Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors!
May everyone have a blessed Easter or Passover!
Today I’m continuing to share snippets from Heart of Desire, Book 2 of my Handful of Hearts Regency novella series.
BLURB:
Follow your heart to find your desire
Miss Katherine Locke is irked to start her third Season dancing with the disagreeable Lord Haversham, her brother’s friend and her own arch enemy. After three years out, however, she’s finally interested in the dashing Lord Finley—only to find out her cousin has set her cap for him too. To make the man jealous, Kate feigns interest in Lord Haversham, only to be shocked to find the handsome lord apparently falling for her. With time running out, should she accept his suit and risk falling in love despite herself?
Marcus, Lord Haversham, is in a tight pinch. His estates are failing and, worse, he’s just lost three thousand pounds to his best friend, Lord Ainsley. Ainsley’s solution: have Marcus marry his shrewish sister, and he’ll cancel his gambling debt plus give him ten thousand more pounds for her dowry. With nowhere to turn, Marcus agrees, praying he can keep word of the wager from Miss Locke long enough to charm her into marrying him. But can he avoid falling in love himself?
This snippet follows immediately on from last week’s snippet. Kate and Lord Haversham are dancing a scandalous waltz together and Lord Haversham has leaned uncomfortably close to Kate.
Some portions of this snippet may be changed from the book’s regular format to allow for WWW’s 10 line requirement.
SNIPPET:
All she could see were his dark eyes, as the crisp scent of his sandalwood cologne filled her nose.
“Ainsley should be horsewhipped for allowing it.”
“I’ll see to it he horsewhips you if you don’t let me go,” Kate gave a hopping step and smashed her foot down on top of his.
Lord Haversham lurched forward, actually falling onto her.
For the briefest moment, they stood pressed together in a warm embrace that made Kate tingle all over. Then outrage swept through her, and she pushed him away. “How dare you,” she seethed, trying to pull away from him.
“That was your fault, and you know it. And if you make a scene that results in me having to marry you, I swear I will lock you in the tower at my grandfather’s castle and throw away the key.” Lord Haversham righted himself and smiled at her with clenched teeth.
Heart of Desire
is available for .99 on Amazon.
In fact, the whole Handful of Hearts series is on sale this month for .99 each!
And don’t forget to check out the rest of the Warriors here. There’s some fantastic snippets to be read.
My newest giveaway for those who need something new to read, is a copy of Heart of Delight on this Rafflecopter giveaway site. Simply click here and follow the instructions to enter to win an e-copy of Heart of Delight. The giveaway runs thru next Saturday night. I’ll announce the winner on this blog on Monday, April 20 and set up the next giveaway. Happy Reading!
Handful of Hearts series by Jenna Jaxon
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Your characters always have such great repartee!
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“the crisp scent of his sandalwood…” GREAT use of the senses. I love it when authors use them all and so often scent is overlooked. 🙂 Now I’m intrigued and must go fetch this book!
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When they get each other’s dander up this much, you know it’s going to be an exciting romance!
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I love his threat! LOL Great scene. You describe it so vividly I can see it.
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What a scene! These are two strong-willed people. I look forward to more. Love the imagery of the way he smelled. 🙂
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Great snippet, love the description of how he smelt. Sandalwood is a very nice smell!
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Thank you, Cecilia! I always try to get those senses in there when I can. 🙂
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She liked him falling into her even though she didn’t want to. I like this premise.
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Thank you, Elaine. Yes, she liked the contact in spite of herself. 🙂
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The courtship is off to a great start!
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If they were in a boxing ring perhaps! LOL Thanks, Alexis. 🙂
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Happy Easter, What a great share, nice writing!
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Happy Easter to you! Thank you so much!
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interesting snippet
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Thank you! 🙂
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Always enjoy your dialogue! There’s nothing I love more than a scandalous waltz! 😀 Very nicely written!
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Thank you, Julie! It’s a dangerous dance, in more ways than one!
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P.S. You should pop over to our MeWe site.
Happy Birthday. 🙂
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Thank you again! How do I get to MeWe? It’s not on my radar anymore, so I don’t click thru to it. 😦 my fault entirely.
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Great excerpt – I can just see him smashing in to her and then her reaction – perfect.
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Thank you Daryl! I love when these two spar like that, physically and mentally. 🙂
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With this dance, he’s already pretty darned close to having to marry her.
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They are on the edge, I grant you. Of course, this is not new behavior on their parts either. The ton has seen them like this for years.
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And I can just see the old biddies in their lace caps watching from the sidelines of the ballroom! These two better watch out…enjoyed the snippet. Her little moment of revenge, stepping on his foot, backfired a bit.
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Oh yes. They are treading dangerously close to scandalous behavior. But neither one can help themselves it seems. 🙂
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Is that the best way to a man’s heart?
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This is not a man whose heart she want to get to! LOL Yet.
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These two are quite the pair. Both so strong-willed. Great snippet!
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Thank you, Jessica. They do love to banter, I give you that. And yes, very strong willed.:)
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Love it, love it and more love it. You have a charming way of having your characters get into mischief. Hugs from me to you, my friend.
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Thank you so much, Charmaine! Hugs back! 🙂
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