Promo/Excerpt & Giveaway: Woo'd in Haste & Wed at Leisure by Sabrina Darby
Woo’d
in Haste & Wed at Leisure
Taming
Series Books One and Two
By:
Sabrina Darby
Woo’d
in Haste- Releasing May 13th,
2014
Miss
Bianca Mansfield is ready for her debut. If only her older sister
didn't insist on marrying first. She's doomed to wait to find love.
Until she meets … him. For Lucian Dorlingsley, Viscount Asquith,
recently returned from an extended tour abroad, it is love at first
sight. He's determined to meet Bianca, even if it means masquerading
as a tutor to her young half-brother. Soon Bianca is torn between
love and duty and about to make a desperate decision. Can Lucian calm
her fury over his betrayal when he reveals that he's not nearly as
improper a match as he seems? And will they ever be able to find a
match for her older sister to turn this masquerade into wedded bliss?
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As she
took a bite of her jam-covered biscuit, she noticed Mr. Dore staring
at her.
“What
is it? Why do you stare?” Bianca touched her lips lightly,
searching for crumbs or some smear of jam she had missed.
He
flushed. He looked around and she followed his gaze to where Thomas
was crouched down several yards away staring at some crawling thing
in the grass.
“It
is just . . .” He sounded choked. “Your eyes.”
She
blinked. “My eyes?”
“I
do apologize. I shouldn’t . . . ”
Heat
filled her own cheeks and a tingling of awareness scattered over her
skin. He was not suggesting there was anything amiss with her at all.
No.
This was admiration. The way Mr. Darcy had complimented Elizabeth
Bennet’s fine eyes.
This
was admiration for Bianca’s eyes.
Shock
warred with embarrassment. She swallowed it all down. Forced a small
smile. “What about my eyes, Mr. Dore? Do you find them entrancing?
They are blue.”
Perhaps
she had not yet officially been out in society, but that did not mean
she had not carefully observed human behavior in Watersham for the
past nineteen years.
It was
strangely fun to tease him. He had been so effusive a
conversationalist only minutes ago when he had commented on her
appearance, bordering dangerously on flirtation. But Luc was no
cliché of the dancing teacher, sweeping in with his dashing ways to
ruin the daughters of the house. Instead, he seemed at this moment
painfully shy.
And
yet, he was supposed to be quite worldly. Had traveled the Continent
as companion to some rich nobleman. Had perfected his French, Greek,
Italian, and German. Had seen all the great art, had experiences
Bianca didn’t even know enough of to imagine.
And
yet . . . shy?
She
reached for the bread in the basket to have something to do with her
hands. Found his hand an inch away. And then . . . the
tips of his fingers touched hers. Her gaze flew to his.
“They
are not just blue,” he said, his voice low and fluid, no trace of
the nervous beau at all. And his fingers rested over hers, warming
her from the outside in, even as his voice did. “They are the blue
of the sky on a clear, sunny day. The blue of a morning of
possibility, of joy. Not just blue.”
His
gaze was so intent that she had to look away. Now she was the one
with a blush surely staining her cheeks. They felt hot enough. And
his fingers were not just resting over hers. They were caressing.
Seducing.
All of
a sudden he was dangerous. She shouldn’t be alone with him, not
that they were alone with Thomas nearby, but nonetheless it was
entirely improper.
Wed
at Leisure- Releasing May 27th,
2014
The
stunning follow-up to Darby's Woo'd in Haste.
In all
of Sussex—scratch that—in all of England, there is no one
prettier than Kate Mansfield, and Peter Colburn, heir to the Duke of
Orland, has known that since the age of 15. But since her vivacious
nature comes with a temper to match, Peter has always masked his
hunger for her behind ruthless teasing. As far as Kate is concerned,
there is no one as annoying or as incredibly handsome as Peter. So
when he surprises her with a sudden and romantic courtship, Kate is
sure this must be his idea of a sick joke.
After
all, he's the one man who knows how flawed she really is. And the
only man to whom she has ever been so attracted. It's only after she
rejects him that she realizes he might actually have been serious.
And she just might be regretting her hasty decision. As Kate's
determination wars with her traitorous heart, it may be too late. Now
she's putting everything, including her reputation, on the line to
give this accidental tragedy a happy ending.
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Sabrina
Darby has been reading romance since the age of seven and learned her
best vocabulary (dulcet, diaphanous, and turgid) from them. Her debut
book with Avon Red, On These Silken Sheets, was a Favourite Erotic
Romance finalist in the Australian Romance Readers Awards and a Best
First Book finalist in the National Readers’ Choice Awards. Her new
Regency novella, The Short and Fascinating Tale of Angelina
Whitcombe, released July 31st from Avon Impulse and her first
contemporary romance, Entry-Level Mistress, released February 2013.
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