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CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL: EPPIE Finalist for Best Historical Romance.
Author:
Susanne Marie Knight
Genre:
Time-Travel Regency
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$2.99
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Blurb:
A magic Christmas card sends lonely Meredith back in
time... then returns her to her own century each morning. A handsome lord proposes,
and she accepts, but then finds herself attracted to her fiancé’s honorable
brother. How can she find happiness when she has one foot in the past with the
other in the present?
Scene Set-Up:
Meredith
goes to sleep in her own apartment, and wakes up in a wintry, wooded area. Two
brothers, William and Jeffrey, rescue her and take her back to their house.
After a rest, she joins a party in progress. She thinks she’s dreaming.
Excerpt:
“Meredith.”
William leaned into her ear, and whispered, “I do like your name. Merry
Meredith--a diamond of the first water. You feel like heaven in my arms!”
Wow, this guy could lay it on thick. But maybe that
was what she needed, to be wined and dined and flattered as if she were the
queen of the prom.
Enjoying the moves of the waltz as they swayed, she
sighed. She could get used to being the center of the universe.
Someone tapped William on the shoulder. “May I cut
in?”
Meredith glanced up at the newcomer and gulped down
hard. What a dreamboat! Tall, broad shoulders, deep brown eyes to die for, and
dark, disheveled hair. This man had to have been Jeffrey, the one who carried
her.
“Rot,” William complained. “Do you have to?”
“Yes, I do.” Jeffrey turned his stern gaze on her as
if asking her permission.
She nodded, and willed her heart to slow its beating.
Goodness, she hadn’t turned into liquid goo at the sight of a man since her
fiancé. But then again, look how that had turned out.
“Well then, if you must.” William released her to his
brother, then gave her another wink. “After this dance, Merry is mine, old
man.”
Jeffrey took her in his arms. To her surprise, she
almost melted against him. His masculine scent tormented her in a thousand
different ways. Everything peaked, in a manner of speaking. Not daring to look
up into his face, she studied the jeweled pin in his white cravat.
“Merry? Is that your name?” He expertly maneuvered
her about the parquet floor.
She unstuck her tongue from the roof of her mouth.
“No, I’m Meredith. Meredith Wyatt. And you are Jeffrey...?”
“Lord Burnett,” was his ungracious reply. “So how did
you arrive on our lands, dressed in your night clothes, Miss Wyatt? If my
brother had not found you, you surely would have expired due to exposure.”
He was being very nosy for a hallucination, not to
mention haughty. Peering over his shoulder, she stared out at the other
occupants of the room. “It’s a mystery, Lord Burnett. I have no idea. But I’m
very grateful to you and... your brother.”
“How grateful are you, Miss Wyatt?” He executed a
turn that caused her to bump into him.
Hot fire poured into her veins, and her breasts
tingled even more. But dream or not, she had to ignore her feelings. This man
was insinuating that she wasn’t a lady. After all, he had wanted to deposit her
in the servants’ quarters.
She stiffened and gave him a tight little smile.
“Very grateful, Lord Burnett. You and your brother are such gentlemen.”
Hopefully that remark would remind him to behave
accordingly.
When the waltz ended, she took a step away from him.
Then she noticed another new arrival, a woman a little older than the other
young ladies. The woman had more poise, more polish. And she glared daggers of
hate at Meredith.
Meredith shivered.
“Are you cold, Miss Wyatt?”
“No, Lord Burnett. Why do you ask?”
The smile on his handsome face could only be
described as a smirk. He dropped his gaze to her chest. “Because it looks as if
you might be cold.”
She glanced down... and died. Her nipples had
hardened and the soft satin material of her gown showed every revealing curve.
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Hope you enjoy!
Susanne Marie Knight
Read outside the
box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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