Showing posts with label Terri Rochenski. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terri Rochenski. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2015

Happy Book Birthday Love's Revenge!! #Historical #Romance by @TerriRochenski #MoM


Happy Book Birthday to ME!!! and 
Love's Revenge!


Love's Revenge
Means of Mercy #2
Sweet, Historical Romance
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Release Date: January 26, 2015

Embittered by betrayal, Anne MacKay flees London for America, where she learns she's pregnant with her abusive husband’s longed-for heir. In a society that doesn’t protect, or afford a well-to-do wife’s desire for divorce, Anne decides there is one way to exact revenge: deny the father any knowledge of his child.

Sought after by her husband’s henchmen, Anne travels by rail and horseback, far from civilization where silk and stays are worn, let alone thought of. Lies and deceit protect her identity for a time, allowing her to birth—and grow to love—the child who was supposed to be her vengeance.

With the help of her loyal and protective business partner, Jude Connagher, and the ranch hands in their Montana Territory valley, Anne attempts to rebuild her life under the shadow of her husband’s wrath.

One unwise decision lands Anne in her pursuers’ clutches, tearing her from the ranch, her child, and her growing love for the one man who could redeem her from bitterness. She's left with no choice but to finally face her husband, knowing her freedom and life hang in the balance.



Visit Roane Publishing's FREE READS page to download the first chapter of Love's Revenge!





Purchase Links:






Love's Sorrow, Means of Mercy #1, ecopies are on sale at Roane Publishing for only $0.99!! 

AND print copies are only $8.40, a 40% savings!

Click on the image above for purchasing details.


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Terri started writing stories in the 8th grade, when a little gnome whispered in her brain. Gundi’s Great Adventure never hit the best seller list, but it started a long love affair with storytelling.

Today she enjoys an escape to Middle Earth during the rare ‘me’ moments her three young children allow. When not playing toys, picking them back up, or kissing boo-boos, she can be found sprawled on the couch with a book or pencil in hand, and toothpicks propping her eyelids open.

Website Blog Facebook Twitter Goodreads





Tour Schedule


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Join me and 10 author guests for the Release Day Party on Facebook today from 9 am EST to 9 pm EST! Tons of prizes, snippets, and fun! Click on the image below for more information.






Goodreads Book Giveaway


Love's Revenge by Terri Rochenski

Love's Revenge

by Terri Rochenski


Giveaway ends February 06, 2015.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win



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Book Blitz and Tour-Wide Giveaway

Signed copies of Love's Sorrow and Love's Revenge, 
and a $25 Amazon Gift Card!


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Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code.  No purchase necessary, but you must be 18 or older to enter. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter, and announced on the widget. Winner well be notified by emailed and have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. The number of entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Roane Publishing's marketing department.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Win an eARC of Love's Revenge! #Historical #Romance #Giveaway

Roane Publishing is giving away THREE eARCs of Love’s Revenge!




Love's Revenge
Means of Mercy #2
Sweet, Historical Romance
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Release Date: January 26, 2015

Embittered by betrayal, Anne MacKay flees London for America, where she learns she's pregnant with her abusive husband’s longed-for heir. In a society that doesn’t protect, or afford a well-to-do wife’s desire for divorce, Anne decides there is one way to exact revenge: deny the father any knowledge of his child.

Sought after by her husband’s henchmen, Anne travels by rail and horseback, far from civilization where silk and stays are worn, let alone thought of. Lies and deceit protect her identity for a time, allowing her to birth—and grow to love—the child who was supposed to be her vengeance.

With the help of her loyal and protective business partner, Jude Connagher, and the ranch hands in their Montana Territory valley, Anne attempts to rebuild her life under the shadow of her husband’s wrath.

One unwise decision lands Anne in her pursuers’ clutches, tearing her from the ranch, her child, and her growing love for the one man who could redeem her from bitterness. She's left with no choice but to finally face her husband, knowing her freedom and life hang in the balance.


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The second in the Means of Mercy series, this historical romance has been likened to Downton Abby.


And Roane Publishing is giving away THREE eARC copies to three lucky winners!



You don’t even have to be a blogger.


If you are willing to leave an honest review between the dates of January 26th - February 6th, you are eligible to enter.

How? Simply fill out the form!


You have until Midnight of January 3rd when three winners will be chosen by random drawing.





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Join Terri Rochenski and 10 author guests for the Release Day Party taking place on Facebook January 26 from 9:00 am EST to 9:00 pm EST!

Click on the button for more information.





Monday, December 8, 2014

PURDY ALERT! Love's Revenge has a cover!! #Historical #Romance by @TerriRochenski

FINALLY get to share my new purdy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Love's Revenge
Means of Mercy #2
Historical Romance
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Release Date: January 26, 2015

Embittered by betrayal, Anne MacKay flees London for America, where she learns she's pregnant with her abusive husband’s longed-for heir. In a society that doesn’t protect, or afford a well-to-do wife’s desire for divorce, Anne decides there is one way to exact revenge: deny the father any knowledge of his child.

Sought after by her husband’s henchmen, Anne travels by rail and horseback, far from civilization where silk and stays are worn, let alone thought of. Lies and deceit protect her identity for a time, allowing her to birth—and grow to love—the child who was supposed to be her vengeance.

With the help of her loyal and protective business partner, Jude Connagher, and the ranch hands in their Montana Territory valley, Anne attempts to rebuild her life under the shadow of her husband’s wrath.

One unwise decision lands Anne in her pursuers’ clutches, tearing her from the ranch, her child, and her growing love for the one man who could redeem her from bitterness. She's left with no choice but to finally face her husband, knowing her freedom and life hang in the balance. 
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Love's Revenge Blog Tour is now scheduling!
If you're interested in hosting for the release day blitz, the tour, OR review, please click on the image.

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So whatcha think?!? 

Me love.

:)


Friday, November 14, 2014

Gratitude #Giveaway Hop!! THREE ecopies of your choice! #HistoricalRomance or #Fantasy

Click on image for linky list

It's that time of year to think of all those things we're thankful for...

I'm thankful for YOU, my faithful followers!

In celebration of this holiday season, I'm offering THREE ecopies of my titles - your choice.

NO following required. Just tweet a little old message OR if you don't tweet, leave a comment telling me which titles you'd prefer, and I'll add your name to the mix!

Click on the images below for more information on each title.

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Thanks for stopping by, & best of luck!!


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Friday, October 17, 2014

Fall into Fantasy #Giveaway #YA #NA #Adult #Fantasy

It’s that time of year again already, can you believe it! If you like to read, this is the giveaway event you won’t want to miss. Dozens of authors of adult, NA, and YA fiction have put together some badass prizes that will be up for grabs from October 17th to the 31st.
 For a chance to win ecopies of both Eye of the Soul and Secret of the Souls, along with loads of other adult books, you can get your name in the hat by entering the adult rafflecopter below.

Eye of the Soul
Pool of Souls #1

Release Date: October 7, 2013
Publisher:  J. Taylor Publishing
Target Reader: Adult
Keywords: Fantasy
Escape. 
That should be Hyla’s first thought as her people are chained and imprisoned for no imaginable reason.

Instead, Hyla finds herself traveling through a land void of Natives, with human soldiers pillaging in desperate pursuit of her, and in search of the mystical Pool of Souls—home to the one man who can save her people.

Or so she believes.

Led by her faith in the deity Fadir, Hyla is met along her journey by Jadon—a human male and fierce King’s warrior, and his childhood best friend Conlin—one of the few Natives aware of his Fadir-given Talents.

Protected by Jadon, guided by Conlin, and with an unfailing belief in the purpose of her pilgrimage, Hyla carries on.

Like her, though, another searches for the Pool, and should he gain access first, everyone she loves, and everything she knows, could be lost.

Forever.

Secret of the Souls
Pool of Souls #2

Release Date: October 6, 2014
Publisher:  J. Taylor Publishing
Target Reader: Adult
Keywords: Fantasy
Thrust out of their homes by a human High Priest on a vengeful mission, the Natives of Derlund no longer have a place to call their own. One escaped capture, however, and now she, Hyla, is the only one who can save her people.

For, Hyla, though, saving her nation isn’t her ultimate goal—returning to the Pool of Souls is. Becoming its Guardian and preserving their faith is her heart’s desire. The perils of her current journey, though, could leave her unable to fulfill that dream.

To find her way back to the Pool, Hyla must live among dangerous, powerful humans willing to defend the Natives, and must submit herself—her Talents—to them. While her protection is paramount, plots to end Hyla’s life will push her to her physical and emotional limits.

On the edge of sanity, her courage tested, and convictions nearly broken, Hyla’s final test of loyalty to her faith comes with the death of one she could have loved.

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If you like more the YA / NA genre, there's a separate giveaway for that as well!
The links are below, or you can click the logo above to see the form on the host site.

Adult

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YA/NA

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

#WhyIStayed - Anne from Love's Revenge shares her story #MeansofMercy #HistoricalRomance

As a wife—a woman—of the mid-19th century, very few choices were afforded us. The daughters of means, of money and title, had little hope of marrying for love, let alone someone they felt an affinity for.

I, however, was an orphaned peasant girl of no means. Hardly any family to speak of. Yet, one cousin invited me to London and outfitted me to appear like a lady. She taught me to speak like a lady.

I fooled no one.

However…one well-to-do gentleman, a former rake, was intrigued by my innocence, my being untouched by society.

He swept me off my feet, and starved for affection, I aimed to please him in every way.

A farm-grown girl, I was expected to bear him a strong son. An heir to carry on his family’s dwindling name. When I failed to do so, his outward expression of claimed feelings for me changed.

When our longed-for three-day-old son died in my arms, unrelenting waves of sorrow ruined our love.

Hurtful words—blame—filled my ears. Abusive name-calling in drunken rages became a nightly ritual…when he bothered to come home at all.

So, why did I stay?

I could not afford a divorce, and unless I could prove an abusive spouse, one would never be granted. Society sided with their own when the truth of my husband’s nature came to light. The country-girl was shunned. Trapped, there was nothing I could do.

Until…

Until I realized the true extent of my situation—the predicament his final abusive act brought about—and my resulting desire for revenge inspired a reckless choice.

One that would take me far from corsets, evening gowns, and satin slippers. One that would grant me satisfaction.

Or so I thought.



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Love's Sorrow
Means of Mercy #1
by Terri Rochenski
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Genre: Historical Romance
Keywords: Romance, Historical, Series, Civil War, Scotland, 19th Century, America

Hired as a nanny for her cousin’s children, Anne Tearle finds security and a loving family. The children are a dream, but London society is a world of its own, one where a displaced farm girl has no business being. But, wealthy rake, Gavin MacKay, helps her to see associating with the upper class might not be as horrid as she first assumed.

Like all things worthwhile, love comes at a price, and the cost soon bestows more anguish than joy. Lost, but not undone, Anne must find the courage to begin life anew, or succumb to sorrow's unrelenting waves of grief
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Love's Revenge
Means of Mercy #2
by Terri Rochenski
Release Date: January 2015
Genre: Historical Romance
Keywords: Romance, Historical, Series

Will Anne's desire for revenge hinder her ability to love again?



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Interested in reading more? 


Swing by Roane Publishing's FREE READS page for 

an exclusive sneak peek at Love's Revenge chapter 1!


Thursday, September 18, 2014

Scribbler's Sojourners is a GO #StreetTeam for @TerriRochenski #Fantasy and #Romance Author

I've seen & joined a half-dozen street teams in the past few months, and I'm impressed!! So inspired, that I decided to get my own going!

Love social networking? Tweeting & Facebook sharing? Exclusive sneak peeks & excerpts?

Then join my street team!



What IS a street team?

It's a group of kick@$$ peeps who post news about books - releases, covers, quotes, reviews, pics, etc all in efforts to help spread the word about their fav authors on Twitter, FB, Pinterest, or any other social media site they lurk about.

There is no pressure, however. I write two opposite genres - fantasy & romance. The titles peeps choose to promote are up to them.

There will be sneak peeks of my covers before they're made available, AND exclusive excerpts shared on occasion. I plan on picking my SS team's brains - either for naming characters, plot ideas, and whatever else I might need direction on. There's nothing better than getting another's perspective on ideas flitting about in my mind!!

Sound interesting? 

Then swing by Scribbler's Sojourners & ask to join. Easy peasy!

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Win an eARC of Secret of the Souls! #PoolofSouls #Fantasy by @TerriRochenski

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J. Taylor Publishing are giving away FIVE ARCs of Secret of the Souls!

Check it out!


Secret of the Souls
Pool of Souls #2
Adult / Fantasy
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing

Thrust out of their homes by a human High Priest on a vengeful mission, the Natives of Derlund no longer have a place to call their own. One escaped capture, however, and now she, Hyla, is the only one who can save her people.

For, Hyla, though, saving her nation isn’t her ultimate goal—returning to the Pool of Souls is. Becoming its Guardian and preserving their faith is her heart’s desire. The perils of her current journey, though, could leave her unable to fulfill that dream.

To find her way back to the Pool, Hyla must live among dangerous, powerful humans willing to defend the Natives, and must submit herself—her Talents—to them. While her protection is paramount, plots to end Hyla’s life will push her to her physical and emotional limits.

On the edge of sanity, her courage tested, and convictions nearly broken, Hyla’s final test of loyalty to her faith comes with the death of one she could have loved.

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Readers will experience Hyla's spiritual and self-discovering journey once more, in this latest addition to the Pool of Souls duology.

And J. Taylor Publishing is giving away FIVE ARC copies.

To YOU!

You don’t even have to be a book blogger!

Nope, so long as you are willing to leave an honest review* by October 12th 2014, you are eligible to enter.

Interested?

Then just fill out the form and keep your fingers crossed.

You have until midnight of September 21st, 2014 to enter.




*A review should consist of your honest thoughts regarding a book, usually a few paragraphs long and around 150 - 500 (or more, if desired) words in length.

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Terri started writing stories in the 8th grade, when a little gnome whispered in her brain. Gundi’s Great Adventure never hit the best seller list, but it started a long love affair with the fantasy genre.

Today she enjoys an escape to Middle Earth during the rare ‘me’ moments her three young children allow. When not playing toys, picking them back up, or kissing boo-boos, she can be found sprawled on the couch with a book or pencil in hand, and toothpicks propping her eyelids open.


Saturday, June 21, 2014

Midsummer's Eve #Giveaway Hop: Eye of the Soul #Fantasy


Another giveaway?

Why yes. Of course!

This time up for grabs, an ecopy of...




Eye of the Soul 
Pool of Souls #1
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Format:  Paperback / ebook
Publisher:  J. Taylor Publishing
Keywords: Adult Fantasy
Escape. 

That should be Hyla’s first thought as her people are chained and imprisoned for no imaginable reason.

Instead, Hyla finds herself traveling through a land void of Natives, with human soldiers pillaging in desperate pursuit of her, and in search of the mystical Pool of Souls—home to the one man who can save her people.

Or so she believes.

Led by her faith in the deity Fadir, Hyla is met along her journey by Jadon—a human male and fierce King’s warrior, and his childhood best friend Conlin—one of the few Natives aware of his Fadir-given Talents.

Protected by Jadon, guided by Conlin, and with an unfailing belief in the purpose of her pilgrimage, Hyla carries on.

Like her, though, another searches for the Pool, and should he gain access first, everyone she loves, and everything she knows, could be lost.

Forever.

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Summer Lovin' #Giveaway Hop! Love's Sorrow #Historical #Romance #HopswithHeart


It's giveaway time over at Romance Blog Hops!!!

The GRAND PRIZES up for grabs...

One $75 Amazon Gift Card
One $25 Starbucks Gift Card 
One $25 Amazon (or Barnes and Noble) Gift Card

You can enter for the grand prizes on this rafflecopter form. Best of luck!

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Here on Scribbler's, I'm offering an ecopy of Love's Sorrow!



Love's Sorrow
Means of Mercy #1

Release Date: April 21, 2014
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Keywords: Sweet, Historical Romance, Series
Hired as a nanny for her cousin’s children, Anne Tearle finds security and a loving family. The children are a dream, but London society is a world of its own, one where a displaced farm girl has no business being. But, wealthy rake, Gavin MacKay, helps her to see associating with the upper class might not be as horrid as she first assumed.

Like all things worthwhile, love comes at a price, and the cost soon bestows more anguish than joy. Lost, but not undone, Anne must find the courage to begin life anew, or succumb to sorrow's unrelenting waves of grief.
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What people are saying about Love's Sorrow!
5 Harleys!! - Harlie's Book Reviews
"Do yourself a favor and buy this book.  Put it on the top of your TBR pile and spend a day with Anne and Gavin.  You will feel gutted, stunned and just plain open-mouthed in the end.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you but this book is not to be ignored.  Ms. Rochenski has written a brilliantly, in some ways brutal, book that everyone must read and then come back and cry with me.  Only 7 months until the next book."

 5 Stars! - Amazon Review
"This is not a cookie cutter romance that can be found in every bookstore. I applaud Terri Rochenski for writing the truth about Love. It can be faked, and people learn everyday in all walks of life that they have been used by people that they thought loved them.

I’m excited to see Anne’s journey continues with Love’s Revenge. It is a book I'll definitely read."

5 Stars! - Amazon Review
"I have to admit when I read the blurb and first started reading Love's Sorrow I though it was a very well written but run of the mill historical romance, but don't be mistaken I do not at all regret reading this book in fact I am avidly awaiting the next installment and believe me if I could help Terri Rochenski in any way for it to be out earlier I would."

4 Stars! - Amazon Review
"If you want a feel-good, not-too-realistic romance, don’t read this book. If you want a realistic depiction of London in the 1800s, society’s prejudices, people’s selfishness and love and all its agony, this is the book for you."

5 Stars! - The Talent Cave Reviews
"Five well deserved stars for Ms. Rochenski for writing such a memorable book."

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Love's Sorrow #Excerpt 10 and Blog Tour Wrap Up! #Giveaway

Here it is, folks!! 

The final excerpt in the big Love's Sorrow chapter 1 reveal!! If you missed 1-9, they're listed in the tour schedule below, directly linked to the posts. Play catch up, & then I hope you'll share your thoughts.  :)



But first, a BIG thanks - hugs & smooches - to these awesome bloggers for helping me out with Love's Sorrow cover reveal:

Nancy Jardine Features  -  Author Interview
Long & Short Reviews  -  Guest Post
Scribbler's Sojourn  -  Promotional  /  Excerpt #3
Lola’s Reviews  -  Promo / Excerpt #4
Romancing the Book  -  Top Five List
A Passion for Romance  -  Guest Post
Riverina Romantics  -  Author Interview / Ebook Giveaway
Babette James Blog  -  Tens List
Rebecca Hart Writing  -  Promo  /  Excerpt #5
Love to Read  -  Review
Discover Yourself  -  Guest Post
KMN Books  -  Guest Post
Shaya Roy’s Blog  -  Tens List
Lizzie In Wonderland  -  Review
My Writing Corner  -  Author Interview
Write With Fey  -  Promotional / Excerpt #6
Valerie J. Claizio – Romance Author  -  Promotional  / Excerpt #7
Michelle’s Blog  -  Author Interview
Romance Writer Sara Walter Ellwood  -  Guest Post
Jocelyn Adams  -  Promotional  /  Excerpt #8
Love Books? Blog Books!  -  Author Interview
Julie Antanovich Reece  -  Tens List
Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews  -  Review
Dani-Lyn Alexander  -  Author Interview
You Gotta Read  -  Author Interview
The Cover Contessa  -  Guest Post / Tens List
Back Porchervations  -  Review
Totally Addicted to Reading  -  Promotional  -  Excerpt #9 
Scribbler’s Sojourn  -  Tour Wrap Up / Excerpt #10

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And now for the final installment. Excerpt #10:

Buttoned, tied, and tucked into the fashionable clothing, I moved to stand before the mirror.
I raised a hand to stifle my giggle. “Oh, my.”
The blue of the fabric and the excitement bubbling inside me made my eyes sparkle in a way I had never seen. I touched the pile of shining hair Helen had pinned in a most becoming way at the base of my neck. And, the constricting corset…well, I never knew I had a womanly figure.
As I studied my reflection, I thought perhaps I wasn’t as homely as Aunt Martha always insisted. For the first time in my life, I felt…well, satisfied. I smoothed the taut fabric around my waist and decided wearing such dresses would be much more enjoyable than stiff undergarments and a striped apron. Corset included.
Except for the skin beneath the rosy hue of my cheeks, a real lady peered back at me. My face was tanned and wind-burned from working outdoors without a proper covering on my head, and compared to Joanna with her porcelain complexion, and the fashionable ladies I studied at the train station, I looked like a rogue child who played all day long in the sunshine.
There was a quiet knock at the door. “Anne, are you almost ready?”
Skin dismissed, I bid Joanna to enter and spun for her approval, the large bell-shaped skirt swaying with grace on its cage.
“My goodness.” Smiling, my cousin clasped her hands before her. “Samuel is going to have a hard time keeping the gentlemen at bay.”
My cheeks burned, but relief swarmed. I wouldn’t be an embarrassment on the streets of London, after all.
“Are you able to manage the crinoline or should we leave that off for now?”
“It isn’t nearly as horrid as I expected,” I said, glancing at the lacy ruffles.
“Try sitting over there.” Joanna pointed to a straight-backed chair by the washstand.
I glided across the room, enjoying the gentle sway of the silly contraption. Wanting to appear sophisticated, I turned with as much grace as I could muster and bent my knees to sit. My dress, cage included, flew upward to block my sight and show off the fancy undergarments.
Helen burst into laughter, and mortified, I leapt back to my feet to find Joanna pressing her fingers to her lips, eyes dancing.
“Did…did you suggest I sit with the purpose of embarrassing me?” I hated the tears lacing my voice.
“Oh, goodness, no, Anne!” Joanna rushed forward and grasped my hands in her own. “I have seen such a travesty befall more than one lady in public and would be horrified if you should experience such a thing. Perhaps a lesson or two?”
Reminding myself my cousin wasn’t a mean-spirited woman like Aunt Martha, I nodded. “I believe that is a good idea.”
Joanna gave me brief instructions on sitting in a crinoline, showing me the best means of managing the wire and cloth cage. I practiced a dozen times before I felt confident I could manage in public without disgracing either of us.
Light shawls around both of our shoulders, we made our way down the stairs. Wells opened the door and stepped back, dipping his head. “Ladies.”
Happiness lit within me and expanded as Emanuel, the gentle, old carriage driver, smiled with approval at my new frock and borrowed shawl.
“I almost didn’t recognise you, Miss Tearle,” he said, while helping me into the carriage behind Joanna. “You look like a real lady.”
Beams of joy doubtless radiated on my face. “Thank you, Emanuel.”

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Love’s Sorrow 
Means of Mercy #1
Publisher:  Roane Publishing
Release Date:  April 21, 2014
Keywords:  Sweet, Historical Romance, Series

Hired as a nanny for her cousin’s children, Anne Tearle finds security and a loving family. The children are a dream, but London society is a world of its own, one where a displaced farm girl has no business being. But, wealthy rake, Gavin MacKay, helps her to see associating with the upper class might not be as horrid as she first assumed.

Like all things worthwhile, love comes at a price, and the cost soon bestows more anguish than joy. Lost, but not undone, Anne must find the courage to begin life anew, or succumb to sorrow's unrelenting waves of grief.

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