Pure
Temptation
by
Auria Jourdain
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GENRE:
Historical Romance
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BLURB:
A
rogue gypsy hired to kidnap a debutante Creole spying for the Cabildo
government discovers they are both pawns in a dangerous Frenchman's
game. Over land and sea, they discover the truth, but can they fight
their uncontrollable desire for one another to save her family home?
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Excerpt:
The hair
on the back of Talon’s neck rose. He couldn’t understand the
man’s vernacular, but the meaning was all too clear. With a look of
horror plastered on her face, the young African girl stared at the
dirty sailor, screaming in protest as he grabbed her roughly by her
shackled wrists. Talon sat up on his haunches, anxious to do
something. “Where is he taking her?”
Marcus
rolled his eyes. “Ya not too smart, are ye sah? He be takin’ her
to his bunk. That happen a lot with the gals, ‘specially the pretty
ones.”
“Alto,
Señor!” A loud thud at the threshold caught their attention as the
woman’s sensuous voice echoed all around them, and Talon crouched
down lower, only to see the lovely Miss Aringosa herself standing in
the doorway with her hands on her hips. Wearing leather breeches and
a white flowing blouse reminiscent of some pirate wench, her brown
leather boots hugged her toned calves tightly up to her knees as she
gazed at the sailors with an amorous air. She focused her attention
on the man with the crop, playing with a ringlet of her hair, and
Talon smiled at her audacity, recognizing a good act when he saw it.
Sitting
back, he frowned. His first impression of his victim had been
misleading. She wasn’t just some rich Spanish debutante—she
obviously knew how to take care of herself. With grace and finesse,
the creole beauty sauntered across the cargo hold, the sexual sway of
her hips sure to any man’s head. Mesmerized, Talon inhaled deeply,
watching her every move.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
An avid
reader from an early age, Auria Jourdain has fond childhood memories
of spending quiet afternoons with a book in her hand. She loved the
"happily ever after" sweet teen romances, and when she came
of age, she plunged into the world of historical romance with fervor,
transporting herself to a bygone time. Her favorites were Regency,
but as a girl brought up in a common home, she was disheartened that
most of the novels of this era focus on the nobility and wealth.
Auria set out to write her own romance, encompassing her passion for
French Revolutionary history and her innate sense of goodwill for the
common man. An idealist at heart, she writes heroes and heroines that
struggle to find acceptance in their world. Their differences"
and their soul mates' complete acceptance of them are the embodiment
of values that she holds dear, passed down to her by her father, a
blue collar worker. She has an autistic son struggling to make his
own way in the world. Looking to educate people about this mysterious
disorder, she’s releasing a YA novel set in the U.P just for him
during Autism Awareness month, April 2016. She hopes that someday we
can break down the social barriers and forgo stereotypical judgments
that harm our world.
Auria
lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with her husband of twenty
years, her four children (ages eight to eighteen), and two golden
retrievers. A rather new transplant to the area, she loves the
changing of the seasons, and she is currently working on a
contemporary romantic suspense trilogy set in her rough and rugged
homeland. Silence the Northwoods is set at a local ski resort in her
hometown of Ironwood, Michigan—the ski capital of the Midwest.
Silence the Waters takes place during the summer on the dangerous
river ways that flow into Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula;
and Silence the Birchwoods is an autumn tale set on Sugar Loaf
Mountain, near Marquette, Michigan. All three involve murder,
mystery, and romance, of course.
Auria
spends her the long winters plotting and scheming her next book, and
in the mild summers, she and her husband spend every waking moment
they can hiking and kayaking the Northwoods. An amateur photographer,
she lives fifteen miles from the shores of Lake Superior, and her
muse has been piqued by the awe-inspiring beauty that surrounds her.
Although she hasn’t officially acquired “Yooper” status yet,
she can’t envision living anywhere else.
Find me
here!
https://www.facebook.com/auriajourdainbooks/
https://twitter.com/AuriaJourdain
https://www.auriajourdainromance.com/
https://amazon.com/author/auriajourdain
Buy link
for Pure Temptation, Kindle and Paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B17ZYF6?ref_=pe_2427780_160035660
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