Posted in Contest, Givaway, Historical, Uncategorized, tagged books, Contest, Giveaway on June 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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Are you ready to win a Kindle Fire HD 8, Amazon cards and books!
I’m one of the sponsors of the Night Owl Romance Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt.
During this event I’m going to help you find some great new books. Make sure to check my featured title out along the way.
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Event Dates: June 14 – July 5
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Posted in Ella Quinn, excerpts, Givaway, Historical, Regency, Release, Uncategorized, tagged #theworthingtons, #WhyIreadHistoricals, books, historical, regency, romance on May 29, 2018| 9 Comments »
Join the You Never Forget Your First Earl blog tour and giveaway for a chance to win a signed copy!! https://goddessfishparty.blogspot.com/…/hosts-for-you-never… Ella Quinn, USA Today Bestselling Regency Romance Author
Within the Worthingtons’ extended family circle, laughter and romance rule, and a young lady never settles for less than true love . . .
With her three good friends all recently married, Elizabeth Turley is ready for some husband-hunting of her own. One gentleman in particular sparks her interest. Geoffrey, Earl of Harrington is tall, handsome, and dashing. He’s also just a bit too sure of himself. But Elizabeth has observed enough about the rules of attraction to pique the earl’s attention. Yet once she has it, the discovery of a troubling secret taints her future happiness . . .
Lord Harrington must marry or lose a prestigious position in Brussels, and pretty, well-connected Elizabeth fits his needs admirably. But could it be that he has underestimated his bride? She doesn’t bat an eye in the face of the danger they encounter overseas. She’s strong-willed, intelligent, and more enticing each day—yet also more indifferent to him. Now Geoffrey faces his greatest challenge: to woo and win his own wife, or risk losing her for good . . .
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Posted in Ella Quinn, Givaway, Historical, The Worthingtons, Uncategorized, tagged books, historical, regency, Release, romance on May 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone!
We’re just under two weeks until the release of YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST EARL (The Worthingtons Book 5) on May 29, so I thought I’d do a quick blog post to alert you to the fun things coming up as well as some great news I’ve had lately.
First of all, I have to say a huge thanks to you, my readers. Because of the Bookbub sale on THE MARQUIS AND I this month, and your help in getting the word out, the book hit the USA Today bestseller list (again)! I am so grateful, thank you!
I hope you’re keeping up with the giveaways I’ve been having on my Ella Quinn author page. We’re giving away five titles a week until the release, and spotlighting the books each day, so be sure to check in and enter those.
Speaking of giveaways, Kensington set up a really cute one for the release. Between 5/17 and 6/26 you can enter to win
1 ARC of YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST EARL
1 Kate Spade bag
Random assortment of ARCs of historical romance novels
Enter here: bit.ly/2KuooFy
I also wanted to let you know that on release day (5/29) I’ll be doing an author takeover on the Kensington Facebook page (it’s here: facebook.com/kensingtonpublishing/ ) I had a lot of fun preparing the posts for that day, and I hope you’ll join me. I’ll be sharing little-known facts from my life I hope you find interesting, so stop by and discover secrets from my misspent youth! {wink}
I hope to see you around the interwebs over the next couple weeks! I’m going to be really busy, but I think it should be fun.
And in case you haven’t had the chance to buy the book yet, let me help you with that! Here are some handy links:
Amazon – amzn.to/2qdBBe7
Barnes and Noble – bit.ly/2yRdess
Books a Million – bit.ly/2GJDfdP
Apple – apple.co/2gIXLjt
Kobo – bit.ly/2hf1PZd
As always, thanks so much for your wonderful support and for being great readers! I can’t wait for you to experience YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST EARL.
Ella
Posted in Ella Quinn, Givaway, Historical, Regency, Release, tagged #lovehistoricalromance, Ella Quinn, historical, Historical Romance, Regency Romance on March 27, 2017| 1 Comment »
Book #3 in The Worthingtons, It Started with a Kiss releases tomorrow, but the blog tour has already begun!
What is a young Worthington woman to do when the man of her dreams is not who she thinks he is?
This season, all eyes are on the Earl of Worthington’s spirited, beautiful sister, Lady Louisa Vivers. Many gentlemen are vying for her attention in and around the ton. Yet, Louisa longs for someone who can take her beyond the ballroom—a man who is worldly, adventurous, and passionate. She won’t settle for just any suitor. She wants her true soul mate—and she’ll know him when she sees him.
Is Gideon, the Duke of Rothwell, him? The moment he and Louisa meet, they share a powerful attraction. Rides at sunrise and waltzes at dusk follow. Finally, Gideon can no longer resist the urge to embrace her, and Louisa is sure he will ask for her hand. But Gideon believes he is in no position to marry. The Rothwell estate has gone bankrupt, a scandal simmers in its wake, and he has nothing left to offer. Now, he must decide if he will let pride stand in the way of true love—or if he will risk everything, and let the lady decide for herself…
To celebrate the release I’m giving away 5 signed ARC!
Visit any or all of the sites below and enter!
Posted in Blog Tour, Ella Quinn, excerpts, Givaway, Historical, Regency, Release, The Worthingtons, tagged #lovehistoricalromance, #MondayBlogs, Ella Quinn, Excerpts, Giveaway, Regency Romance, The Worthingtons, When a Marquis Chooses a Bride on August 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »
In less than 24 hours, When a Marquis Chooses a Bride releases!!
To celebrate, Goddess Fish is having a book blast! Stop by the fabulous sites hosting me for reviews and chances to win books!! All the links should be working by this afternoon.
Goddess Fish Book Blast 8/30/2016 1: Where the Story Comes First 2: 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! 3: Am Kinda Busy Reading REVIEW 4: Books That Believe in Happily Ever After 5: BooksChatter 6: Hope. Dreams. Life… Lovel 7: Liz Gavin’s BlogREVIEW 8: Long and Short Reviews 9: Romance Novel Giveaways 10: Rusticating in the Tropics 11: T’s Stuff 12: The Avid Reader 13: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews 14: The Silver Dagger Scriptorium 15: Fabulous and Brunette 16: Oportet Publishing 17: Buried Under Romance REVIEW 18: CBY Book Club 19: Christine Young 20: Doing Some Reading 21: EskieMama Reads 22: Full Moon Dreaming REVIEW 23: Harlie’s Books 24: Lampshade Reader 25: LibriAmoriMiei REVIEW 26: Lynn Crandall 27: Mixed Book Bag 28: Nickie’s Views and Interviews 29: Notes From a Romantic’s Heart REVIEW 30: Two Ends of the Pen REVIEW 31: Readeropolis 32: Reviews by Crystal 33: Sapphyria’s Book Reviews 34: StarAngels Reviews 35: Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’ 36: The Snarkology 37: Underneath the Covers 38: Wendi zwaduk – romance to make your heart race 39: Dina Rae’s Write Stuff 40: Jen’s Reading Obsession 41: Books,Dreams,Life 42: Up ‘Til Dawn Book Blog
Posted in Blog Tour, Ella Quinn, Givaway, tagged #lovehistoricalromance, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, Historical Romance on March 30, 2016| 2 Comments »
First lets congratulate Emm who won a copy of Three Weeks to Wed!
For a chance to win one of five signed ARCs please follow the Three Weeks to Wed blog tour! here are today’s links!
Manic Readers http://bit.ly/1UD4QSn
Fresh Fiction http://bit.ly/1Rr2L9k
Deal Sharing Aunt http://bit.ly/1VTVosR
RomCom http://goo.gl/s3z5vL
Posted in Ella Quinn, Givaway, Historical, Release, tagged #lovehistoricalromance, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, Historical Romance, Regency Romance on March 29, 2016| 38 Comments »
I’m so excited!! Three Weeks to Wed releases today!! To celebrate I’m giving away a copy of the book. Winner’s choice of paperback or ebook!! To enter, just tell me you want the book!
In the first book of her dazzling new series, bestselling author Ella Quinn introduces the soon-to-be Earl and Countess of Worthington—lovers who have more in common than they yet know. The future promises to be far from boring…
Lady Grace Carpenter is ready to seize the day—or rather, the night—with the most compelling man she’s ever known. Marriage would mean losing guardianship of her beloved siblings, and surely no sane gentleman will take on seven children not his own. But if she can have one anonymous tryst with Mattheus, Earl of Worthington, Grace will be content to live out the rest of her life as a spinster.
Matt had almost given up hope of finding a wife who could engage his mind as well as his body. And now this sensual, intelligent woman is offering herself to him. What could be more perfect? Except that after one wanton night, the mysterious Grace refuses to have anything to do with him. Amid the distractions of the Season he must convince her, one delicious encounter at a time, that no obstacle—or family—is too much for a man who’s discovered his heart’s desire…
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Google http://bit.ly/1Ltl1HP
Posted in Ella Quinn, Givaway, Historical, Regency, Release, The Worthingtons, tagged #lovehistoricalromance, Blog Tour, books, Ella Quinn, Giveaway, Historical Romance on March 27, 2016| 4 Comments »
Three Weeks to Wed releases on Tuesday and the blog tour has started with a bang!! The wonderful Mary Gramlich is giving away five, count them five!! copies of Three Weeks to Wed!! Visit her page and enter! http://bit.ly/1XWhadS
Posted in excerpts, Givaway, Guest Author, Historical, tagged #Guestauthor, #lovehistoricalromance, Excerpts, Giveaway on January 21, 2016| 4 Comments »
Please welcome historical author Sandra Masters to the blog. Sandra is here today to tell us about her latest release, My Divinely Decadent Duke!! She will also give away one copy of the book to one of you who leaves a comment saying you want it.
We begin with the cover.
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Next the blurb.
Orphaned and abandoned by family, Lady Cassandra Montgomery yearns for love. Beautiful and innocent, she attracts the attention of a renowned rake, the Duke of Althorn. When her security is threatened, she offers him a proposal for an arranged marriage in exchange for his guarantee of safety for her and her ward. After her first taste of desire in his arms, she finds the sexual attraction irresistible. Finding herself in a family way, she leaves his home, unsure of his love.
The Duke is at first enraged by the brazen behavior, yet he sees Cassandra as a captivating caregiver for his mother and impossible to resist. He agrees. The arrangement becomes inconvenient because love and sex enter the equation.
Will she believe her husband truly loves her and return to his waiting arms?
Will the Duke admit his love and use his rakish skills to woo Cassandra back to his bed?
Now an excerpt.
“What about love and passion?” Cassandra wondered until she realized she spoke the words aloud. Enough. Everything but the one thing I want. And you think you are not cruel, Gordon?
“They shall take care of themselves with time. I will not force myself on you…unless you wish it of me. I would like the opportunity to demonstrate to you I am a good man you may wish to know better, Cassandra. Goodness knows you’ve seen many sides of me.”
She found it easy to believe because she wanted to. Somehow the arranged marriage did not sound as insane as before. At least she wouldn’t have to marry Ashcombe, a perfect stranger. Her choices were an older, gentle man, or the younger scandalous rake she loved.
Her mind spun.
Her world twirled.
She swayed.
He held her steady in his arms.
Her heart broke.
And then he did a terrible thing.
He kissed her with tender gentleness and coaxed open her lips. Their mouths melded together. Her body molded to his and it was perfect. She heard heart beats, pulse beats, thunderous beats. To be so close to him, so near, so in need—it was so unfair. She rested her head on his broad chest and made her decision.
“You are an innocent and a temptation I cannot afford, but I want you,” Gordon murmured.
Was it better to be miserable with him than without him?
When God wants to punish you, he grants you your dreams.
Buy link. Amazon
About Sandra.
Retired executive, Sandra Masters, rose from a humble beginning in Newark, NJ, a short stay at a convent in Morristown, NJ, to the board rooms of NYC, and a fantastic career for a broadcasting company in Carlsbad, California, to the rural foothills of the Sierras of Yosemite National Park, she has always traveled with pen and notebook. It’s been the journey of ten thousand miles. She left her corporate world behind and never looked back.
Posted in excerpts, Givaway, Guest Author, Historical, tagged #Guestauthor, Excerpts, Giveaway, Historical Romance on December 30, 2015| 9 Comments »
While I’m off celebrating my thirty-second wedding anniversary, Liza O’Connor is going to tell you about her latest book, and she has a contest!
During Queen Victoria’s era, the royalty gene pool was a closed loop, so it was not uncommon for cousins to marry first cousins.
In Book 6, I create a cousin, Lady Haughton, for the Queen. Lady Haughton is what you would call a lesser royalty. There is no chance whatsoever that she would ever be offered the crown. So she prefers to go by the title of ‘Lady’. I have no idea if she has a fancier title. The real female first cousins of Victoria that I could find all had titles such as Princess and Empress. (There were at least ten of them) But none of these women would do, so I created a lesser cousin.
My Lady Haughton is unfortunately plagued by relatives who are frankly an embarrassment to all society. So her name has been erased from all social lists. For all practical purposes, she has been royally forgotten. Except by the Queen.
She and Queen Victoria look very much alike. Thus, Lady Haughton rarely leaves her home, least her cousin be embarrassed when people see her and think the Queen is not wearing black, or worse yet, she is laughing. (True Fact: The Queen loved to laugh, but she rarely did so in public.)
Instead, Lady Haughton lived a quiet, wealthy, solitaire life, until the ghosts came a banging.
She hires Xavier & Vic to remove the ghosts. Not believing in such silliness, their suspicion lands on a nephew she has bequeathed all her wealth to when she dies. She has a great deal of nephew and nieces, but the only one she loves is Leslie.
I must say, when ‘not quite royalty’ goes bad, they go very bad.
When the pot has too many cooks a feast can be ruined, and that’s exactly what happens with Xavier and Vic’s new cases. Each proves more complicated than initially thought with criminals dropping out of the sky, wreaking havoc upon Xavier, Vic, and their excellent employees. By the end, Vic threatens to open a school that teaches criminals how to stay out of each other’s way.
Worse yet, a treasured member of the staff is shot in the heart while attempting to save Vic and the Queen’s cousin.
Here’s a bit about Leslie, the lady’s nice nephew:
Gregory closed his eyes as if willing sufficient patience to deal with Vic. “Victor, I have no issues with you saving people. However, doing so does not preclude using proper etiquette. When bringing guests home, you must never open the front door and bellow for your butler.”
“What would you have me do? I’m not upset that you don’t spend your day standing at the door so it opens when I approach it. You were clearly busy doing something of greater importance, so I unlocked the door and entered. However, I was certain you would not approve if I settled Leslie in without letting you know, so I called, not bellowed, your name.”
“You should have knocked on the door and waited,” he scolded.
Vic stepped closer, determined to win this argument. “Well, the problem I have with your solution is that someone is trying very hard to kill Leslie. His body has more bullet wounds, garrotes and knife scars than Xavier’s. I was not about to let him die on my doorstep while I practiced proper etiquette.”
Book 6
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Liza O’Connor was raised badly by feral cats, left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast. There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell in love with her new life where people behaved nicely. But all those bad behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous books. Please buy these books, because otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels instead. They will likely traumatize you.
You have been warned.
Mostly humorous books by Liza:
Ghost Lover—Two British brothers fall in love with the same young woman. Ancestral ghost is called in to fix the situation. And there’s a ghost cat that roams about the book as well. (Humorous Contemporary Romance)
Saving Casey— Cass wakes up in the body of a troubled teen who has burned every bridge imaginable. Her only choice is to turn this life around, but that’s much harder than she ever imagined.
Untamed & Unabashed—The youngest of the Bennet sisters, Lydia, tells her story. A faithful spinoff from Pride & Prejudice.
A Long Road to Love Series: (Humorous Contemporary odd Romance)
Worst Week Ever — Laugh out loud week of disasters of Epic proportions.
Oh Stupid Heart — The heart wants what it wants, even if it’s impossible.
Coming to Reason — There is a breaking point when even a saint comes to reason.
Climbing out of Hell — The reconstruction of a terrible man into a great one.
The Hardest Love — Is to love oneself. Sam’s story.
The Adventures of Xavier & Vic Sleuth series: (Late Victorian/Mystery/Romance)
The Troublesome Apprentice — The greatest sleuth in Victorian England hires a young man who turns out to be a young woman.
The Missing Partner — Opps! The greatest sleuth in Victorian England goes missing, leaving Vic to rescue him, a suffragette, and about 100 servants. Not to mention an eviscerating cat. Yes, let’s not mention the cat.
A Right to Love — A romantic detour for Jacko. Want to see how amply rewarded Jacko was when he & Vic save an old woman from Bedlam?
The Mesmerist — The Mesmerist can control people from afar and make them murder for her. Worse yet, Xavier Thorn has fallen under her spell.
Well Kept Secrets — The problems with secrets is that they always come to light, no matter how you wish to silence them.
Pack of Trouble — Changes are a part of life, but these changes almost kill Vic.
The Darkest Days — Muddled cases make Vic very grumpy.
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