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Stafford immediately looked into the tree above him, and could not believe the scene before his eyes. Dainty feet encased in pink slippers at the end of long, shapely legs appeared perhaps ten feet above his head. A swath of pink skirts and petticoats seemed to be the wrapping on a perfectly-formed female as enticing as any gift package he had ever received. He smiled rakishly as his admiring gaze met her disapproving one. Despite the distance and dark, Lady Miranda's ire was apparent.
“A gentleman would avert his eyes,” she declared with perfect condescension and superiority.
“A lady would cover her drawers,” he drawled in reply, raking his gaze over her legs again.
“Could I reach my drawers, rest assured, they would be covered. Now, will you help me down or must you continue to stare?”
“I can do both, actually, and will be quite pleased to do so.”
“Lord Stafford!” she chastised, quietly but effectively.
“Ask me nicely, Lady Miranda,” he jibed with a toothy smile.
“Oh, I'll ask nicely,” she muttered, “then plant you a facer later.”
“What was that?” he asked with a laugh, no longer able to hold in his amusement over her situation.
She blew out a loud breath, billowing the pink silk of the skirts that were tucked under her chin. “Lord Stafford. Would you do me the immense favor of playing errant knight to my distressed lady, and rescue me from this dire situation? And pray do so before another shows and tries to do it for you.”
Author Bio’s
She majored in majors in college, and after obtaining a host of degrees she decided not to use any of them and instead writes about what she cannot do - go back in time to dance at balls, flirt with lords, gentlemen, and scoundrels, and gallop unfashionably down Rotten Row during the most fashionable hour.
After dodging a few Collinses and Wickhams, Renée happily snared a Darcy. Her HEA turned out to be in Texas, where she resides with "the hubs, the kiddos, a boisterous menagerie of indoor and outdoor animals, and a yard of meticulously maintained weeds." She has happily tagged on this addendum to the family motto: you can never read too much, too often, or too late at night.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the excerpt; very intriguing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!!
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ReplyDeleteI liked best the story line. I like the idea of how you set out to do something and something unpredictable happens. Marquis for all seasons sounds like a great story.
ReplyDeleteSituations can be unpredictable, no matter how much we think otherwise. Life is like that sometimes - we plan for one thing and then get hit with a curve ball!
ReplyDeleteLoved the excerpt. It'll be interesting to see how they manage to work together to fool their families.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked it! I'm unapologetically attached to the happily ever after in romance, but these two definitely have a few shenanigans along the way.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a pretty boring book if they didn't. The HEA means so much more when the characters work for their's. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt does! I like to be inside their heads, too, hearing their silent reactions to what happens along the way, and seeing if they have the courage to say what they feel.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I do too. That's one reason that books are almost always better than movies. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy oldest and I were just talking about this a few weeks ago. He has discovered that books are actually fun to read when you picture the action in your head as you go. He walked up, Homer's The Odyssey (children's version) in hand, and said, "Mom, I finally know what you mean by books making movies in my head while I read." He went on to describe the action as he saw it, when the Greeks fight Cyclops. Books rock!
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