Saturday, August 28, 2021

The Merchant and the Rogue - Spotlight Book Tour




Title: The Merchant and the Rogue: Proper Romance Victorian
Author: Sarah M. Eden         
Series: Book 3 in The Dread Penny Society
 Genre: Historical Romance, Historical Mystery/Suspense, Inspirational Fiction
 Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing (August 17, 2021

 Previous Books in the Series: The Lady and the Highwayman (2019) & The Gentleman and the Thief (2020)


London, 1865 

Vera Sorokina loves reading the Penny Dreadfuls and immersing herself in tales of adventure, mystery, and romance. Her own days are filled with the often-mundane work of running the book and print shop she owns with her father. The shop offers her the freedom and income to employ and protect the poverty-stricken Londoners she's come to care about, and it gives her father something to do other than long for their hometown of St. Petersburg. She is grateful for the stability in their lives, but she often feels lonely. 

Brogan Donnelly was born and raised in Ireland, but has lived in London for several years, where he's built a career as a Penny Dreadful writer. He has dedicated himself to the plight of the poor with the help of his sister. His membership in the secretive Dread Penny Society allows him to feel he isn't entirely wasting his life, yet he feels dissatisfied. With no one to share his life with but his sister, he fears London will never truly feel like home. 

Brogan and Vera's paths cross, and the attraction is both immediate and ill-advised. Vera knows from experience that writers are never to be trusted, and Brogan has reason to suspect not everything at her print shop is aboveboard. When the growing criminal enterprise run by the elusive and violent Mastiff begins targeting their area of London, Brogan and Vera must work together to protect the community they've both grown to love. But that means they'll need to learn to trust each other with dangerous secrets that have followed both of them from their home countries.

 

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Sarah M. Eden is the author of critically acclaimed and award-winning Proper Romance series novels including The Lady and the Highwayman and Ashes on the Moor. Combining her passion for history and an affinity for love stories, Sarah crafts smart, witty characters and heartfelt romances. She happily spends hours perusing the reference shelves of her local library and dreams of one day traveling to all the places she reads about.

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Friday, August 27, 2021

First Line Fridays


Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line!

Today I am going to post a line from: 

  With Love, Louisa
by Ashtyn Newbold



And the first line is...

"A lady had only two respectable choices when faced with poverty.  She could enter into a hasty marriage without any hope of future happiness, or she could call upon her relatives, not matter how distance, for their hospitality.  Being the romantic of all romantics, the first was not an option for Louisa Rosemeyer."  

Happy reading and happy Friday!   

       
Let me know your first line in the comments & then head over to 
Hoarding Books to see who else is participating!





Friday, August 20, 2021

First Line Fridays


Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line!

Today I am going to post a line from: 

  The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait
by Cleo Coyle



And the first line is...

Quindicott, Rhode Island 
Today 

"They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but my customers did it all the time."  

Happy reading and happy Friday!   

       
Let me know your first line in the comments & then head over to 
Hoarding Books to see who else is participating!