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The Smuggler's Escape - Book Tour and Giveaway

7/24/2019

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The Smuggler's Escape
by Barbara Monajem
Genre: Historical Romance, Adventure 

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After escaping the guillotine, Noelle de Vallon takes refuge with her aunt in England. Determined to make her own way, she joins the local smugglers, but when their plans are uncovered, Richard, Lord Boltwood steps out of the shadows to save her. Too bad he’s the last man on earth she ever wanted to see again.

Years ago, Richard Boltwood’s plan to marry Noelle was foiled when his ruthless father shipped him to the Continent to work in espionage. But with the old man at death’s door, Richard returns to England with one final mission: to catch a spy. And Noelle is the prime suspect.

Noelle needs Richard’s help, but how can she ever trust the man who abandoned her? And how can Richard catch the real culprit while protecting the woman who stole his heart and won’t forgive him for breaking hers?


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​Setup: Noelle needs Richard’s help, but she doesn’t want him interfering in the smuggling business. She refuses to marry him, and she can’t afford to let him seduce her, either. Richard has other ideas…


Noelle slid off Snowflake’s back, passed her to a surprised groom, and hastened toward the house. The wind ceased its fitful snatching at her bonnet and tore it off good and proper, dancing with it in the sunlight, tossing it around the side of Boltwood Manor.
Noelle picked up her skirts and ran after the hat. The wind teased it away from her grasping fingers and threw it this way and that across the lawn. Noelle followed, cursing, while the wind tugged her hair out of its pins and flapped it into her face. The bonnet flew through the herb garden, lit briefly on the outstretched hand of a stone nymph, and fluttered toward the terrace.
Richard Boltwood stepped through the French doors to the terrace, reached out a long arm, and rescued Noelle’s hat from the wind.
Sacré tonnerre, but he was beautiful. Most improperly, he wore only shirt and breeches. His sleeves couldn’t hide those powerful shoulders and arms, nor his breeches the muscles of his thighs. The open neck of his shirt revealed his firm throat and a few hairs of the masculine chest she had seen and touched only once.
His face was bright with laughter, his bearing confident. Masterful. Irresistible. In spite of herself, Noelle quivered inside.
No. This was no time for quivering. She hurried forward. “Richard, I must speak with you.”
“With pleasure,” Richard said. “Your bonnet, ma’am.” He held it out but made no attempt to touch her.
Noelle closed her fingers around the ribbons, and immediately Richard put his hands behind his back. She moved closer, and he inched away. “In private!” she whispered. She put her hands on her hips and scowled at him. The hat strained away from her hand, and her hair flapped in her face. “Stay here! It’s urgent. I need your help immediately.”
“Ah,” Richard said, “I am of course at your service, my love, but do consider. Your only legitimate excuse for such a precipitate arrival must be desperate love for me, but if there is to be no touching, it won’t look like love, will it?” He danced away like the bonnet on the wind. “You do look delightfully desperate, my sweet.”
“That was your idea,” Noelle fumed. “I never said I wouldn’t touch you, merely that it would be wiser not.”
“It would have been wiser not to involve yourself in the free trade. As to not touching me, do as you please, as long as you understand that if you touch me, I will consider it a clear invitation to touch you in return.” His lips twitched.
“Nom de Dieu.” She must keep her distance, but he was making that impossible. “Oh, very well. You may kiss my hand.”
“Your Majesty is most gracious.” He took her gloved hand in his and tugged at the tip of one finger.
She tried to draw away, but he wouldn’t let go. “What are you doing?”
“Exactly what it looks like. I won’t waste one of my burning kisses on a mere glove.” A few seconds later, the glove was in his breeches pocket. He took her cool hand into his large warm one and brought it within an inch of his lips.
The warmth of his hand, the heat of his breath, traveled all the way to her toes. “Get on with it,” she said, quivering with impatience. Get it over with before it kills me. When he did nothing, she pulled at her hand.
He didn’t let go. “It’s not enough. No woman who gallops to her lover’s door would be content with one little kiss.” He paused. “On her hand.”
Waiting for that kiss was torture, and she had urgent news. She said in French, “Richard, the excisemen are nearby! We don’t have time for playing games.”
“This is no game,” he answered in the same language. “Lives are at stake, and therefore our charade must appear real.”
Charade?
Did that mean he accepted her refusal to marry him? In which case, she should be glad. Or at the very least, relieved.
She didn’t have time for emotions. “Lives are at stake, and therefore we must hurry.”
“But not appear to do so,” he said. “A bargain—both your hands. It’s not dangerous, surely . . . just a little hand kiss or two.”
Before she had a chance to respond, he took the other hand, pried her fingers open, and released the ribbons of her hat.
It fluttered away across the lawn. “My bonnet!”
“What’s a mere bonnet when one is deep in love?” Richard removed the second glove and stowed it in his pocket. He pulled her close and pressed his hot lips to the back of one tingling hand.
Something inside Noelle pulsed in response. Yes.
His lips settled hotly on the other hand.
Oh, yes.
“Enough?” Richard whispered. “We have demonstrated love, but what about passion?”
Noelle couldn’t bring herself to move. Her breathing quickened, and her knees felt abominably weak.
“Only a passionate woman would ride ventre à terre to the man she loves.” He turned her hands over and cupped them in his large ones. “You, my sweet, are the essence of passion.”
He pressed his lips into one palm and then the other. The pulsing inside her deepened to a throb.
She couldn’t help it. She whimpered, staring at his lips and her hand.
His tongue reached out and gently, devastatingly, licked her palm.
Dieu du ciel. His arms surrounded her and his heady aroma overwhelmed her senses. She drank it in through her very pores. I love you. Oh, how I love you. She pressed her face into the hollow at his throat.
No.
She made a small despairing sound, and immediately his arms loosened. He pushed up her chin and deposited a swift kiss on her lips. “You do love me, and you know it.”


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Winner of the Holt Medallion, Maggie, Daphne du Maurier, Reviewer’s Choice and Epic awards, Barbara Monajem wrote her first story at eight years old about apple tree gnomes. She published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young, then moved on to paranormal mysteries and Regency romances with intrepid heroines and long-suffering heroes (or vice versa). Regency mysteries are next on the agenda.

Barbara loves to cook, especially soups. She used to have two items on her bucket list: to make asparagus pudding (because it was too weird to resist) and to succeed at knitting socks. She managed the first (it was dreadful) but doubts she’ll ever accomplish the second. This is not a bid for immortality but merely the dismal truth. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and feline strays.


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64 Comments
Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 10:21:18 am

Thanks for arranging this fabulous tour!

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Rita Wray
7/24/2019 12:32:26 pm

I liked the excerpt. Sounds like a good book.

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 02:07:32 pm

Thanks, Rita! :)

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Calvin
7/24/2019 01:40:28 pm

Really adventurous, I like these types of books.

Cool tour

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 02:06:55 pm

Thanks, Calvin!

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Paula
7/24/2019 03:33:30 pm

The cover art seems appropriate for the book. Good job.

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 03:42:21 pm

Thanks, Paula. It's definitely closer to being accurate than many book covers are!

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Debbie P
7/24/2019 03:45:38 pm

This book sounds like a great read. Great cover!

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 03:49:42 pm

Thanks, Debbie. I'm happy with the cover -- it shows that the story includes both romance and adventure. :)

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SHERRY
7/24/2019 04:29:15 pm

Sounds like a very interesting book.

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 04:34:33 pm

Thanks, Sherry. :) It was definitely an interesting one to write.

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Kelly D
7/24/2019 05:27:07 pm

I like the cover. It is nicely done.

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 05:31:40 pm

Thanks! Kudos to the cover artist, Anna Lena-Spies!

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wendy hutton
7/24/2019 06:15:43 pm

very well designed cover, good luck with the book

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Barbara Monajem link
7/24/2019 06:18:28 pm

Thanks, Wendy. I'm pleased to hear that so many people like the cover. The artist did a fantastic job. :)

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Dale Wilken
7/24/2019 10:04:43 pm

The book and cover are great.

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Barbara Monajem link
7/25/2019 04:40:59 am

Thanks, Dale. :)

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Emmaline
7/25/2019 01:57:40 pm

I like the cover design, and that's a really attractive couple. Good luck on your tour!

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Barbara Monajem link
7/25/2019 02:08:46 pm

Thanks, Emmaline (I love your name!) Kudos to the cover artist for both the design and the excellent choice of a couple. :)

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Terri Quick
7/25/2019 10:55:37 pm

Sexy cover

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Barbara Monajem link
7/26/2019 08:54:59 am

Yup. :)

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Kelly Nicholson
7/26/2019 09:47:51 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?

i love a good pirate book cover with a chick

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Beyond Comps
7/27/2019 04:22:05 am

Great cover!

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Barbara Monajem link
7/27/2019 09:55:55 am

Thank you!

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Victoria Scott
7/28/2019 06:46:27 pm

Love the cover!

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Barbara Monajem link
7/28/2019 06:58:12 pm

Thank you. Kudos to the cover artist, Anna Lena-Spies! :)

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Mood Reader
7/29/2019 10:56:04 pm

Looks great!

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Barbara Monajem link
8/2/2019 08:16:33 pm

Thank you! :)

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Tracie Cooper
8/2/2019 07:30:26 pm

Great cover and looking forward to reading it soon,

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Barbara Monajem link
8/2/2019 08:17:14 pm

I hope you enjoy it. :0)

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Kayla Harmon
8/3/2019 07:33:21 pm

love the cover

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Barbara Monajem link
8/3/2019 08:50:29 pm

Glad you like it. :)

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Karen M
8/3/2019 09:42:23 pm

I like the book cover. It has good composition.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/3/2019 10:10:27 pm

Thank you! Many people have commented on the cover. The artist did a brilliant job. :)

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Maria
8/5/2019 04:57:57 pm

WOW this looks amazing, love the cover and the title.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/5/2019 05:06:19 pm

Thanks, Maria!

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Dave Gibb
8/5/2019 08:22:00 pm

wow cool cover.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/5/2019 08:36:41 pm

Thanks, Dave!

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LYNN CLAYTON
8/5/2019 09:16:59 pm

WHAT A STEAMY COVER I LIKE IT I DO

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Barbara Monajem link
8/6/2019 08:01:46 pm

Glad you like it, Lynn!

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NANCY
8/8/2019 07:16:09 pm

Fabulous cover

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Barbara Monajem link
8/8/2019 07:23:01 pm

Thanks! Kudos to the cover artist. :)

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Robin Abrams
8/9/2019 11:12:37 pm

I love this cover it looks great. Makes me want to grab and read this book

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Barbara Monajem link
8/10/2019 08:28:02 am

Thanks! Glad to know the cover is doing its job. :)

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Tracie Cooper
8/16/2019 09:35:17 am

What a great cover, I am so excited to read it!

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Barbara Monajem link
8/16/2019 02:09:28 pm

Thanks, Tracie! I hope you enjoy it.

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Constance Carpenter
8/17/2019 10:39:36 am

The cover is great! Sounds like a great book!

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Barbara Monajem link
8/17/2019 02:37:25 pm

Thanks, Constance. :)

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Heather Mahley
8/17/2019 11:38:20 am

I love the cover

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Barbara Monajem link
8/17/2019 02:38:07 pm

Thank you, Heather! :)

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Daniel M
8/22/2019 07:30:08 pm

like the cover

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Barbara Monajem link
8/22/2019 07:39:14 pm

Thanks, Daniel. The cover artist did a wonderful job.

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kim hansen
8/23/2019 01:41:14 pm

Sounds good, love the cover.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/23/2019 02:41:01 pm

Thanks, Kim! This is my most popular cover ever, thanks to a brilliant artist.

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Audrey Stewart
8/23/2019 06:38:06 pm

I am already a big fan of Barbara Monajem. I really liked the excerpt. This is a must read for me.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/23/2019 08:54:35 pm

Thank you so much, Audrey! :) I hope you enjoy the story.

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Corey Hutton
8/24/2019 02:33:19 am

Good luck with the book and Thanks for the giveaway.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/24/2019 07:34:02 am

Thanks, Corey!

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Susan Smith
8/24/2019 06:34:40 pm

Sounds great, I like the cover.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/24/2019 06:36:31 pm

Thanks, Susan! :)

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Jerry Marquardt
8/24/2019 11:46:57 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including The Smuggler's Escape, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/25/2019 07:25:33 am

Thanks so very much, Jerry!

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Cassandra D
8/24/2019 11:50:12 pm

I like the cover.

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Barbara Monajem link
8/25/2019 07:26:11 am

Thanks, Cassandra!

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