Meet Author Wendy Soliman and Compromising the Marquess + #Giveaway
We’re thrilled to have author Wendy Soliman stopping by today to share the first chapter of her upcoming release, COMPROMISING THE MARQUESS; a regency romance to be released by Carina Press on 12/10! Wendy is also gifting a lucky commenter from this stop a copy of this upcoming book!
Back Cover Blurb:
Leah Elliott and her sister Bethany remove to the south coast, where Leah makes a living by picking up tidbits of gossip for a scandal sheet about the local family of consequence, the Forsters. She erroneously reports that the marquess, Hal Forster, is about to marry a local lady. To make up for her mistake, Leah offers to act as Hal’s paramour. In return he agrees to educate her in matters of romantic love, acting out scenes from Fanny Hill, a book which they have both read.
Leah discovers that Hal has a young Frenchman hidden on his boat, which makes her suspicious. During a grand ball at Forster Hall, the Frenchman kidnaps Leah, using her to lure Hal into a trap. Using her wits, Leah manages to warn the man she has fallen in love with that he’s in deadly peril. Managing to overcome his foes, Hal concentrates on discovering the truth behind the fire that killed Leah’s father and supposedly destroyed the rare books he so treasured. His efforts lead them both into more danger when they have a deadly confrontation with a scoundrel at an inn in the backstreets of London.
Deeply in love with his feisty scribe, Hal proposes marriage. Leah realizes that true love simply doesn’t recognise the class divide invented by society and joyously accepts him.
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Author Bio:
Wendy Soliman was brought up on the Isle of Wight in Southern England but now divides her time between Andorra and West Florida. She lives with her husband Andre and a rescued dog of indeterminate pedigree named Jake Bentley.
The Isle of Wight is full of historic buildings, which is where she acquired her love of history, absorbing it like osmosis. She is the author of nine single-title Regency romances and is excited about her up-coming series charting the fortunes of the Forster dynasty.
When not writing she enjoys reading other people’s books, walking miles with her dog whilst plotting her next scene, and is on a one-woman mission to save the wine industry from the economic slump. Well, someone’s got to do it!
Contact email: wendysoliman@rocketmail.com
Website: www.wendysoliman.com
Facebook: Wendy Soliman – Author
Twitter: @wendyswriter
Blog: Confessions of a writer http://wendysoliman.blogspot.com/
Giveaway Details:
One randomly drawn commenter from each tour stop will win one digital copy of COMPROMISING THE MARQUESS. The giveaway is open internationally and the winner will be notified via email after the close of the tour.
Tour Stops:
Additional tour stops can be found at:
http://events.litconnect.com/virtual-book-tour-compromising-the-marquess-by-wendy-soliman
Remember that the more stops you comment on, the greater your chances of winning!
Tanya
Congrats to Wendy on the new release! IT sounds fantastic
Congrats on the new release Wendy! And how can I resist a book that mentions a rare book collection?
Hi Wendy!
Just a few more days and Compromising the Marquess will be released! You must be so excited to have it coming out just before the holidays.
I loved the blurb from the back cover and it brought me back to the early 1980′s and going to see Fanny Hill at the movies!
To think back then it was “scandalous” but today would seem tame! I can just imagine what the people in London thought when they read Memories of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland back in the mid-1700′s on which the movie was based! If I remember correctly he was in prison when he wrote it and it was considered the first prose pornography at the time .
I have a feeling the scene you paint with your words are giong to bring to life Hal tand Leah acting out scenes from Fanny Hill!
Sounds like a great read!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Now there’s a plot line that I haven’t heard before. Congratulations on your new released.
I love finding a new twist when it comes to historicals and this plot sounds really fresh. Thanks for the chance to win!
Nice cover. The book sounds good.
I love the cover and what a great start! Now I want to read the rest of it!
Thanks so much!
This sounds like an intriguing read…thanks for sharing, I’ll check it out!
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The book sounds good. Thanks for the giveaway.