The Rom play an important role in my Two Realms Trilogy, so I was particularly interested in Auria Jourdain's new book, Pure Temptation, and its Gypsy hero.
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. For a list of blog stops click here:
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due to a temporary technical glitch.
Pure Temptation
by Auria Jourdain
GENRE: Historical Romance
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:
Folding
his arms about his chest, Talon stared at her suspiciously. What exactly had
they told her?
Sensing
his mistrust, Talia continued. “Alberto has regaled me with your life story,
sir. Your activities during the revolution, and your adventure across England
with your cousin, your Spanish heritage…need I go on?”
Talon
smirked and shook his head, gazing out across the rough waters of the Atlantic.
Apparently that bloody Spaniard didn’t know everything. “If you say so.”
“What
does that mean?”
“It
means that Alberto hasn’t given you the whole truth, not that he knows what it
is.” Talon turned to her, gazing into her magnificent emerald eyes. “I am no
Spaniard.”
Reaching
a long finger out, Talia wrapped a curl of his dark hair around her fingertip,
just as he had done to her all those weeks ago. She placed her palms against
his bare chest, and Talon’s heart began to race, his blood pumping with desire
as she looked up at him seductively. “If not a Spaniard, what are you?”
As
his control dissolved, Talon inhaled her flowery scent that drifted through the
air to weave its way through his senses. Her intimate touch had pushed him over
the edge. Without any scruples, he placed his hands on Talia’s waist and pulled
her close, her lithe, curvy body melting into his tall frame. Her strong,
womanly presence drew him closer until his mouth hovered above hers. Talon
whispered in her ear, his voice laden with desire, “I am Romani.”
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.
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Buy link for Pure
Temptation, Kindle and Paperback: Amazon
