Excerpt:
“Since you burned my letters we still have much to
discuss.”
He squared his shoulders. “I think not. Our brief
association is at an end. I do not wish to be a part of your mad games. After
the night before last—”
“After the night before last?”
“It seems best to allow you your distance.”
He heard a quick intake of breath and a rustle of
silk. Her voice seemed to rise in pitch, “Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone what
you almost did with crazy ol’ Miss Collins. But then you have lots of secrets,
do you not, Captain Tollier? What’s one more?”
“I don’t know what you mean, nor do I care.” He
started walking again.
“Looking at all these…lovely portraits, I can see
why people whisper you’re the family’s cuckoo.”
Lurching around, he clenched his fists in an effort
to control his temper. Not only did the insult shock, it cut into one of his
earliest, deepest insecurities. He lowered his voice to a dangerous calm. “You
are fortunate to be a woman, madam. Were you a man, such an insult might force
me to call you out.”
She stood and gave him a look so sultry it almost
begged him to teach her lessons of a different sort.
“Ah yes, call me out. And what should I call you?”
He turned to leave, hoping to prevent saying or
doing something he’d regret. Before he’d taken two steps, C.C. said in a voice
full of authority, “Mr. Wainwright. Perhaps Captain Scott? Or would it be
Cornelius Dolan?”
The hairs on his neck stood straight out.
BLURB:
Love,
Betrayal and Redemption
Calista ‘CC’ Collins is used to being the talk of the town. With her scandalous past she’s learnt the hard way that a woman needs to be strong to get what she wants in a man’s world. And what she wants is the infamous Captain Beauford Tollier—roguish son of an earl, notorious blockade-runner and all-round knave of the seas.
However, Captain Beau is not one to be cajoled—he is done with the dangerous sea life and ready to follow the life of the straight and narrow. But with many powerful forces circling around him, Beau doesn’t stand a chance…
Calista ‘CC’ Collins is used to being the talk of the town. With her scandalous past she’s learnt the hard way that a woman needs to be strong to get what she wants in a man’s world. And what she wants is the infamous Captain Beauford Tollier—roguish son of an earl, notorious blockade-runner and all-round knave of the seas.
However, Captain Beau is not one to be cajoled—he is done with the dangerous sea life and ready to follow the life of the straight and narrow. But with many powerful forces circling around him, Beau doesn’t stand a chance…
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Award
winning, historical romance author, VICTORIA HANLEN, has worked at a wide range
of jobs, from fashion, to corporate business, to treading the boards of stage
and professional opera. A lifelong writer, she once put her skills to use in PR
and advertising. But her favorite form of writing is happily-ever-afters spiced
with a dash of wit and a page-turning mystery. Victoria and her husband live in
rural New England surrounded by a host of wildlife.
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