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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(“Miss Aringosa” refers to the heroine, Talia Montrose, a creole spy who
is undercover. During this scene, Talon doesn’t know her true identity. The
excerpt has been edited for inclusion in the book tour, so will differ slightly
from the passage in the book.)
EXCERPT:
The hair on the back of Talon’s neck rose. He
couldn’t understand the man’s vernacular, but the meaning was all too clear.
With a look of horror plastered on her face, the young African girl stared at
the dirty sailor, screaming in protest as he grabbed her roughly by her
shackled wrists. Talon sat up on his haunches, anxious to do something. “Where
is he taking her?”
Marcus rolled his eyes. “Ya not too smart, are
ye sah? He be takin’ her to his bunk. That happen a lot with the gals,
‘specially the pretty ones.”
“Alto, Señor!” A loud thud at the threshold
caught their attention as the woman’s sensuous voice echoed all around them,
and Talon crouched down lower, only to see the lovely Miss Aringosa herself
standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips. Wearing leather breeches
and a white flowing blouse reminiscent of some pirate wench, her brown leather
boots hugged her toned calves tightly up to her knees as she gazed at the
sailors with an amorous air. She focused her attention on the man with the
crop, playing with a ringlet of her hair, and Talon smiled at her audacity,
recognizing a good act when he saw it.
Sitting back, he frowned. His first impression
of his victim had been misleading. She wasn’t just some rich Spanish
debutante—she obviously knew how to take care of herself. With grace and
finesse, the creole beauty sauntered across the cargo hold, the sexual sway of
her hips sure to any man’s head. Mesmerized, Talon inhaled deeply, watching her
every move.
AUTHOR BIO:
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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Giveaway:
5 ebook copies of Pure Temptation on Kindle
1 grand prize - a signed paperback copy of Pure Temptation with swag bag and goodies
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2 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Thanks so much for hosting me on your blog today! <3 ~Auria~
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