Excerpt, Promo & Giveaway: Wallflower Weddings Book 1 & 2 by Vivienne Lorret
Daring
Miss Danvers & Winning Miss Wakefield
Wallflower
Weddings Books One and Two
By:
Vivienne Lorret
Daring
Miss Danvers- Releasing May 6th,
2014
It's
all fun and games … until someone falls in love.
Oliver
Goswick, Viscount Rathburn, needs money—and soon. With time ticking
away and his inheritance held hostage until he's properly wed,
Rathburn's slim options point to a single solution: a faux
engagement. In need of the perfect bride, he knows of only one
candidate: his best friend's wallflower sister. The plan seems
flawless, except for one problem … He can't help falling in love
with her.
Poised,
polished Emma Danvers knows nothing good can come of Rathburn's
scheme. Spending the next two months engaged in a mock courtship is
not what she'd imagined for her final season. Yet, charmed by his
roguish ways and the inexplicable hammering he causes in her heart,
she accepts his challenge.
For
Emma, keeping the secret seemed easy when it was just a game … But
as Rathburn begins to see past her reserved exterior to the
passionate woman within, the risk of losing her heart becomes all too
real.
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1:
Emma
Danvers prided herself on her cool head. She frequently held fast to
propriety, even when the world around her turned to complete chaos.
This time, however, she was being tested to her limits. Opening the
parlor doors, she expected, as anyone would, a parlor. Instead, she
found a disaster. Paint-speckled tarps lined the floor. The furniture
was piled in the corner. A wine table was perched precariously atop a
pair of walnut chairs, stacked with backs angled together on the
upholstered sofa. The chaise longue stood, upended and resting
against the monstrous heap. Then, as if someone had thought the mound
untidy, grayish sheets were strewn over the mess. Now, it resembled a
granite monolith in the corner of the room. Yet, in the center, the
real horror stood. Every beam of sunlight streaming in through the
windows centered on the unmolded block of clay sitting atop a fat
wooden pedestal. Celestine Danvers, with her untidy calico hair and
bright copper eyes, grinned madly at Emma. “What do you think? It’s
simply divine! The light is so much better in here, with the bank of
windows along the south wall.” Emma responded the only way she
could. Her expression, she was sure, spoke the words she wouldn’t
dare say aloud for fear of them coming out with far too great a
volume. Mother, what have you done to the parlor? However, as usual,
she kept her mouth closed. Then, for sanity’s sake, she took a step
backward, out of the room, closing the door as if it had never been
opened in the first place. If only. “Oh, Emma,” her mother
said on a sigh from the other side. Doubtless, her birth certificate
now read “O. Emma Danvers,” given the frequency of the “Oh,
Emma’s” expelled and exhausted throughout the house.
Winning
Miss Wakefield- Releasing June 10th,
2014
She's
got nothing left to lose …
With
her fiancé suddenly engaged to another and her reputation in
tatters, Merribeth Wakefield needs a bold plan to reclaim her life.
She must be brave. Confident. She must … kiss a rake? The
suggestion is ludicrous! Yet when Merribeth finds herself alone with
the dark and brooding Lord Knightswold, suddenly the plan doesn't
seem so farfetched. So she does something she never thought she'd
do—she kisses him.
But
he has everything to gain …
The
Marquess of Knightswold—Bane to most—has no use for the
affections of women. Well, none lasting longer than a single night. A
plot for revenge weighs heavy on his mind, leaving no room for
romance. But then a shy, witty miss borrows a kiss from him in a
darkened room, and everything he thought he knew about innocent
debutantes vanishes along with her.
When a
twist of fate brings Merribeth within Bane's grasp, he'll have to
resist her charms—or risk losing everything—for the sake of his
heart.
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I fell
in love with fairy tales and the romance behind happily ever after at
a very young age. Like a lot of you, I tweaked the fables bit by bit
in my imagination until they suited me perfectly. By the time I was
eleven, a teacher encouraged me to start writing.
Throughout
the years that followed, my teachers remained my most fervent
supporters, giving me the tools I needed to continue my journey
as a writer.
My
husband and I have two teenage boys, who are heroes in their own
right. For now, we live in a small Midwestern town near Lake
Michigan…until a time in the future when a new adventure calls us
to other shores.
I am
currently working on my next novel, but I always enjoy hearing
from my readers. Feel free to email me at vivienne@vivlorret.net
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