchman's game. Over
land and sea, they discover the truth, but can they fight their uncontrollable
desire for one another to save her family home?
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EXCERPT:
The hair on the back of Talon’s neck rose. He
couldn’t understand the man’s vernacular, but the meaning was all too clear.
With a look of horror plastered on her face, the young African girl stared at
the dirty sailor, screaming in protest as he grabbed her roughly by her
shackled wrists. Talon sat up on his haunches, anxious to do something. “Where
is he taking her?”
Marcus rolled his eyes. “Ya not too smart, are ye
sah? He be takin’ her to his bunk. That happen a lot with the gals, ‘specially
the pretty ones.”
“Alto, SeƱor!” A loud thud at the threshold caught
their attention as the woman’s sensuous voice echoed all around them, and Talon
crouched down lower, only to see the lovely Miss Aringosa herself standing in
the doorway with her hands on her hips. Wearing leather breeches and a white
flowing blouse reminiscent of some pirate wench, her brown leather boots hugged
her toned calves tightly up to her knees as she gazed at the sailors with an
amorous air. She focused her attention on the man with the crop, playing with a
ringlet of her hair, and Talon smiled at her audacity, recognizing a good act
when he saw it.
Sitting back, he frowned. His first impression of
his victim had been misleading. She wasn’t just some rich Spanish debutante—she
obviously knew how to take care of herself. With grace and finesse, the creole
beauty sauntered across the cargo hold, the sexual sway of her hips sure to any
man’s head. Mesmerized, Talon inhaled deeply, watching her every move.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
An
avid reader from an early age, Auria Jourdain has fond childhood memories of
spending quiet afternoons with a book in her hand. She loved the "happily
ever after" sweet teen romances, and when she came of age, she plunged
into the world of historical romance with fervor, transporting herself to a
bygone time. Her favorites were Regency, but as a girl brought up in a common
home, she was disheartened that most of the novels of this era focus on the
nobility and wealth. Auria set out to write her own romance, encompassing her
passion for French Revolutionary history and her innate sense of goodwill for
the common man. An idealist at heart, she writes heroes and heroines that
struggle to find acceptance in their world. Their differences" and their
soul mates' complete acceptance of them are the embodiment of values that she
holds dear, passed down to her by her father, a blue collar worker. She has an
autistic son struggling to make his own way in the world. Looking to educate
people about this mysterious disorder, she’s releasing a YA novel set in the
U.P just for him during Autism Awareness month, April 2016. She hopes that
someday we can break down the social barriers and forgo stereotypical judgments
that harm our world.
Auria
lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with her husband of twenty years, her
four children (ages eight to eighteen), and two golden retrievers. A rather new
transplant to the area, she loves the changing of the seasons, and she is
currently working on a contemporary romantic suspense trilogy set in her rough
and rugged homeland. Silence the Northwoods is set at a local ski resort in her
hometown of Ironwood, Michigan—the ski capital of the Midwest. Silence the
Waters takes place during the summer on the dangerous river ways that flow into
Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula; and Silence the Birchwoods is an
autumn tale set on Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Marquette, Michigan. All three
involve murder, mystery, and romance, of course.
Auria
spends her the long winters plotting and scheming her next book, and in the
mild summers, she and her husband spend every waking moment they can hiking and
kayaking the Northwoods. An amateur photographer, she lives fifteen miles from
the shores of Lake Superior, and her muse has been piqued by the awe-inspiring
beauty that surrounds her. Although she hasn’t officially acquired “Yooper”
status yet, she can’t envision living anywhere else.
Find
me here!
https://www.facebook.com/auriajourdainbooks/
https://twitter.com/AuriaJourdain
https://www.auriajourdainromance.com/
https://amazon.com/author/auriajourdain
Buy
link for Pure Temptation, Kindle and Paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B17ZYF6?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660
Auria will be awarding e-copies
of Pure Temptation on Kindle to 5 randomly drawn winners, and 1 grand prize - a
signed paperback copy of Pure Temptation with swag bag and goodies - to one
randomly drawn winner, all via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thanks so much for hosting me on your blog! <3
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