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Much Ado About A Widow, Book 4 of The Widows’ Club series, released on New Year’s Eve!
If you’ve been keeping up with my widows over the past year or so, this book is Georgie’s story–a true romantic comedy adventure romance. Of course, nothing else would do for the heroine, Lady Georgina Kirkpatrick!
BLURB:
Lady Georgina Kirkpatrick defied her family, jilted her fiancé, and married the man she loved. But when her husband died at Waterloo, she was delivered right back into her father’s power . . .
Victory is sweet—but England’s triumph was Georgie’s rout. Now that she’s widowed, the loathsome marriage her father first arranged has simply been renegotiated. With neither money nor rights, and nowhere to flee, all she can do is cherish her last weeks of freedom. . . . Until a band of ruffians overtake her carriage and kidnap her. When she escapes in seaside Brighton and encounters her brother’s rather wild friend, Lord St. Just—whom she suspects aspires to be a pirate—she’s prepared to entertain more of his adventurous suggestions than usual . . .
St. Just knows his mind and his duty, and he loves a challenge. Helping a fair lady make her farewells to hoodlums suits his talents well. Within the hour he has Georgie, her lady’s maid—and her little dog too—sailing for his castle in Cornwall. Meanwhile, the lady’s entire family, her kidnappers, and her scheming intended are in pursuit. But as he and the indomitable Georgie grow closer, he begins to suspect that together they will prove a match for them all . . .
I started my snippets a good way into the story. Lady Georgina, on the way back to her father’s house to an arranged marriage with a man she’s already jilted once, is kidnapped. She manages to escape and runs straight into the arms of her brother’s friend, Robin, Marquess of St. Just. who tries to persuade her to sail with him to his home in Cornwall, to which Georgie answers with a resounding “No.” Rob is still fearful for her safety and enacts his plan. He locks Georgie in the cabin and hurries off on an errand, leaving Georgie to fume. Rob returns to the ship and sets sail with Georgie, Clara and Lulu. And Georgie discovers she is no sailor. After a night of being violently seasick, she is appalled when Rob appears with food in hand.
This week’s snippet follows a few sentences after last week’s. Rob has lifted Georgie into a sitting position in order for her to drink the ginger tea he brought. As she won’t drink the tea, Rob has to implement his grandfather’s method of administration.
We are in Rob’s POV .
Some portions of this snippet may be changed from the book’s regular format to allow for WWW’s 10 line requirement.
SNIPPET:
The Justine
She clamped her lips shut tight.
Very well, lady’s choice, then.
Without warning, Rob seized her nose, pinched it shut, and waited.
Lady Georgina’s eyes widened, and she batted at his hand, making it hard not to spill the hot tea on her. “My lady, you are going to make me scald you if you keep this up.”
She opened her lips a crack, letting out a squawk before shutting them a second before he could bring the cup to her lips. The dog started its infernal barking, bumping against his boots as if trying to knock him off his pins. This might be the closest to a cell in Bedlam that he’d ever been.
Disregarding the animal, he moved the cup close to her mouth–she couldn’t hold out much longer without breathing. She had spirit, he’d give her that– her face had taken on a bright red hue before she opened her mouth at last, gasping for breath.
Much Ado About A Widow is now available as an e-book on Amazon and in Barnes and Nobles, Books A Million, and WalMart stores in paperback.
And don’t forget to check out the rest of the Warriors here. There’s some fantastic snippets to be read.
The Widows’ Club series by Jenna Jaxon
Check them out on my Amazon Author Page!
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Frustrating as that must have been, I bet she’ll be happy about it when she realizes it works.
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It’s amazing there’s still so much fight in her when she’s ill! Stubbornness can die hard.
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Thank goodness she actually took a breath, I think I might’ve been holding my own there.
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These two are a match as far as stubbornness goes. Neither one of them is willing to give up.
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I think next week we get to see who wins out. 🙂
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He is persistent. She is almost as stubborn. lol What a couple. Great snippet.
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They are kind of “made for each other” that way. LOL Thanks, Diane!
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She is stubborn. I wanted her to take a breath and worried all a long that she would be scalded by the tea! Great snippet.
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Yes, Georgie is stubborn, but so is Rob. 🙂 He does an amazing job of keeping it in the cup! LOL
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Yikes – I was breathing for her!
Tweeted.
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Thank you, Daryl! Glad you were pulled into the scene!
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Such a visual scene! I hope he manages to get the tea down her, and she’ll realise he actually was trying to help her!
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Thank you, Hywela! I hope other readers see it happening as vividly as you did!
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The irresistible force (tea cup) meets the immovable objects (lips)!
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They do–eventually!
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I hope the tea helps her quickly! He could have just left her in misery.
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He really is trying to be helpful. He doesn’t want her to suffer any more.
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Well he’s direct in his approach. I can’t imagine how this cup of tea doesn’t get spilled or hurled at someone or…it’s a very tense scene with definite humorous undertones. Loved the snippet!
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His is a bit forceful, but he has good intentions. 🙂 And yes, the tea is in danger of going everywhere! They’d both best be careful he doesn’t spill it. LOL Thank you, Veronica!
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What a snippet! You have grabbed the scene and made it so real.
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Thank you, Charmaine! 🙂
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Sounds like she’s finally about to get the ginger tea. Hopefully she’ll drink it to feel better instead of doing something else with it. Great snippet!
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Thank you, Jessica! Yes, she really does need to get that tea down her instead of somewhere else!
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