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The Scars Have Returned Virtual Book Tour

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Historical Romance

Date Published: November 28, 2022

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

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Lord Stephen Cornwall is the most sot after Duke in England. His family
heritage is also the most gossiped about with his mother being a Gypsy. On
his morning escape from the world, Lord Cornwall finds a little morsel
dismounting in a most unladylike manner. This, for sure, is when he lost his
heart and now he must prove his love and save Lady Hastings from the man
that is after her family’s riches.

Lady Lisa Hastings has become a spoiled little brat that has only been in
the world of society’s rules for a couple of years. It is her year of coming
out into the adult world of society and she is determined to prove to her
father that she can do this. Then she meets the beast in the park that
steals her heart.

 

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    CHAPTER 1

             Standing there with her hands on her hips in that sassy little pose that she has developed so well in the last couple years, Lisa stares at Flora as if she is the one that is doing something wrong. “I cannot believe the thought of telling on me now should even be entering your mind.”

                        “Yes, my Lady I am, you cannot be out running around on that creature of yours without a guard when we are in the middle of London.” Flora announces trying to act just as defiant as her Lady. 

                        “I am only going for a ride in the park,” Lisa moans as she throws her riding habit onto the bed. “Besides it is way too early in the day for anyone else to be out and about. So I am sure a guard is not needed. Now if you would please help me into this before others do start rising.”

                        “If I get in trouble for helping you do this again I will, I will sit and write every indiscretion I have ever kept a secret for you and give the list directly to your father.” Flora declares as she comes to Lisa and reluctantly begins helping her dress.     

                        Knowing that Flora is doing nothing but threatening her because she does not know how to write Lisa quietly exclaims, “It’s a deal now if you could please speed this up before I run out of time.”

                        As soon as Lisa was completely outfitted, including one of her favorite hats of course, she was out the bedchamber door as if her sanity depended on this simple ride in the park. She took the stair steps two at a time and was out the back door of her father’s townhouse in but a moment. Looking around like a thief in the night Lisa made sure no one was around to catch her on her little escapade. Finding no one to stop her Lisa made her way to her beloved Luscious’ stable.  

                        Luscious started to prance around as soon as he smelled who was in the stables. “Please stop, my love, you must keep still till we are out on our own.” Lisa whispered as she slid her tiny little hand down the side of his neck.  At the same time, she went up on her tippy toes so she could reach the harness on the hook next to the stall door. It took a bit of effort before it finally came down but as soon as it did Luscious had his head down ready for her to put it on. Then she grabbed the saddle she kept hidden in the back of the stall. This saddle was lighter than the others so she could put it on her horse with ease.

                        Lisa had been taught how to prepare her horse on her own by the stable hands at the castle not long after her father had given it to her. This was her escape from what she called her boring life at her father’s townhouse. It was not long before she had her horse ready and was starting for the stable door.

                        “My Lady, if you do not mind my asking, what you are doing?” Aaron, the stable boy, asks as he comes up behind Lisa wiping the sleep out of his eyes. “You should not be out here doing this on your own at this time in the morning.” Lisa about jumped out of her skin as soon as Aaron’s voice made it to her ears which made Luscious start to squirm and prance.

                        “I did not think you would be up Aaron,” Lisa declares as she proceeds in calming Luscious down, “and would appreciate it if you would not sneak up on me as if I am doing something wrong.”

                        “My Apology’s my Lady but I did not sneak up on you,” Aaron answers, “and I do believe that you are doing something wrong.”

                        “Well, I am not, so if you do not mind, I would like to be off.” Lisa says as she tries to lead her horse out of the stall.

                        “And just where do you think you are going, my Lady, if you do not mind me asking?” Aaron asks putting himself in her way.

                        “For a ride in the park,” Lisa says trying her hardest to wiggle her and her horse around him.

                        “I am sorry my Lady but this I cannot let you do alone.” 

                        “I know, I know we are in London, and it is not safe. I have heard this a hundred times already and would prefer not to hear it again.” Lisa utters again trying to get around him.

                        “Your father finds out that I have let you out like this and I will be flogged for sure.” Aaron states.

                        “Not if he does not know, now be on your way like I was never here.” Lisa says again trying to wiggle her way around him.

                        “I have been with your father many years my Lady and am not going to lose my place here now for lying.” Aaron declares enthusiastically. “If you could wait but a moment, I could have a horse ready and come with you myself.”

                        Lisa turns to Luscious for a moment before turning her face back to Aaron with that, oh so innocent, look on it she says, “That would be fine, now if you could please help me on mine and I will wait for you beside the gate.

                        Thinking that he has won this battle Aaron helped Lisa into her saddle and was quickly off to retrieve his own horse. Aaron was but two steps away from her when Lisa throws her leg over her saddle and took off like a man on the run. “My Lady please stop you must wait for me.” Aaron yelled but got no reply. Seeing that she was in no way going to listen to him, Aaron took off like a bat out of hell to get a horse and catch up to her as quickly as possible, thinking to himself, ‘That girl is going to get me flogged this time for sure.’

                        Lisa let Luscious run like the wind through the empty streets loving the cold air on her face as she whipped around the street corners without anyone in the way. She has been to the park quit a few times in carriages with different family members, so she had no problem finding her way. As soon as she entered the park she felt as if she was free of all the binds that her new life kept around her suffocating her more and more every day. After letting her steed have a good run Lisa took him to the pond in the back area of the park.

                        Seeing no one else around Lisa decides to dismount off her horse and let him drink for a bit. She finds a boulder big enough for her to use to dismount. Dismounting from her horse onto the rock and then to the ground in the same improper way she would at one of her father’s castles. Lisa gets caught off guard and almost falls to the ground when she hears a voice sounding as stern as a general bellowing an order, to his own horse behind her.

                        Grabbing ahold of the rock to steady herself she turns to find out just who has the nerve to interrupt her morning absolution. Lisa gets the sun in her eyes and the silhouette of what looks like a statue of a creek God sitting on a massive beast.

                        “So, if you don’t mind me asking young Lady, is this how the ladies of society dismount these days?” Stephen asks staring down at the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.

                        “It is none of your business how I dismount my horse. Is so rudely sneaking up on women how you always approach them?” Lisa asks sharply as she puts her hand up over her eyes trying to see the arrogant man that has invaded her morning ride could be.

                        “Oh no my dear it is so much more enjoyable to watch the wanting develop on a woman’s face when they know I am coming in their direction.” Stephen says as he dismounts from his beast of a horse and starts to come around and stand directly in front of her but before his body could block the sun for her to see him Aaron came up behind them making Lisa turnaround to see who else was going to destroy her outing.

About the Author

Kim Anderson,

Kim is a mother of three, with two beautiful granddaughters. She has had a
couple of different careers in her life, like fixing jets, driving trucks,
and being a cosmetologist. She has gone through many ups and many downs. The
one thing that she enjoyed doing most in life is writing. It seems to be the
one thing that she enjoys no matter what.

 

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A Promise Broken Virtual Book Tour

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Historical Romance

Date Published: July 25, 2022

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

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Alice and her sister were taken by their mother many years ago and raised
in a quaint little cottage as commoners. Their mother has now become ill and
has decided it is in the girls’ best interest to be returned to their
father, hoping that Lord Hastings has fixed the mistake that he made. Alice
finds out that her father is one of the richest Dukes in England. It was not
long before Alice found out why her mother took her and her sister away from
the life that they were born into. A contract was created by her father and
his best friend, a contract for her to marry a man she doesn’t even know.
Now Alice’s fate is in the hands of a father she doesn’t know and a man that
already thinks he owns her.

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“Miss Alice I am very sorry about the loss of your mother,” said Father Roderick.

 “Thank you, Father Roderick.” said Alice looking down at the floor, “Shall we get to what needs to be talked about Father?” 

“Yes, yes you always have been straight to the point. You’re such a strong young woman Alice,” said Father Roderick trying to lift her self-esteem. 

 “Father please, tell me what your plans are for my Mama’s services,” asks Alice. 

Miss Mattie walks in with a tray of tea and pastries knowing that Alice is not going to be happy about what the father is about to tell her she asks, “Alice please help me pore some tea and make Father Roderick comfortable with some pastries, remember your manners.” 

“I am sorry Father Roderick how would you like your tea,” asks Alice? 

“Oh dear, your fine, milk and honey please,” said Father Roderick, “And about your Mama, of course we will have a nice service here at the cottage and then we will be sending her to Hastings castle. We will have…” 

Interrupting the Father as she stands up from her seat and puts her hands on her hips Alice asks, “What do you mean send her to Hastings castle my Mama belongs here?” 

“But we must send her to her husband’s holdings so she can be buried in the family cemetery,” said Father Roderick. 

“Are you telling me you knew of my father also,” asks Alice astounded, “Who didn’t know about all of this?” Both Miss Mattie and the father looked down at the floor with no answer, Lisa came walking in and stopped in her tracks as soon as she seen her sister standing the way she was. 

“Is there something wrong,” asks Lisa? Miss Mattie looked over at the father and then they both looked up at Alice. 

“It seems that everyone but us know about the situation between our Mama and our father,” said Alice. “And now they’re going to send our Mama right back to the man she ran away from.” “

Alice it is the right thing to do,” said Father Roderick. 

“For whom,” asks Alice? 

“But of course, for your Mama,” said Father Roderick. 

“And would this be for my Mama,” asks Alice, “Or is this for your benefit, Father?” 

“Alice, please stop,” said Lisa as she walks over to Alice. Alice looks down at the hurt in Lisa’s face and slowly calms her temper. “We don’t know enough about this situation to put blame to any one right now. Can we not just grieve for our Mama first and later figure out what to do, please?” 

“Oh, sissy I’m so sorry, you are right please, forgive me,” said Alice as she puts her arms around her sissy. Looking over at Miss Mattie and Father Alice tries to control her temper from them too but has a real hard time doing it. “Why is this so right to do and why can she not stay here with us?” 

Not wanting to say anything about what could be happening here in the very near future Father Roderick looks over at Miss Mattie wanting some help with something to say. 

“Alice there is going to be a lot of changes coming in the future, but I do not want to go into this now,” said Miss Mattie then she looks back at Father Roderick and asks, “Can we do the service here on the marrow in the evening?” 

“I am sure this is possible Miss Mattie, I am sure that some of the local ladies would love to come early in the day to help prepare, Lady Katie was much loved,” said Father Roderick as he gets out of his seat and starts going toward the door. There he stops and turns around and looked straight at Alice and said, “You know I have kept this secret for Miss Katie for a very long time, it is not my doing on what has to happen now, Lady Alice.” 

Then he turned and went out the door, Alice stood there for a moment looking at the closed door. How many people knew of this secret and why was this so important to her Mama and why did he just call me Lady Alice?

About the Author

Kim Anderson

Kim is a mother of three, with two beautiful granddaughters. She has had a
couple of different careers in her life, like fixing jets, driving trucks,
and being a cosmetologist. She has gone through many ups and many downs. The
one thing that she enjoyed doing most in life is writing. It seems to be the
one thing that she enjoys no matter what.

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Battle Hands Week Blitz

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The Honor of Outcasts, Book One

 

Historical Romance

Date Published: 04-06-2023

Publisher: Sunset Petals Press, LLC

 

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A man who finds his power in the blade of a sword.

A King and Queen who find their peace in each other.

And the cruel woman who twists their fates in her wicked hands.

 

Hayden is exiled to the castle of Engleside.  As the bastard son of
the King, he hates his rich and powerful father for not saving his beloved
mother.  And he is hated by the Queen, who sees him as a threat to her
son’s throne.  Hayden’s only companion is Mal, a
fast-talking troublemaker, and his only salvation is his love of wielding a
sword.

Magnus and Solveig are the much loved King and Queen of Gurnhaven.  In
warmth and laughter, they raise their children and rule their kingdom.
But their peace is threatened when soldiers from Engleside ride into one of
their villages, forcing Magnus to try and avoid a war while Solveig warns
that it’s inevitable.

Hayden knows if a war breaks out, the Queen will send him, hoping he
doesn’t return.  But he isn’t the only one who has to
navigate the twisted plans of the calculating Queen.  She has entire
kingdoms in her grasp.

 

An epic of kingdoms at war, woven with the intimate love stories of those
fighting to control their own futures, The Honor of Outcasts series shows
how some passions burn so strongly, they can bring empires to the ground.

 

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Dear Hayden,

          You are more than battles
and blood.  Your hands have taken countless lives, yet they have been
placed so gently, so delicately upon me, and caressed me so tenderly and
deeply into love that I was, for moments, no longer bound within my
skin.  And there you would meet me, outside of our bodies, where we
entwined the parts of us that exist much deeper than our sweating flesh and
rushing blood.

          Your hands, who drop
their weapons to draw me closer, let me have them.  I will care for
them.  I will give them a new purpose.  I will take your hands and
dig them into the earth until the soil releases its bounty for us to feast
upon.  And when we fill our stomachs, they shall rise together in
laughter, for joy is the bounty of freedom earned.  We will laugh, and
while your lips curve like the crescent moon, I will teach you peace.

          The weight of war has
beared so heavily upon your shoulders that they now have the strength to
carry the foundations of a nation.  One not so cold as an empire, but
one where fires burn for comfort and warmth.  For while kings have used
you to destroy, they have given your arms the power to heave these stones
and trees and build a haven, where hearts touch, sun warms, trees sway.

          Be not haunted by the
scars you bear or the skill you wield, they will see us protected.  And
in my arms, you will see the beauty in what you’ve become, and find
the peace you have long been fighting for.

With All My
Love

 

          The battle waged around
him, and Hayden thought of plants, green, soft, and sun-warmed, growing up
from the ground like soldiers who were born and died in peacetime.  The
tomatoes they bore were a fluorescent red, the opposite shade of the blood
that covered him.  One red was the color of death, and the other was
life.

          They were her plants,
tended and kept by her soft, loving hands because she was peace and he was
war, and it didn’t take him long to feel which one was stronger.

          She was the world around
him, and everywhere he looked he saw her.  The forest was her eyes, a
place where you could look deeper and deeper for eternity.  Her hair
flowed like a river.  Her skin was warm as the sun, and when she spoke
it was moonlight, the only thing to grasp in the darkness.

          He remembered the feeling
of her face against his hand, the softness of her neck, how she would move
her body in his hands so he could touch all of her and she could feel him
everywhere.  He wanted nothing but those moments, but violence took him
anyway.

          He carried her letter
with him, he couldn’t feel it against his skin, but he knew it was
there, written in a time when there was no fighting, and instead, they had
futures, full of warm, ripening tomatoes, growing serene and safe on their
vines.

 

 

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Dahlia Red lives in the United States and gives her time to books.
She is excited to share The Honor of Outcasts series with you.  You can
find her on instagram and facebook @dahliaredwrites.

 

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The Scars Have Returned Blitz

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Historical Romance

Date Published: November 28, 2022

Publisher: Mindstir Media

 

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Lord Stephen Cornwall is the most sot after Duke in England. His family
heritage is also the most gossiped about with his mother being a Gypsy. On
his morning escape from the world, Lord Cornwall finds a little morsel
dismounting in a most unladylike manner. This, for sure, is when he lost his
heart and now he must prove his love and save Lady Hastings from the man
that is after her family’s riches.

Lady Lisa Hastings has become a spoiled little brat that has only been in
the world of society’s rules for a couple of years. It is her year of coming
out into the adult world of society and she is determined to prove to her
father that she can do this. Then she meets the beast in the park that
steals her heart.

 

About the Author

Kim Anderson

Kim is a mother of three, with two beautiful granddaughters. She has had a
couple of different careers in her life, like fixing jets, driving trucks,
and being a cosmetologist. She has gone through many ups and many downs. The
one thing that she enjoyed doing most in life is writing. It seems to be the
one thing that she enjoys no matter what.

 

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Brilliance Blitz

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#5 Diamonds of the First Water Series

 

Historical Romance, Victorian Romance, Regency Romance, Steamy
Romance

Release Date: April 27, 2023

Publisher: WOLF Publishing

 

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In this sparkling early Victorian romance by USA Today bestselling Sydney
Jane Baily, a reticent musician gets caught in the web of the one-of-a-kind
diamond daughter.

She’s open-hearted and guileless, but he’s been fooled before.
Twice!

Brilliance Diamond is one of a kind amongst her siblings. Unpredictable,
some might say feather-brained, but always with the best intentions. Alas,
when she says aloud things that others only dare think, she ends up in the
suds time and again—until an impulsive act leads her directly into the
arms of her prince charming.

Lord Vincent Hewitt, parliamentarian and pianist, seems to have an unerring
ability to put his trust in the wrong person. When he meets a sweet lady who
is both honest and candid, his battered spirit starts to heal. After all,
she would never consider deceiving him. Would she?

Determined to help the reticent musician, Brilliance unwittingly sets off a
chain of events leading to betrayal and lies… and her own devastating
heartbreak. Will the treachery in Vincent’s past destroy any chance
for their sparkling happily-ever-after?

Engaging characters, attention to period detail, and passionate romance
with a touch of intrigue — you’ll find it all in the stories by
USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily.

Diamonds of the First Water Series

Clarity (#1 Diamonds of the First Water Series)

Purity (#2 Diamonds of the First Water Series)

Adam (#3 Diamonds of the First Water Series)

Radiance (#4 Diamonds of the First Water Series)

Brilliance (#5 Diamonds of the First Water Series)

 About the Author

Sydney Jane Baily

USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily writes happily-ever-after
historical romance set in Regency and Victorian England, late 19th-century
America, the Middle Ages, and the Georgian era.

Born and raised in California, she earned degrees in English and history on
the East Coast and has traveled the world, spending a lot of exceedingly
happy time in the U.K. where her extended family resides, eating fish and
chips, drinking shandies, and snacking on Maltesers and Cadbury bars. Sydney
currently lives in New England with her family — human, canine, and
feline.

At her website, SydneyJaneBaily.com, you can learn more about her books,
read her blog, sign up for her newsletter (& get a free book), and
contact her. She loves to hear from her readers. To be notified of her new
releases, please follow Sydney on BookBub or Amazon. Or you can connect with
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