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Pure of Heart - Book Blast and Giveaway

9/8/2016

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Pure of Heart
by Auria Jourdain
GENRE
: Historical Romance

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A ghost child left to die in a French forest, Contesse Blanchefort seeks her long-buried past after her adoptive father dies at the Bastille. Embarking on a quest across England with a pagan woman and a rogue Gypsy, Contesse falls ill in London, and her companions are forced to seek help. With overwhelming compassion, physician’s apprentice Eric McEwan nurses Contesse back to health, but discovers that her exotic accent and pale features set his heart ablaze...her mere touch brands his soul. Passion blooms as the two discover their love for one another—with disastrous consequences.
Upon his expulsion from Cambridge, Eric must battle his domineering grandfather’s wrath. When family tragedy strikes, he must return to his provincial home and confront his abusive past. Carrying on with her quest, Contesse struggles to free herself from her childhood as sinister details are revealed. Without Eric, she’s lost. But love is strong...can they conquer their demons to find one another again?
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​Eric and Talon's voices wafted away as Contesse stepped out into a small clearing where the goldenrod, dead nettle, and pink heather bloomed all around her. The warm sun tickled her face, and she pulled her cloak tight to protect her skin. Sitting gingerly upon the grass, she perked up as the thunderous sounds of the river rumbled nearby. With a gasp, she turned to look, her mind whirling. Rubbing her eyes, a ghostly likeness of herself as a young child walked among the reeds, and she suddenly leapt back to a time she’d long forgotten...

Wrapped in a long, rainbow colored cloak to cover her delicate skin, the child stooped over to pick the goldenrod. Rubbing it between her fingers, the girl smiled and placed it carefully in an elongated, open basket hung on her arm. Intent on her work, she didn’t see the two young children running toward her, laughing and pointing. “Devil's Spawn! Devil's Spawn!" the girls mocked. “You don’t belong here!” The little girl sat in the grass and cried, bent over with a sprig of goldenrod in her hand.

Standing, Contesse went to the river bank to comfort the poor girl, but she had disappeared. A mockingbird called from high in the treetops, and Contesse frowned. Gazing down in surprise, she gripped a yellow flower tightly in her fist. Holding it to her nose, she inhaled the spicy fragrance that lingered upon her fingers.
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History buff, Francophile, and hopeless romantic that demands an HEA—it’s the perfect mixture for writing romance! With fond childhood memories of reading on quiet afternoons, I loved the "happily ever after" sweet teen romances, but I quickly plunged into the world of historical romance—my get-away-from-real-life transporter. Add in a degree in Political Studies with six years of French, and twenty years later, I’m living my dream. With three published novels, 7 finished, and several more in my head, I have years of work ahead of me!


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Website: www.auriajourdainromance.com


Amazon buy link: https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Heart-Escapades-Book-ebook/dp/B01HYAT144#nav-subnav
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9 Comments
Goddess Fish Promotions link
9/8/2016 05:19:45 am

Thanks for hosting!

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Maia Silverdagger
9/8/2016 08:34:10 am

I loved the excerpt!

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Auria Jourdain link
9/8/2016 10:13:32 am

Thanks, Maia! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :D This is one of my favorite scenes in the whole book, as Contesse is finally rediscovering the details of her mysterious past. Thanks so much for joining me today.

~Auria~

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Auria Jourdain link
9/8/2016 10:11:00 am

Good Morning! Thanks so much for hosting me today on The Silver Dagger Scriptorium and thanks to the readers for your questions and comments. I’ll be checking in here and there, and I’d love to chat with you about my books, my writing, or any other whimsy that you might have. 😀

First, a bit about my books: I love history, and I do extensive research on every one of my novels. My goal is to portray the time period as accurately as possible. Set during the 18th century in the midst of a world ravaged by revolutions, Pure of Heart follows the heroine, Contesse Blanchefort, as she travels the English countryside in search of the family that abandoned her as a child. Socially outcast because of her achromatic condition (albinism), she’s guided on her quest by a rogue Romani (Gypsy) and a pagan druid woman that don’t see eye to eye. Along the way, she meets and falls in love with an Englishman studying to be a surgeon. Isn’t that just typical of Lady Fate?

I hope you enjoyed my small excerpt of Pure of Heart. The first edition was released in 2015 with a small vanity press, and I received my rights back last spring. It needed a fresh revamp with new material and a brand new cover, and I’m so pleased with this second edition!

Don’t forget to comment to be entered to win my Rafflecopter!

~Auria~

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Tarissa
9/8/2016 02:44:08 pm

I always like story with a bit of medical drama thrown in there. This sounds like a lovely historical romance.

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Auria Jourdain link
9/8/2016 09:21:49 pm

Aw! Thanks, Tarissa! I love a good medical romance, too, and it was really neat researching how physicians were trained during the 18th century and the different drugs they used for elixirs and draughts :) Thanks for stopping by today!

~Auria~

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Beth Ann Tilley
9/9/2016 12:08:53 pm

Thank you for the excerpt & giveaway

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Jerry Marquardt
9/9/2016 03:25:44 pm

To Auria Jourdain: Thank you for all of your great writings including Pure of Heart. Keep up the good work in the future. Thanks again for the Book Blast and I for giving us all the chance to win.

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Sarah L
9/9/2016 10:48:45 pm

How many hours a day do you write?
Thanks for the contest.

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