“If you’re in any state to do so,” he said. His voice dropped to a growl and he urged her further into the room, his body sheltering and demanding at the same time. “Come and sit down. We will have some refreshments, then visit the children. I ordered tea to be served to us here.”
“How did you do that?”
“Henstall is an immortal.”
She pouted in mock dismay. “I’m surrounded by immortals!”
Marcus pulled her towards him and closed his arms around her. “Now you are.”
As his head descended and she lifted her chin for his kiss, Ruth reflected that her life would be much like this from now on, raw drama mixed with domesticity.
She could not be sorry about that.
About the Author
Lynne Connolly has the best job in the world. She writes historical, paranormal and contemporary romance and she doesn’t seem to be able to stop. She has won a number of awards, including two EPPIES, and she lives in damp, rainy England with her family and her mews.
Once a year she crosses the ocean to visit friends, attend conventions and other shindigs, and promote her books, so watch her blog if you want to meet her. She loves travelling and meeting people who she will then use in her books, but then, authors are like that.
Her website is at www.lynneconnolly.com
You can email her at [email protected] or [email protected]
She tweets @lynneconnolly
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And her blog is here: lynneconnolly.blogspot.co.uk
One day she’ll grow up and get a proper job, but not just yet!
Look for these titles by Lynne Connolly
Now Available:
It All Started at Waterloo
Triple Countess
Last Chance, My Love
A Chance to Dream
Met by Chance
A Betting Chance
Secrets
Seductive Secrets
Alluring Secrets
Tantalizing Secrets
Richard and Rose
Yorkshire
Devonshire
Venice
Harley Street
Eyton
Hareton Hall
Maiden Lane
Lisbon
Even Gods Fall in Love
Lightning Unbound
Mad for Love
Arrows of Desire
Forged by Love
Coming Soon:
Even Gods Fall in Love
Her Quicksilver Lover
Don’t miss the other titles in Lynne Connolly’s Even Gods Fall in Love series!
A dangerous enchantment that can only be broken by fire…
Even Gods Fall in Love, Book 4
Vulcan, living in the body of Harry, Earl of Valsgarth, prefers a quiet country life, channeling his fiery temperament into his metal workshop. But he can’t ignore a summons from Mercury.
When he spies the ravishing woman across the London theater, he realizes why Mercury needs him. She is Venus, in the body of a French duchesse. In legend, his wife. But she is under an infatuation spell that has escalated into obsession. Unchecked, it’s hot enough to cause another Fire of London. Harry is the only immortal with the strength to break it.
Virginie revels in the joy she has found with Marcus, also known as Mars. Until Harry arrives in her parlor, leaning on his cane, oozing his particular brand of seduction.
When murder abruptly splits Virginie and Marcus apart, Harry must cope with a painful withdrawal that could destroy her—and half the city. If Harry can’t find who is framing her, she will lose her place in society. And possibly her mind to madness…
Warning: When the gods get busy, it gets hot as Hades. Could cause noticeable reddening of your cheeks. Which cheeks, we’ll leave up to you.
The fight for their love will be a battle of Olympian proportions.
Even Gods Fall In Love, Book 2
Wherever he goes, Blaize, Marquess of Stretton, hears the jingle of keys as society mothers lock up their daughters. No wonder: he is secretly the embodiment of Bacchus, god of wine and madness.
Yet his melancholic heart is lonely. Until he enters a ballroom, hunting for the Titans who destroyed his father. One look at Lady Ariane Wells and he is consumed with an instant, almost violent compulsion to protect her from the attentions of another man who smells of Titan—Marcus, Duke of Lyndhurst.
Ariane is no shy debutante. She knows what she wants, and it is the stunningly handsome Blaize, even if it means defying her powerful mother. When Blaize disappears, Ariane embarks on a treacherous cross-country chase to find him, knowing that if she fails, she must marry her mother’s choice: Marcus.
Now that Blaize knows the true identity of his captor, he will fight for Ariane even if it means using his terrifying ability to drive everyone around him insane—including himself. For if he doesn’t save her, he will truly go insane—forever.
Warning: Contains a rake who can make a woman’s good sense completely melt away, and a debutante who isn’t afraid to spread her wings to fly in the face of convention. Could make even the bluest blood boil.
When the God of Love falls for a nymph, all seven hells break loose.
Even Gods Fall in Love, Book 3
Finished with the tutoring that taught him how to be an immortal, Edmund, otherwise known as Eros, steps off the packet onto English shores, and stumbles head over heels in love.
There’s something different about Perdita Seaton and her secretive family, but for now a bigger dilemma looms. Revealing he’s the Duke of Kentmere could cut their courtship short. Yet abandoning his heritage means leaving his beloved sister at the mercy of the Titans.
Even as Edmund steals Perdita’s breath with the speed at which he sweeps her down the aisle, she feels safe in the irresistible tide of passion. Her father, head of a smuggling empire, is Oceanus—and she is a nymph.
Disaster strikes when Edmund races to London to rescue his sister, and doesn’t return. Desperate, Perdita follows him, only to find no light of recognition in his eyes.
Now she must choose. Admit defeat, or fight to break the enchantment keeping Edmund’s heart prisoner—and risk the wrath of a jealous goddess who’d be all too happy to snuff her out.
Warning: Contains a wedding night that transcends heaven, a mother-in-law from hell, and one Titanic case of amnesia.
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War Chest
Copyright © 2016 by Lynne Connolly
ISBN: 978-1-61923-079-8
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