Featuring an author I admire and whose
work I love is always a pleasure. Callie Hutton and I have been in a couple of
joint western historical romance projects--the Surprise Brides and several of the Wild Western Women box sets. She is great as a coworker because she delivers excellent
work on time. In addition to western historical romance, Callie writes wonderful Regency England romances. Fortunately for readers, she has a new release. Having Callie as a blog guest today is a pleasure.
SEDUCING THE MARQUESS Blurb:
Lord and Lady Devon have a
perfectly proper and good ton marriage. Devon is satisfied. And
Eugenia was. Until she found the book . . .
Richard, Marquess of Devon, and his
wife, Eugenia, have been married five months. They have the perfect ton marriage. Respect and affection,
with no messy entanglement such as love. Soon after Devon’s mistress dies,
Eugenia stumbles onto a naughty book in a bookstore. A book that explains all
the things proper ladies of the ton
are unaware of, and would never consent to do with their husbands.
Once Eugenia acquires the
book—scandalously—she begins a campaign to make sure her husband has no reason
to replace his mistress.
Although Devon has continued to
visit his paramour since his marriage, all they’ve done is play cards. Devon’s
rigid upbringing impressed upon him that gentlemen slake their baser needs on a
mistress, not their gently bred wives. However, once married, he was no longer
comfortable bedding a woman other than Eugenia.
As bored matrons and eager widows toss
him veiled invitations while he wrestles with this dilemma, his wife has begun
to change. No longer the prim and proper woman he courted and married, her
behavior leads him to an alarming conclusion. . .
SEDUCING THE MARQUESS Excerpt:
Eugenia placed her wine glass on the blanket, then shifted to her
knees, leaning forward. No doubt the look on her face was somewhat disagreeable
because Devon leaned back.
“Suppose a woman wanted to not do all those things? Suppose she wanted
to sit in Parliament? Or visit Tattersall’s on a Tuesday for the auctions, or
visit White’s, or a gaming hell?” Her voice rose as all the things she had been
denied that she never knew she cared about bubbled to the surface.
Devon opened and closed his mouth several times before he spoke. “You
want to go to a gaming hell?”
All the air left Eugenia’s lungs and she felt deflated, like a balloon
that had a pin stuck in it. Of course she didn’t want to go to a gaming hell.
What she wanted was to have her husband make love to her like he had his
mistress.
There. She’d said those words, although just to herself. She was a
deviant, and probably headed to hell upon her death. “No. I do not want to go
to a gaming hell. That was only an example.”
“My dear, I think perhaps you have had too much sun, and it has
weakened your constitution. You are overwrought and it is time to return to the
house so you may rest.”
For heaven’s sake, he sounded like her
mother. She stared open-mouthed at this man she loved, and had married hoping
one day he might love her. Yet his ideas were so rigid, so—ton. But then, again, in all honesty, hers were the same—or had
been until she’d discovered the book.
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| Callie Hutton, Author |
Callie lives in Oklahoma with several rescue dogs, two adult children, a daughter-in-law, twin grandsons and her top cheerleader husband (although thankfully not all in the same home!). Living in the Midwest provides plenty of opportunities for Callie to pursue her interests: researching history, meeting readers, spending time with her adorable two year old twin grandsons, and discovering new adventures.
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