Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Breaking Josephine by Brooke Stanton @HiBrookeStanton @XpressoTours

Breaking Josephine
Brooke Stanton
Publication date: November 1st 2018
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance

From an award winning and #1 bestselling author comes a “HOT, sexy, and sinfully delicious historical romance!”

Widower Jack Harrington needs a young man to work on his farm, what he gets is eighteen-year-old Josephine Taylor—a spirited young woman from Manhattan. Stubborn and willful, Jo tests Jack’s limits. But soon the struggle between them awakens a passion neither can resist. Giving in to temptation could mean the ruin of Jo socially and the destruction of Jack’s carefully guarded heart. Do they have the courage to fight against the restraints of society and fall into the intoxicating embrace of love…

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Sequel:

Interview with Brooke Stanton

Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Ruby’s Passion?

The title character, Ruby Lucas, is from an innocent era (1905, Oklahoma), where girls were meant to grow into women by eighteen, get married, and have children. At the start of the book, this is exactly where Ruby is in her life. She’s eighteen and just married the only man she’s ever known or loved, her family friend, James. But on her wedding night she discovers a shocking secret about James and she’s faced with some hard truths, fast. Even though she’s meant to be a woman, Ruby still thinks and acts (and dresses) like a child. But as her journey continues she realizes if she wants to save her marriage, she has to grow up.

Can you tell us a little bit about your next books or what you have planned for the future?

I’m currently working on the third book in the Forbidden Romance series, Lucy’s Awakening (Ruby’s Passion is book 2 in the series). It follows Lucy and Will Arlington who married for all the wrong reason. Lucy needed to secure a future for her little sister and her and Will felt responsible for Lucy’ dire situation and married her out of obligation. They’ve been married ten years, and they sleep in different rooms and lead separate lives. Until one day Lucy witnesses something that changes everything, and she fears her darkest secret may come to light. Because she's done the one thing that was forbidden from the moments she said yes. She fell in love with her husband.

How long would you say it takes you to write a book?

Two-three months. The process has certainly become faster with each book I write.

What is your favorite childhood book?

The Handmaid’s Tale (I’m thrilled they made it into a series!)

If you could spend the day with one of the characters from Ruby’s Passion who would it be? Please tell us why you chose this particular character, where you would go and what you would do.

What a fun question! I’d love to spend the day with James’s mother, Sarah. I’d love to walk the halls of her Manhattan townhouse and then wander the streets of old New York. I’d ask her about her life growing up poor in Oklahoma versus being rich in New York City.

What was the hardest scene from Ruby’s Passion to write?

The sex scenes are fun but challenging to write. Each one is a story within a story, revealing where the characters are on their journey, both separately and together.

What made you want to become a writer?

I was always keeping a journal and making up stories in my head from a young age. I had spiral notebooks filled with stories and novellas. Sometimes they were silly fantasies about my childhood crushes and sometimes they were total fantasies. And I loved to read. I still love reading!

Just for fun

(a Favorite song: Right now I love High Hopes by Panic! At the Disco. It recently got me through many training runs in preparation for my first marathon.

(b Favorite book: The Handmaid’s Tale. And does anyone remember Christopher Pike’s Final Friends series? Man I loved those books in high school.

(c Favorite movie: It’s the holiday season so I’ll give you my favorite Christmas movie: Die Hard

(d Favorite tv show: I was recently obsessed with Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.

(e Favorite Food: Pizza.

(f Favorite drink: Beer

(g Favorite website: IMDB

Thanks so much for visiting with us today!

Author Bio:

After her own misadventures in New York City, LA, and London, Brooke Stanton now lives in sunny South Florida. She's an award-winning author who has contributed to Natural Awakenings Magazine, wrote a column for Examiner.com, and is the author of The Bloom Sisters series. Visit her website brookestantonbooks.com.

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