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I’ve Got My Duke
to Keep Me Warm
The Lords of Worth # 1
The Lords of Worth # 1
By: Kelly Bowen
Releasing December 16th, 2014
Forever
Where Secrets Smolder...
Calm. Cool.
Collected. Gisele Whitby has perfected the art of illusion—her survival, after
all, has depended upon it. Years ago, to escape an abusive husband, Gisele
"disappeared." Now she must risk revealing her new identity to save
another innocent girl from the same fate. But she needs a daring man for her
scheme, and the rogue in question shows a remarkable talent . . . for
shattering Gisele's carefully constructed façade and igniting her deepest
desires.
...Passion Ignites.
This isn't the first time Jamie Montcrief has
awakened naked and confused from a night of drinking. It is, however, the first
time a stunningly beautiful woman offers him payment afterward. Gisele has a
business proposition for him, a mission involving cunning thievery and a brazen
rescue. How can he say no to a plot this dangerous . . . and a woman this
delectable?
Well, shit. He deserved that. “Who
are you?”
She smiled at him, the first
genuine smile he had seen, and it did strange things to his chest.
“I am… just Gisele.”
That was helpful. He knew nothing more about her than he knew
last night. Annoyance bubbled up
again. “Very well then Just-Gisele,
since you won’t tell me anything useful about yourself, would you be so kind as
to enlighten me as to what it is you’d like me to do should I accept your
generous offer of employment?”
Her smile turned brittle. “Not yet.”
“Not yet?” Jamie’s eyebrows shot up to his
hairline. “How the hell am I supposed to
make a decision based on not yet?”
The ice queen shrugged. “You’ll have to trust me.”
Jamie closed his eyes, fighting
for patience. “Will I need to steal
something?”
“Unlikely.”
“Kill someone?”
“Hopefully not.”
“Blow something up?”
“You’re familiar with explosives?”
His eyes popped open at the undisguised interest
in her last question. What the hell
kind of woman used the word explosives
the way most used the word marmalade? Or
teapot?
Ah, the first kiss.
It is always a highlight in
any love story. One imagines soft
candlelight, dreamy gardens, and swirling dance floors. The heroine would be a vision, wearing a gown
costing more than a major appliance.
There would be beautiful music playing in the background, and the
handsome hero would be whispering romantic poetry. If you were a Disney princess, there would
likely be fireworks. If you were a contestant on the Bachelor, you might get
fireworks AND a helicopter.
Unfortunately for my
characters, they got me as a writer. The
first kisses are usually unexpected and there is a decided lack of
premeditation. No one cued the music or ordered the flowers or remembered the
dress. My characters are not often at
their finest, but they are always at their most real. And that, more than any material
consideration, is what sets them on the path to true love.
Here is a sneak peek at
Jamie and Gisele’s first kiss from I’ve Got My Duke to Keep Me Warm. And though I couldn’t produce any helicopters
(this being a historical romance and all), there are definitely some fireworks
on the way…
Gisele
hit Jamie’s chest with a thump, turning desperately away from both the
fashionable woman stalking towards them and the bevy of maids and footmen
clutching bags and lapdogs in her wake.
Jamie glanced down at Gisele who was looking up at him with wide,
panicked eyes. They were trapped between
the side of the inn and the crush of people behind them. Two of the tiny lapdogs started yapping
hysterically, and as Jamie gaped alternatively at the foul canines and the
bellowing woman, he suddenly felt Gisele’s hands curl into the front of his
coat and jerk him around with a shocking force.
His hands hit the rough wall on
either side of Gisele’s shoulders as she slid her fingers from his coat to his
face and hauled his lips to hers. He struggled
to breathe—drugged instantly by her scent and her softness—as he fought vainly
to make sense of what was happening. And
then Jamie felt Gisele sigh into his mouth, and he stopped thinking altogether.
Kelly
Bowen grew up in Manitoba, Canada. She worked her way through her teenage years
as a back country trail guide and ranch hand. She attended the University of Manitoba
and earned a Master of Science degree in veterinary physiology and
endocrinology.
But
it was Kelly's infatuation with history and a weakness for a good love story
that led her down the path of historical romance. When she is not writing, she
seizes every opportunity to explore ruins and battlefields.
Currently,
Kelly lives in Winnipeg with her husband and two boys, all of whom are
wonderfully patient with the writing process. Except, that is, when they need a
goalie for street hockey.
Thank you so much for having me!
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