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Sweet Salvation

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Tears she’d held back fell freely as she dropped to her knees in the surf, scooping sand and saltwater to scrub the blood from her hands.

“SWEET SALVATION is a fabulous Georgian historical romance that will leave readers begging for more!” ~ Virginia Henley, New York Times Bestselling Author

LADY DESIREE FRAZIER finds herself the object of a scandalous auction.  Belittled for her stuttering speech, no man wants her to wife. Anger and disgust stiffen Desiree’s resolve to gain control of her life.
LORD ALEXANDER EVERDON, is in London to rescue his wayward brother. What he doesn’t expect to stumble upon is the noble Lady Desiree surrounded by lascivious lechers.
BOUND TOGETHER in a wild bid to free Alex’s brother from a date with the gallows.  Desiree must save Alex’s life and expose a murder plot before she can revel in his Sweet Salvation.
Reader praise for Sweet Salvation:
“This romance swept me off my feet. Great hero and heroine and charming supporting characters. I loved watching this heroine find her strength.” ~ Smart Girl’s SciFi
“I loved this book, it is a must read. The characters are charming, riveting, full of desire to know more about them. I just couldn’t put the book down. The authors ability to take you back in time is incredible.” ~ San
Sweet Salvation

Hot Read Alert!

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What Happens in London, by Julia Quinn is excellent!  I’m half-way through and find it extremely difficult to put down.  If you don’t have a copy, run–don’t walk–to your nearest bookstore and buy it.  It’s well-worth whatever it costs!  If you happen to know me, I’ll lend you my copy. :-) 

(And if you don’t agree that it’s an awesome story, I’m sticking my fingers in my ears so I can’t hear you (or covering my eyes so I can’t read your bad review)!)  :-P

Write What You Know

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I love writing historical romance; it’s what I know!  I love researching almost as much as writing.  My problem is knowing when to stop researching and get busy putting word to page.  Everything of a historical nature is so fascinating to me it’s hard to cut myself off. :-)   When I’m reading someone else’s work and they use a word or object that isn’t true to the time, it pulls me out of the story quicker than someone yelling “free chocolate!”

18th Century Feminism?

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I write historical romance.  I am a 21st century feminist.  I can’t create my heroines as 18th century feminists because it just isn’t true to the time–at least not for the majority of women.  While females of that era probably dreamed of having more rights than they had, it would be totally out of historical accuracy to portray them with 21st century ideals of equality.

 

Sometimes I throw my heroines into unpalatable situations in which they are forced to endure.  If my ladies start out as kick-ass chicks then how will they grow throughout the story?  The positions of distasteful circumstance I place my heroines are very real in the18th century.  Many men were barbarous and their superior rights allowed them to treat women as chattel.  There were exceptions to the rule; those men of great intelligence combined with power, strength, and compassion are the stuff of which my heroes are made.

 

By The End of my stories my heroines have indeed triumphed over the villains who attempted to use, abuse, and suppress them.  They become kick-ass ladies and live happily ever after.  :-)

 

Lis’Anne