Welcome to the Blog Tour:
First off, can I just say that Maggie Robinson has some seriously gorgeous and extremely hot covers? Yes she does! She is the author of the Courtesan Court Series and her alter ego is Margaret Rowe who writes deliciously wicked and sexier books than Maggie. But, Maggie has come to play today. Perhaps we shall have Margaret as a guest some other time. So let's give a great big Texas "Howdy" to Maggie.
HOWDY MAGGIE!
Meet Maggie:
2 Releases in One Month by Maggie Robinson
Hey, Kati! Thanks for having me here to talk about my latest books, Improper Gentlemen (August 2011) and Mistress by Marriage (September 2011). Yikes! Yep, that’s two books in two months, and I’m a little bleary-eyed. I’m not complaining, mind you—I’m thrilled that by the end of 2011, five of my books will have been released in the wild. I also write as Margaret Rowe, and she claims two of them.
Improper Gentlemen is an anthology with Diane Whiteside and Mia Marlowe, and my story in it, “To Match a Thief,” is a comic reunion story of two very atypical romance protagonists. True, my hero Sir Simon Grant has a knighthood, but he started as a thief on the streets of Edinburgh. Lucy Dellamar is a former milliner/now courtesan. Or is she? Throw in a cross-dressing earl to act as fairy godmother and presto—happy ending.
Slightly more serious is Mistress by Marriage, the third book in the Courtesan Court series . Lord Edward and Lady Caroline Christie have been married for six years and separated for five of them. They want a divorce, which was really, really hard to get c. 1820. So Caroline writes romance novels, where she kills off Edward in as many ingenious ways as she can in her books. But she doesn’t really want him dead, just in her bed more often. It was fun defrosting Edward and making him fall in love with his own wife.
One commenter can have their choice of book if you tell me how long you’re willing to wait for a book in a series. (My next—and last—Courtesan Court book comes out in April) Are you a fan of back-to-back releases, say, over three months? Do you save up a series to read it all at once? Are you a rebel and read books out of sequence? (You can with the Courtesan Court series—they’re standalones.) Inquiring writers want to know.
Improper Gentlemen is an anthology with Diane Whiteside and Mia Marlowe, and my story in it, “To Match a Thief,” is a comic reunion story of two very atypical romance protagonists. True, my hero Sir Simon Grant has a knighthood, but he started as a thief on the streets of Edinburgh. Lucy Dellamar is a former milliner/now courtesan. Or is she? Throw in a cross-dressing earl to act as fairy godmother and presto—happy ending.
Slightly more serious is Mistress by Marriage, the third book in the Courtesan Court series . Lord Edward and Lady Caroline Christie have been married for six years and separated for five of them. They want a divorce, which was really, really hard to get c. 1820. So Caroline writes romance novels, where she kills off Edward in as many ingenious ways as she can in her books. But she doesn’t really want him dead, just in her bed more often. It was fun defrosting Edward and making him fall in love with his own wife.
One commenter can have their choice of book if you tell me how long you’re willing to wait for a book in a series. (My next—and last—Courtesan Court book comes out in April) Are you a fan of back-to-back releases, say, over three months? Do you save up a series to read it all at once? Are you a rebel and read books out of sequence? (You can with the Courtesan Court series—they’re standalones.) Inquiring writers want to know.
Mistress by Marriage:
Lady Caroline Christie has been separated from her husband for five years. Their brief marriage was a disaster everywhere but in the bedroom. Baron Edward Christie was the most proper widower in the ton - and marrying the scandalous beauty was his one impulsive act. Yet before he puts Caroline out of his life, he must get her out of his blood. And the more he learns about her, the less he wants to let her go.
Caroline was prepared to hear that her husband wanted to divorce her, spare them both the torture of passion they can neither tame nor escape. His plan is more wicked than any she's ever heard. Life as his wife is suffocating. But she cannot resist becoming her own husband's mistress...
Book Extras: Read an Excerpt | Book Page
Improper Gentlemen:
"Talbot's Ace" by Diane Whiteside: He rules Colorado's most glittering, anything-goes gambling palace. And Justin Talbot never does something for nothing. But if daring Boston aristocrat Charlotte Morland needs his protection from a dangerous enemy, he'll have no choice but to make her business his pleasure...
"To Match a Thief" by Maggie Robinson: Ex-pickpocket Sir Simon Keith can finally afford the best of everything. But London's most-desired courtesan is his lost love Lucy. Now Simon will need his wits and his considerably large...wiles to win his way back into her bed - and into her heart.
"A Knack for Trouble" by Mia Marlowe: Lord Aidan Stonemere didn't go from prison to a title playing by society's rules. If he wants something, he takes it, and Rosalinde Burke didn't object to being taken. Once. To keep her from marrying a staid viscount, Aidan's about to remind her how deliciously good being bad feels...
Book Extras: Read an Excerpt | Book Site
Thanks Maggie for stopping by and sharing your two recent releases!
Giveaway:
Don't forget to leave a comment with an answer to Maggie's question. Leave her some love while you're at it. Seriously, 2 books in 2 months? Amazing! When leaving a comment, please include your email address ninja style: yourname (at) gmail (dot) com. Fill out the rafflecopter thingy below for extra entries. Answering Maggie's question is a must. Winner may choose either a copy of Mistress by Marriage or Improper Gentlemen.
A BIG thanks to Maggie Robinson, Lindsey and Madeline of Beyond Novel. Thank you to Maggie for providing the winner's choice of book. Again, don't forget to comment and answer Maggie's question and you address ninja style: yourname (at) gmail (dot) com.
