Thursday, April 11, 2013

His Jilted Bride Review Tour

It's her wedding day and there is no groom in sight. But why should Amelia Brice be surprised? Hiram, Lord Friar is known for having no gentleman's honor to speak of and his jilting her on their wedding day makes it official.

 Elijah Banks cannot allow his childhood friend to continue to be shamed this way. It's been almost an hour past the time when the wedding was to start, and that bounder still hasn't shown up. Unable to sit still a second longer, Elijah does the only thing that seems logical from where he stands: kidnap the bride and marry her himself in order to escape this scandal with one far more forgiving for a young lady's reputation.

 The only trouble is, she has a secret...but so does he; hers is big...but his is bigger.



Excerpt:
“Nobody has to know he jilted you,” he said, reaching forward to push the hair sweeping across her forehead behind her ear.

She shook her head; her grey eyes shining with unshed tears. “They already do.”

“No,” he corrected. “All they know for sure is a wedding is not currently taking place. What they don't know is if it was the groom who jilted the bride or the bride who jilted the groom.”

Amelia eyed him curiously. “No, I'm fairly certain they all know it was the groom who jilted the bride. My mother and father are both out there.”

“Yes, and they are doing a wonderful job acting as if they're waiting for
their daughter's wedding to take place.”

“Acting?” she said, her eyes narrowing in on him.

“Acting,” he confirmed. “See, your mother is sitting in her pew, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief while your father is pacing a hole in the wooden platform just outside the front door of the church. Both are playing their roles perfectly, giving off the illusion to the rest of the guests that they are just waiting for the wedding to begin any moment.”

“Which seems to be less likely to happen as the minutes pass.”

“Exactly,” Elijah agreed. “Which is why you need to act now before someone discovers your game.”

“My game?”

He nodded once. “Yes, madam, your game.” He picked up her petite hand and wrapped his fingers around it. “I'm not as dimwitted as the rest of them. I see what's really going on here.”

“At least you do, because I have no idea what you're talking about.”

He ignored her. “I almost fell for it, too.”

“Fell for what?” she burst out in hysteria, presumably due to her current situation, lacing her voice.

“You're jilting your groom,” he said evenly, meeting her eyes.

A shadow crossed her face and she cleared her throat. Twice. “What are you suggesting?”
“I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just merely making mention of the fact that the wedding has yet to begin, and both the bride and the groom have yet to be seen. How does a guest such as myself truly know whether it was the bride or the groom who didn't come today? How do I—a random guest—know that the bride and groom were not so in love with the other they could hardly wait another day and decided to elope?”

She snorted.

“All right, well, perhaps that scenario isn't very believable, but the other very well could be possible.” He took a deep breath. “Amelia, listen to me, I know you're a very strong young lady and you come from a very important family; but none of that will matter come tomorrow when this is all over the scandal sheets.”

“I know,” she said with a swallow.

“Then see the sense in what I'm saying and marry me.”



 Rose will be awarding a $100 gift card to Amazon.com to a randomly drawn commenter during this tour and her Reviews Tour.

April 9:  Once Upon A Book
April 10:  Tiffany Talks Books
April 17:  STOP 2  The Muse Unleashed 

April 18:  Debbie Jean`s
April 19:  Romancing the Book
April 19:  STOP 2  Bunny's Review


Author Bio and Links:
USA Today Bestselling Author of ten unusually unusual historical romances that have been known to include scarred heroes, feisty heroines, marriage-producing scandals, far too much scheming, naughty literature and always a sweet happily-ever-after. When not escaping to another world via reading or writing a book, she spends her time chasing two young boys around the house, being haunted by wild animals, or sitting on the swing in the backyard where she has to use her arms as shields to deflect projectiles AKA: balls, water balloons, sticks, pinecones,
and anything else one of them picks up to hurl at his brother who just happens to be hiding behind her.


Buy Links:
Posted by at
Labels:

19 comments:

  1. Karen HApril 11, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    This story sounds like a fun read. If your book was to be made into a film, who would you like to see play the lead characters?

    kareninnc at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. UnknownApril 11, 2013 at 6:20 PM

      Thanks Karen! This is a very hard question and I must say that I have no idea--especially for the man, but I think Kiera Knightly would play a good Amelia.

      Delete
  2. Rita WrayApril 11, 2013 at 11:53 AM

    I'm looking forward to reading this fun story.

    Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousApril 11, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    Intriguing excerpt--looks like fun!

    Trix, vitajex(at)aol(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  4. CarrieApril 11, 2013 at 2:19 PM

    This was a fun book overall with an intriguing plot but it kept too many secrets from the reader to be fully enjoyed!

    carrie dot rogozinski at gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. UnknownApril 11, 2013 at 6:30 PM

      Carrie, I'm glad you found it fun, albeit frustrating. As I'm sure you know in your own writing that sometimes characters are ready to expose all the cards in their hands at the beginning of the book, and sometimes they're not. Through a lot of trial and error (and tears and heartbreak when I've had to throw almost full manuscripts away) I've learned that for me personally, my story progresses better when I let the characters' actions and reactions dictate how the story goes, which includes when they reveal their hand.

      I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy it more because of that, but still glad you found it enjoyable overall.

      Delete
  5. AngieleighApril 11, 2013 at 2:42 PM

    I thought there was supposed to be a review...considering it's a review tour.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousApril 11, 2013 at 3:50 PM

    She has a secret but he has a bigger secret. Sounds interesting.

    strive4bst(At) yahoo(Dot) com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. UnknownApril 11, 2013 at 6:34 PM

      Thanks!

      I hope you enjoy it if you decide to give it a shot!

      Delete
  7. UnknownApril 11, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    Emily, thanks for hosting.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Mary PrestonApril 12, 2013 at 7:13 AM

    Big secrets & bigger secrets - I'm in.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

    ReplyDelete
  9. Andra LynApril 12, 2013 at 9:11 PM

    Such a fun and slightly creepy and romantic way of meeting your true love! lol. I really love the sounds of this one. It makes me smile just reading the excerpt!!

    andralynn7 AT gmail DOT com

    ReplyDelete
  10. Amanda DApril 16, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    I like secrets and I'm a bit of a mystery buff. I grew up on Murder She Wrote and Matlock. I don't want anything revealed too soon in a book just don't leave me hanging at the end! This sounds a lot different than your others though they are all different in their own way. I look forward to reading it.

    ReplyDelete
  11. UnknownApril 19, 2013 at 1:23 AM

    My favorite thing to ask an author is "if you could recommend only one book to someone and it can't be one of yours, what would it be?". Thanks for another fantastic stop on the tour. I keep reading the excerpt and I can't wait to get my hands on this book. sbereza22(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousApril 29, 2013 at 12:12 PM

    "she has a secret...but so does he; hers is big...but his is bigger." I'm sold. This line alone has snagged me, lol.

    H.B.
    humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)