Pure Temptation
by Auria Jourdain
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GENRE: Historical Romance
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BLURB:
A
rogue gypsy hired to kidnap a debutante Creole spying for the Cabildo
government discovers they are both pawns in a dangerous Frenchman's game. Over
land and sea, they discover the truth, but can they fight their uncontrollable
desire for one another to save her family home?
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Excerpt
Two:
Talia smiled from behind her parasol as Monsieur Barberry
eyed her intently while doing his chores. For once, she found it pleasing to be
ogled by a man. There was something foreign and exciting about him, more
intriguing than her usual conquests. Most attractive heathens she came across
were either arrogant and irritating or foppish and boring, like her friend,
Alex Lafitte. Alex was adventurous, but that was the extent of his likability.
As far as Talia was concerned, he was immature and not at all confident with
himself as a man.
This Talon Barberry, now he was a real man—not just some
barbarian like Ricardo had told her. Hadn’t he saved her in the slave hold out
of a sense of honor? Talia hadn’t uttered ten words to him, but her heart raced
as she regarded his mysterious, brooding façade. A sharp intelligence shone in
his black eyes as he watched and marked everyone around him. At the same time,
he showed a tender side, especially with the little slave boy. His camaraderie
with the child was endearing, and Talia firmly believed that most children were
good judges of character.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
An avid reader
from an early age, Auria Jourdain has fond childhood memories of spending quiet
afternoons with a book in her hand. She loved the "happily ever
after" sweet teen romances, and when she came of age, she plunged into the
world of historical romance with fervor, transporting herself to a bygone time.
Her favorites were Regency, but as a girl brought up in a common home, she was
disheartened that most of the novels of this era focus on the nobility and
wealth. Auria set out to write her own romance, encompassing her passion for
French Revolutionary history and her innate sense of goodwill for the common
man. An idealist at heart, she writes heroes and heroines that struggle to find
acceptance in their world. Their differences" and their soul mates' complete
acceptance of them are the embodiment of values that she holds dear, passed
down to her by her father, a blue collar worker. She has an autistic son
struggling to make his own way in the world. Looking to educate people about
this mysterious disorder, she’s releasing a YA novel set in the U.P just for
him during Autism Awareness month, April 2016. She hopes that someday we can
break down the social barriers and forgo stereotypical judgments that harm our
world.
Auria lives
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with her husband of twenty years, her four
children (ages eight to eighteen), and two golden retrievers. A rather new
transplant to the area, she loves the changing of the seasons, and she is
currently working on a contemporary romantic suspense trilogy set in her rough
and rugged homeland. Silence the Northwoods is set at a local ski resort in her
hometown of Ironwood, Michigan—the ski capital of the Midwest. Silence the
Waters takes place during the summer on the dangerous river ways that flow into
Lake Superior in the Keweenaw Peninsula; and Silence the Birchwoods is an
autumn tale set on Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Marquette, Michigan. All three
involve murder, mystery, and romance, of course.
Auria spends
her the long winters plotting and scheming her next book, and in the mild
summers, she and her husband spend every waking moment they can hiking and
kayaking the Northwoods. An amateur photographer, she lives fifteen miles from
the shores of Lake Superior, and her muse has been piqued by the awe-inspiring
beauty that surrounds her. Although she hasn’t officially acquired “Yooper”
status yet, she can’t envision living anywhere else.
Find me here!
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