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domingo, 27 de outubro de 2019

New Release: Waltz of Seduction by Natasha Blackthorne ~ A Steamy Regency Novella

https://www.amazon.com/Waltz-Seduction-Steamy-Regency-Novella-ebook/dp/B07Y6M312Y 


It all started with a daring red ball gown…

Shy common-born Sara wants to seduce her husband. Her handsome, noble-born husband wants only to teach her how to waltz. But who knew a waltz could be so naughty?






https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48274725-waltz-of-seduction






Lord Lockhart loves his new bride. Yet he also knows that a gentleman doesn't inflict his passionate desires on a wife. The marriage bed is for begetting heirs, not animal lust. No matter how much he desires his wife. But under Lady Lockhart's shyness is a determination to tempt her handsome husband, to satisfy them both and spend every night together in her bed.

Innocent waltzing lessons in their chambers soon become passionate, and may lead the newlyweds to overcome their preconceptions and learn to be lovers, as well as man and wife.

A Message from Natasha Blackthorne: 


Dear Readers, 

On May 20, 2011, I made my debut as a published author with Waltz of Seduction through Ellora’s Cave under their Quickies® line. Now I am re-releasing this short novella. I hope you enjoy this short story for what it is, a snapshot of one moment of time between a young misinformed husband and an innocent and shy but eager young wife. The heat level is Scorching Hot Romance and it contains some sensual bondage.




 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Waltz of Seduction
Copyright © 2011 Natasha Blackthorne

Alarm accelerated her heartbeat and she glanced up at him. "What are you doing?"

"Trust me." He moved behind her and took both her hands. She felt him tugging and pulling.

Then he faced her. "Now we try again."

She pulled at her hands. She couldn’t move them. He had bound them together. "Colin?"

He came back to face her and clasped the sides of her waist, holding her firmly. "I will not let you fall. Do you trust me?"

"I suppose," she replied. But she worried about his state of mind. He did seem a little foxed.

He began to move, slowly. She stared down at her feet.

"Stop counting the steps." He pointed at his face. "Look me in the eyes. Feel this in your body, not your head. Trust me."

Her feet wouldn’t obey.

"In my eyes," he said.

She took a deep breath and tried to concentrate on this mysterious thing he seemed to think she would see in his eyes. He smiled at her and then she did feel something in her belly. A gushy sensation that did nothing to steady her balance. She returned his smile. He was certainly more handsome than her dancing master had been. More graceful as well. They finished the dance with a few trips and stops. Then mercifully, it was over.

They rested a moment.

"I think I have it, will you untie me now?"

"Oh no, my Lady Lockhart. That was just practice. If you trip this time, you shall owe me two waltzes at that ball."

It was an unfair edict. She felt helpless as a marionette in his arms. She didn’t know how she was expected to keep her balance.

After a time, his steady blue gaze transfixed her. She forgot about her feet and just followed him. He was right, there was something in the stomach. A feeling of connection between what she saw in his eyes and how her feet seemed to move in tune with his as if by magic. He twirled her faster and faster until she was laughing and trying to catch her breath. He slowed down and bent his mouth to her ear.

"This is waltzing. And you dance beautifully when you forget yourself." His husky voice sent shivers though her.

His lips touched hers. His tongue caressed her lower lip in feathery strokes. Her lips parted of their own volition and his tongue swept into her mouth. Hot, wet and wine tinged.

Dear sweet heaven.

He had never kissed her like this. She wanted to embrace him but he didn’t seem in a hurry to release her from her bonds. Maybe she should ask. But then, Priscilla said men didn’t like to be directed in the bedchamber.


Waltz of Seduction was Natasha Blackthorne's debut romance and is now being re-released. It's a very sweet and steamy novella about a married couple, Lord and Lady Lockhart.

Colin Lockhart may love his wife, but he knows a husband doesn't inflict his passions on his wife. Conjugal relations are supposed to be sporadic and with procreation in mind. But his wife Sara can't help but long for more. She wants nothing more than to share her bed with her husband everynight...

After he decides to give her waltzing lessons, so they can dance in public, the lessons soon become scorching hot... And husband and wife finally realize they really wanted the same all along...





 **Available on Kindle Unlimited **

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About the Author
 
Natasha Blackthorne writes Scorching Hot Historical Romance where deeply flawed characters find love & trust. Her stories are most frequently about the intimate journey of the characters as they learn to open their hearts to love.  

Natasha’s heroines are not perfect ladies. They are wildflowers and wallflowers who flirt with the forbidden. Whether they are bold or shy, these heroines’ strong desires and deep emotions drive the plot and drive their strong, dominant heroes heroes to the point of no return.

Natasha holds a B.A. in History, loves reading, cats and music.

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sábado, 2 de abril de 2011

Review: "The Twinning Murders"

Review: I really wanted to have liked this book. It's sinopsis made me believe it would be an interesting cozy mistery. But, unfortunately, there were too many things with the story that I had a problem with. The book starts with Emily's encounter with a man, Doc, who works for a company who wants to build a condominium on the village.  Next she witnesses the death, aparently accidental, of the man who was like a father to her, But some of the things that Doc had told her, plus the fact that the man that died was the biggest objector to the condominium, leads Emily to believe that his death was not an accident. However, and because she had assumed the compromise to take the Curtis brothers (Harriet, Silas and Pru) to the village of Lydfield-in-the-Moor, in Great Britain, to participate in the twinning, Emily is forced to leave. She then leaves the investigation on the hands of Babs, a former highschool collegue, and Will, the handyman her mother hired to fix the B&B she owns. In Great Britain another murder happens and it's related to the first one but we're only told the connection and the motive for the crimes in the end.

Like I've said I had a few problems with the story. Even though it's her hometown, Emily doesn't seem to have any friends, just acquaintances. Babs is the closest to a friend she has, but Emily doesn't seem to particularly like her nor does she seem to have much patience with her. And Emily is described as athletic (she was on the school's soccer team), pretty, extrovert and adventurer. She has everything to be popular. How is it possible that she hasn't any friends? Apart from Babs, Emily only seems to trust Will, a man she barely knows and that's not local, and that I can live with cause, since Emily almost imediately starts to suspect everyone in town, trusting a stranger makes sence. But then she doesn't completely trust, she doesn't tell him everything, she seems determined to do everything and discover everything all by herself.

This was a story that didn't hook me. The characters have little (or none) development and that made it impossible for me to relate to any of them, not even with Emily. I don't know if this happens to anyone else but if I can't relate with a character I don't really care what happens to her.

I liked the writting of the author and the premise but, unfortunately I just couldn't relate to it.

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This book was provided to me by UK and Beyond Book Tours for a review.

quarta-feira, 16 de março de 2011

Review: "The Facility"

Review: This book has the most "what the hell?!?" beggining I've ever read. It's not the kind of thriller I usually read, but I've seen a lot of movies in the genre. This is a story that is scary by how easily it could become real. Not wanting to reveal too much, this story takes place in an alternate reality, in a Great Britain dominated by a government that, having been democratically elected, uses anti-terrorist legislation to enforce a totalitarist government since, with those laws, they can pretty much do whatever they want.

The story starts with Arthur Priestley's interrogation. He has been kidnapped but he doesn't know by whom or why, and this interrogation is what I refer to when I talk about a "what the hell?!?" beggining. I mean, those questions, without context (since it's the beggining of the book), with such a raw language, were enought to keep me hooked... It became impossible for me to drop it without knowing what was going on.

The chapters alternate the different perspectives of the main characters in the story: Arthur who, after being kidnapped and interrogated is sent to a government facility that is nothing more than a prison, without being told what he's charged of; Julia, his wife, who seeks Tom Clarke, a journalist who is critical about the government and it's politics, to help her find her husband; and Henry Graves, the facility manager, a man torn between duty and doing the right thing.

We quickly realise all the men and women prisioners at the facility have one thing in common (well, almost all of them, since Arthur is "inocent") but it's impossible to comprehend how could that possible justify their incarceration.

It's a scary story because, nowadays, and mostly after 9/11, countries have adopted tighter anti-terrorism legislation, and that makes us wonder if that legislation could be used to justify actions that have nothing to do with fighting terrorism. But, at the same time, it felt unreal how easily the government subdued the population and the media. I like to think that, if this really happened, we wouldn't go down quietly and without a fight.

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This book (uncorrected proof) was provided to me by UK and Beyond Book Tours for a review.