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The cover of A Talent for Sin<\/strong><\/span> caught my attention immediately. The heroine’s coquettish look over the shoulder. Nice.\u00a0 Provocative. Seemingly innocent. Then I read the back cover blurb. Now I’m completely intrigued. Older woman, younger man. But wait, the girl on the cover doesn’t look more than twenty. Never mind that, it works. \ud83d\ude42 I’m too impatient to go to the book store, so I download it immediately. I read it in two days (hey, I was busy writing and revising my life away). I adored it. The beginning took my breath away. Can you really start a book like that?\u00a0 It gave me ideas for the future… Suffice it enough to say, wonderful debut. So without further ado, dear readers,\u00a0 please welcome Lavinia Kent<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span> to The Season’s Blog<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

~~~<\/p>\n

\"laviniakent\"<\/a>I am not sure if this is a blog about villains or about point of view.\u00a0 I definitely started out planning to write about villains and why I love them.\u00a0 But then I realized that what I really love is how different points of view change a story.\u00a0\u00a0 I adore it when I am absolutely convinced a character is evil and then the picture twists. I start to see the world through their eyes and suddenly everything isn\u2019t so black and white.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if anybody has read any of George R.R. Martins\u2019 \u201cSong of Ice and Fire\u201d series, but he is a champion at this.\u00a0 A character will seem completely without redemption and then suddenly the reader is in his point of view for several hundred pages.\u00a0 Everybody the reader assumed was good now has sinister overtones and all the evil deeds are explained.\u00a0\u00a0 The character still may not be a \u201cgood guy\u201d but the reader understands and sympathizes with his every action.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve dreamed of writing a book like this for years and thought I knew what it would be.\u00a0 Of course life \u2013 and books \u2013 rarely turn out quite the way I intend.<\/p>\n

My debut novel, A Talent for Sin<\/strong><\/span>, features a heroine, Violet Carrington, who was forced, by her brother, to marry an elderly man\u2013forced not once but twice, marrying again after her first husband dies.\u00a0\u00a0 The book takes place years later when Violet, again a widow, takes a younger lover who wishes to marry her.\u00a0 Violet is convinced that she has nothing to gain by marriage and changing her mind takes some very passionate persuading.<\/p>\n

A Talent for Sin<\/strong><\/span>\"atalentforsin_web\"<\/a>
\nAuthor: Lavinia Kent
\nPublisher: Avon
\nPub. Date: May 26
\nISBN-13: 978-0061734083
\n384 pages<\/span><\/p>\n

She was blessed with a gift of temptation.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Violet, Lady Carrington, possesses everything a spirited woman could want out of life. Money (and lots of it). The freedom to make her own choices, with no husband to rule her. And a delightfully attentive young lover, Lord Peter St. Johns, to satisfy her every wild whim. But Peter desires more than Violet’s lascivious attentions. He’s desperate for her heart\u2014and her hand in marriage.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yet with a toss of her russet curls, Violet refuses. A man like Peter belongs with a na\u00efve, blushing beauty, not a luscious lady with a talent for sin, and she would rather die than be beholden to anyone. But try as she might, she cannot convince him\u2014or herself\u2014that their tantalizing dalliance is a mere trifle. Perhaps Lady Carrington has finally met her match\u2014a man who will love but not control her, a man who can meet her wickedness with a fierce passion of his own . . .<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"boundbytemptation\"<\/a>During the course of the book Violet\u2019s brother, Masters, enters the story again.\u00a0 This time he is trying to force their youngest sister to wed.\u00a0 He is in every sense a villain.<\/p>\n

And then I started to write my next book.\u00a0 It was supposed to be the youngest sister\u2019s story, but she made it very clear that she was not ready for true love.\u00a0 She had a lot of life to live first.<\/p>\n

And Masters \u2013 well he kept appearing and trying to explain to me why he\u2019d acted the way he had.\u00a0 (He also grew about six inches taller and developed a distinctly more muscular chest.)\u00a0\u00a0 The more I tried to push him back the more he insisted on being heard.<\/p>\n

And so was born Bound by Temptation<\/strong><\/span>, out from Avon in February 2010, the story of Masters and Lady Clara Westington.\u00a0\u00a0 Lady Clara also has problems with how Masters had treated his sisters.\u00a0 She\u2019s not at all sure she wants a lover who could treat any woman in such a way.\u00a0 Of course that would be easier to manage if she could keep her hands off him, or if she hadn\u2019t tried to seduce him over breakfast bacon.\u00a0 And that\u2019s not even mentioning awakening tied to his bed . . .<\/p>\n

Do you have a favorite villain turned hero\/heroine?\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear. And don’t forget, I’m giving away 2 copies. Just comment for a chance to win.<\/p>\n

Lavinia Kent<\/p>\n

~~~<\/p>\n

\"knightofpleasure\"<\/a>Before I offer up 3 copies of Knight of Desire<\/strong><\/span> readers can win by leaving a comment, I will, once again, offer my opinion on this fabulous debut. I don’t normally read medievals. I’m squeamish (my own fault entirely) and they tend to have too much fighting for my tastes. But when my friend Jackie Barbosa <\/a><\/em>(who is well aware of my very particular tastes)\u00a0 highly recommended Margaret’s medieval as one I would enjoy, I bought it the next day(I’m no dummy). Now I’m HOOKED on Margaret Mallory<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and her valiant knights, beautiful heroines and wonderfully compelling love stories. December can’t come soon enough for me to get my hands on Knight of Pleasure<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 By the way, have you seen the gorgeous cover! The cover gods indulged Miss Mallory in a most extraordinary way. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Was it only me, Jackie and the editors at Grand Central who loved Knight of Desire<\/span><\/strong>? Nope. Check out Buffie Johnson’s <\/em><\/span>review (formerly of RomanceNovel TV, now with one of our contributing reviewers, The Romance Dish<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Knight of Desire<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor: Margaret Mallory
\nPublisher: Grand Central
\nPub. Date: July 1
\nISBN-13: 978-0446553391
\n384 pages<\/span><\/p>\n

FEARLESS IN BATTLE
\n<\/strong>
\nHis surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to him by the king. One last prize awaits him at the castle gates: the lovely Lady Catherine Rayburn.
\n
\nTENDER IN BED<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine risked everything to spy for the crown. Her reward? Her lands are declared forfeit and she is given this choice: marry FitzAlan or be taken to the Tower. Catherine agrees to give her handsome new husband her body, but she\u2019s keeping secrets and dares not give him her heart. As passion ignites and danger closes in, Catherine and William must learn to trust in each other to save their marriage, their land, and their very lives.<\/em><\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n

I am a romance reader who loves debut novels.\u00a0 I think the reason I enjoy debuts so much is because of the possibility of finding a new author to follow.\u00a0 As you all know, medievals are my first loves in the romance novel world, so when I had the chance to read Margaret Mallory\u2019s debut novel, I grabbed the book with both hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the eve of her wedding to a man she neither likes nor admires, Lady Mary Catherine sneaks into the stables to saddle up her horse and enjoy her last hour as a free woman.\u00a0 But what Catherine does not expect to find is a shadow lurking in the stables.\u00a0 Confronted by a stranger, Catherine does what every 16 year old girl in the 1400s would do . .\u00a0 . pulls a blade on the stranger and threatens his life.\u00a0 Amused by the young girl\u2019s response to him, the young knight tells Catherine that he will ride along with her to insure her safety.\u00a0\u00a0 Catherine reluctantly agrees and the two share a memorable, yet innocent, few hours together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five years have passed since her wedding day and Catherine cannot believe she has survived the torturous abuse of her husband, Lord Rayburn.\u00a0 But if her husband finds out she is the one who alerted the King of her husband\u2019s involvement with the Welsh rebels and the movements of the rebel forces before the King\u2019s men can capture him for treason, Lady Catherine may not face another sunrise.\u00a0 Summoned to the gate of her castle, Catherine is nervous to find several of the King\u2019s men waiting.\u00a0 Upon receiving the news that her abusive husband was caught and killed, Catherine drops to her knees and cries her praises to God.\u00a0\u00a0 But her jubilant celebration is quickly squashed as she is told the King has given her now dead husband\u2019s title and all his property to the man who defeated her husband in battle that very day, Sir William FitzAlan. \u00a0By the King\u2019s edict, Catherine has two choices.\u00a0 Marry Sir FitzAlan or be taken from her home and her son and placed in the Tower.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sir William FitzAlan is one of the King\u2019s men.\u00a0 He is a knight with no home, no family (that he likes anyway), and no land.\u00a0 He is an honest man among the throngs of dishonest ones.\u00a0 After dispensing with a traitor to the crown, William is awarded Ross Castle and all of its land.\u00a0 Being a man who hates to see women punished, William agrees to marry the Lady of Ross Castle without seeing her first.\u00a0 As Catherine stands at the gate while Father Whitefield explains the King\u2019s messages to her, William is shocked to silence when he discovers Catherine is the young woman he spent an innocent evening with several years ago.\u00a0 The woman he could never get out of his head or his heart.\u00a0 And now she is to be his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine and William have a long road ahead of them.\u00a0\u00a0 Both must learn to trust the other with their heart and their body.\u00a0\u00a0 William yearns to show Catherine the pleasures of the marriage bed, but must do so with a gentle hand as her experience with her mentally and physically abusive spouse has scarred her in more than one way.\u00a0\u00a0 Catherine wants William to trust her above anyone else, even though he has burned by women in the past.\u00a0 Trust is a hard thing to earn as it doesn\u2019t come quickly or easily.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a fabulous debut novel.\u00a0 Margaret Mallory does a masterful job of focusing on the relationship of the hero and heroine while still having an underlying theme of treason, intrigue, and secrets which are woven intricately throughout the novel but yet never overpowering the love story.\u00a0\u00a0 Mallory also does a wonderful job of writing the mothering feelings of Catherine.\u00a0 She is spot on with the descriptions of a mother\u2019s love and the thoughts of a mother.\u00a0\u00a0 Several times I found myself shaking my head in agreement with the words on the page.
\nI am very happy to learn that Margaret Mallory is writing two more books in the All The King\u2019s Men series.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait to read about the secondary characters from this book as many of them will make excellent heroes of their own stories.\u00a0 So if you like medievals and are ready to try a new author, then this is just the book for you! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Rating:\u00a0 4.25\/5.00 Stars<\/span><\/p>\n

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~~~<\/p>\n

I’m giving away 2 (copies) of Allegra Gray’s debut, Nothing But Scandal<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"Nothingbutscandal_blog\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing But Scandal<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor: Allegra Gray
\nPublisher: Kensington
\nPub. Date: July 7
\nISBN-13: 978-1420108255
\n352 pages<\/span><\/p>\n

It all starts with an innocent proposition <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

When her father dies, leaving her penniless and without prospects, Elizabeth Medford is faced with a horrible future: marriage to the utterly vile Harold Wetherby. Her family thinks he\u2019s a brilliant choice, but Elizabeth has witnessed Wetherby’s cruel nature and knows a life with him would be a miserable one.. If only he didn\u2019t want to marry her\u2026but for that to be the case, she would have to have a damaged reputation, and despite her father\u2019s missteps, Elizabeth\u2019s own name is pristine among society. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

So far\u2026 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Elizabeth will organize her own ruin and escape the betrothal, leaving her old life behind. The only hitch is the man she hopes will do the ruining\u2014the irresistible Alex Bainbridge, Duke of Beaufort. Alex is no stranger to scandal. But he has secrets of his own that make Elizabeth Medford a woman he should avoid at all costs–for both their sakes. He insists he will have no part in her crazy scheme\u2026no matter how tempting she may be\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the summer of 2010, look out for Allegra’s sophomore novel from Kensington, Nothing But Deception<\/strong><\/span>. <\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

~~~<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m giving away 5 (five) copies\u00a0 each of\u00a0 Lisa Marie Wilkinson’s<\/em><\/span><\/a> Fire At Midnight<\/strong><\/span> and Jackie Barbosa’s<\/em><\/span> <\/a>Behind the Red Door<\/strong><\/span> (it’s hot!). Comment to enter to win.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fire At Midnight<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor: Lisa Marie Wilkinson
\nPublisher: Medallion Press
\nPub. Date: March 1
\nISBN-13: 978-1933836546
\n350 pages<\/span><\/p>\n

It is 1703, and Rachael Penrose is confined to Bedlam Insane Asylum in London after discovering her uncle Victor plans to kill her brother in order to inherit the family fortune. Victor leads a gang of criminals and uses French privateer\/smuggler S\u00e9bastien Falconer as the scapegoat for his crimes. When Victor spreads the lie that Rachael informed the authorities of Falconer’s smuggling activities, Falconer vows revenge on the girl.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A dangerously ill Rachael finally escapes from Bedlam, only to find shelter in S\u00e9bastien’s carriage, and ends up in his care. It is a twist of fate that will alter both their lives forever.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Believing she is in danger from S\u00e9bastien, Rachael meets up with his estranged twin brother, Jacques, a customs officer intent on bringing his brother, the famous privateer, to justice. But the real criminal is still at large, and she and her brother are still in danger. Will she discover the truth and save both their lives . . . and her heart?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In March 2010, look out for Lisa’s sophomore book from Medallion Press, Stolen Promise<\/strong><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

~~~<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In full disclosure, Jackie Barbosa<\/a> is my good friend. That said, this anthology is not to be missed! I read it before it was in print and the writing is top-notch, the characters well-drawn, the love stories, heartfelt. It’s a must<\/strong> read.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"behindthereddoor_blog\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Behind The Red Door<\/strong><\/span>
\nAuthor: Jackie Barbosa
\nPublisher: Kensington
\nPub. Date: May 26
\nISBN-13: 978-0758234582
\n304 pages<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Wickedly Ever After<\/strong>
\nKnown for his wicked ways, the Marquess of Grenville is far from marriage material. But when Miss Eleanor Palmer tries to tell him so, she quickly finds the heat of his kiss melting her determination to say \u201cno\u201d into an uncontrollable desire to say \u201cyes\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Scandalously Ever After<\/strong>
\nMost men who visit the Red Door brothel enjoy sampling the variety of feminine delights, so Calliope is surprised when Captain Jack Prescott claims her for a week of passion. But satisfying his every sexual desire provides them both with complete carnal pleasure\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sinfully Ever After<\/strong>
\nLady Jane St. Clair loves her fianc\u00e9, but Gerard Nash is a notorious rake who likes adventurous women. Wanting to show him just how bold she can be, Jane masquerades as a young ing\u00e9nue at the Red Door where she and Gerard experience sinfully erotic ecstasy\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

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