Today we welcome Linda McLaughlin, another of the
Romance Super Bundle authors. Linda grew up with a love of history fostered by
her paternal grandmother and an incurable case of wanderlust inherited from her
father. She has traveled extensively within the United States and has visited
Mexico, Canada, & Australia. A lifelong dream came true with a trip to
England where she was able to combine sightseeing and theater with research for
her novels. She published her first book under the name Lyn O'Farrell. Now
Linda writes historical and Regency romance under her own name and sexy to
erotic romance under the pen name Lyndi Lamont. Learn more about Linda and her
books at her website and blog.
Remember, for a limited time you can get Linda’s
historical romance, along with nine other full-length contemporary romances and
romantic suspense novels for the incredibly low price of just .99 cents. That’s
less than .10 cents a book!
The first half of Rogue’s Hostage takes place in my home
state of Pennsylvania, more specifically Pittsburgh, back when it was Fort
Duquesne of the Blessed Virgin at the Beautiful River. Yes, that was the
name the French gave to the crude fort they built where the Allegheny and
Monongahela meet to form the Beautiful River, i.e. the Ohio. This is how I
describe it in the book:
The four travelers stood
on a ridge overlooking the place where two rivers met to form a third. On
either side of the sparkling waterways, heavily forested hills stood against
the blue sky. A green meadow stretched below to the point of land where the
fort was situated.
"It is
spectacular," Mara whispered, her voice filled with awe.
People who’ve never been to
the area have no idea how pretty the surrounding countryside can be, especially
in the autumn when the leaves change color. I grew up in Pittsburgh, and a year
never went by that my family didn’t pile into the car on a Sunday afternoon to drive
out along the Pennsylvania Turnpike to ooh and aah at the beauty of the fall
colors as the trees turned to shades of gold, orange and red. It is indeed
spectacular.
As I was writing the book,
out here in fall-colorless Southern California--we’re lucky to have a few
colored leaves by December--I had to rely on my memories and pictures in books.
I could only imagine how beautiful the forested slopes were back in 1758 when
my characters had to hike over the mountains to get to Fort Duquesne, my heroine
dragged along unwillingly. What an adventure Mara has in the book!
Rogue’s Hostage
His hostage...
In 1758 the Pennsylvania
frontier is wild, primitive and dangerous, where safety often lies at the end
of a gun. Mara Dupré's life crumbles when a French and Indian war party attacks
her cabin, kills her husband, and takes her captive. Marching through the
wilderness strengthens her resolve to flee, but she doesn't count on her captor
teaching her the meaning of courage and the tempting call of desire.
Her destiny...
French lieutenant Jacques
Corbeau's desire for his captive threatens what little honor he has left. But when Mara desperately offers
herself to him in exchange for her freedom, he finds the strength to refuse and
reclaims his lost self-respect. As the shadows of his past catch up to him,
Jacques realizes that Mara, despite the odds, is the one true key to reclaiming
his soul and banishing his past misdeeds forever.
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2 comments:
Lois, thanks so much for having me at your blog today.
All of my travel is going to be in the US for the foreseeable future, and getting back east for Fall Foliage is 2nd on the list. I've been dreaming about it for years. Right after the Grand Canyon.
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