To Tempt an Angel (Book 1, Douglas
Series)
by Patricia
Grasso
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BLURB:
Angelica
Douglas has no idea that she’s the Countess of Melrose. What she does know is
that she needs to support her family as a card shark, while finding a way to
seek revenge on the men who ruined her father and sent her family spiralling
down into poverty.
Robert
Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, heir to the Duke of Inverary, has no idea who
Angelica truly is. He just wants to watch over her and make her his mistress.
Angelica
thinks Robert is simply a dashing rogue who is far too dangerous for her peace
of mind. Robert thinks Angelica is an angel except when she’s being a pain in
the behind.
When
Robert finds out that his own father may have been one of the men who ruined
Angelica’s family, he vows to keep a careful eye on her. When Angelica finds
out that Robert’s father may have been one of the men responsible, she vows to
stay as far away from Robert as possible. But when danger threatens, both
Robert and Angelica must face the truth and let fate take the upper hand.
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Excerpt:
Angelica tossed the dice. A six and a one showed up.
“I’ll pass,” she announced, dropping the one hundred and
twenty-eight pounds into her pocket.
Afraid to look at her victim, Angelica walked away without
another word. She hadn’t gone more than a few feet when someone grabbed her
arm. She whirled around, ready to defend herself.
“May I escort you home?” Robert asked, his smile charming.
Angelica was instantly suspicious. Did he want to steal her
winnings? Or was his intention even more sinister? He was incredibly handsome,
but her family came first. They depended on her for their survival.
“No, thank you,” she refused.
“You need protection,” he told her. “You carry a great deal
of money.”
“Who will protect me from you, sir?” Angelica asked, arching
a perfectly shaped brow at him.
“You don’t trust me?” Robert asked, giving her a lopsided
grin.
“I trust no one,” she told him. “Especially men I don’t
know.”
“We are merely friends who haven’t known each other very
long,” Robert argued. “I let you cheat me out of a hundred and twenty-eight
pounds. The least you can do is allow me to escort you home.”
“I never cheat,” Angelica insisted, and walked away.
“I suppose you don’t lie either,” he called.
Angelica quickened her pace. She squelched the urge to turn
around to see if he was following her.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I'm a dog
person. Who lives with 10 cats. Get the picture?
My first
brush with the romance genre happened in my high school junior year. I discovered
Gone With the Wind and hid it behind my American history book to read during
class. (The Civil War is American history.) The ambiguous ending left me
dissatisfied, though. Rhett and Scarlet needed a happily-ever-after. Believing
in happily-ever-afters positively screams romantic-at-heart.
On the other
hand, I love murder and mayhem as much as happily-ever-after. My usual
television fare is fiction and nonfiction crime shows, not love stories. Which
accounts for the mysteries I sneaked into my historical romances. Now I'm
trying my hand at writing a humorous mystery, sans historical and sans emphasis
on the love interest. I even prepared for my mystery-in-progress by attending
the local NRA's Pistol School. Shooting pistols is great fun. I adore the .22
semiautomatics.
After
graduating from high school without distinction, I earned both Bachelor and
Master degrees at a state college. Again, without distinction. I held several
part-time jobs during my college days: file clerk in an insurance company,
long-distance telephone operator, kimono-wearing waitress in a Japanese
restaurant.
And then I
began my teaching career, eighteen years in the eighth grade and thirteen years
at the high school. Weary with the same old routine, I decided I needed a creative
outlet. So I decided to write a romance novel but only managed to talk about
writing one. After five years of listening to me, a friend said to stop talking
and start writing.
So I did.
I made every
mistake known to man. Blunder would be a more appropriate word, but I did learn
using the trial and error method. As well as studying the works of authors I
admired.
After five
years of writing for nothing but love, I sold my first novel. Since then, I've
sold eighteen novels and won several awards--- National Readers' Choice Award
New England Readers' Choice Award, Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice and KISS
Awards, B. Dalton and Bookrak Awards for best-selling author. My novels have
been translated into fifteen languages and sold in twenty countries.
If I had my
life over, would I become a writer? Nope. I would enjoy being a Victoria Secret
model. Perhaps in my next incarnation I won't be too old, too short, or too
unphotogenic.
August - TO
TEMPT AN ANGEL by Patricia Grasso
BN
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/to-tempt-an-angel-patricia-grasso/1005102935?ean=9781927555071
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http://www.amazon.com/To-Tempt-Angel-Book-Douglas-ebook/dp/B00A2WZ1IC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401151486&sr=8-1&keywords=to+tempt+an+angel
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CONTEST
Patricia
will be awarding a free eBook from Lachesis Publishing to a randomly drawn
winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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