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15 Friday Jul 2011

Posted by lillygayle in Slightly Tarnished, The Wild Rose Press, TWRP, Victorian Romance

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You can find me today over on Vintage Vonnie. www.vintagevonnie.blogspot.com where I’m discussing family, research, and my newest historical release, which btw, just got a 5 star review on Amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601549237/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0F2ESY9C5APAP672EWSE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

Meg in Frisco said:

Brilliant Healing Love Story, July 11, 2011

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This review is from: Slightly Tarnished (Kindle Edition)

Last week I took a leap of faith on a story outside of my normal genre, and I could not have been happier I did! I just absolutely loved the story.

Nichole’s character was truly enjoyable to watch her blossom while overcoming her life’s situation. I cheered on Chad as he worked through his fears. I found myself rooting for Chad over and over, and never too angry with his choices. I so enjoyed the humor in Niki & Chad’s mental musings. I laughed, cheered, and cried even. It was a wonderful well written heartfelt love story. I could not put it down until I was done that night, and I highly suggest taking a trip back in time to the Ton.

Thanks Lilly Gayle for the escape!

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Slightly Tarnished Reviews!

09 Saturday Jul 2011

Posted by lillygayle in Book Reviews, Lilly Gayle, romance novel, Slightly Tarnished, The Wild Rose Press, TWRP, Victorian Romance

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http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/slightly-tarnished

SLIGHTLY TARNISHED
by Lilly Gayle
Genre: Historical Romance, E-book, England, Victorian Period
Sensuality: Hot
Setting: Victorian England
RT Rating
This tale starts slowly but once the story focuses on Nicole and Chad’s marriage and the barriers that stand between their love, it moves full speed ahead. Lilly Gayle spins a tale one part suspense and one part family dysfunction. Shocking revelations float throughout the novel, but it is Chad’s hesitation to completely open up to Nicole that keeps the reader turning pages. Slightly Tarnished is buoyed up by a winning heroine and diverse crew of supporting characters.

The thoroughly American Nicole Keller can hardly believe she has married a domineering and judgmental Englishman. But after losing her father and her home, Nicole has been trying to support herself and her mother. She has little choice but to accept Chadwick Masters, Earl of Gilchrest, as her husband. If nothing else, his name will keep Nicole and her mother safe from her malicious uncle. For his part, Chadwick has seen the damage Nicole’s uncle can do firsthand. Marrying Nicole will keep her from harm, plus it will satisfy his mother’s demands. But this marriage of convenience will never work if Nicole keeps bring up love. Besides, how could Chadwick ever love someone he cannot entrust with his long-buried secrets? (WILD ROSE PRESS, June, dl. $6.75)

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Slightly Tarnished
Author: Lilly Gayle
Genre: Historical Romance
Link: Slightly Tarnished
Sighs: 3-1/2
Review of Slightly Tarnished
by Callie Hutton
www.calliehutton.com
After American Nikki Keller’s father is lost at sea, along with his ship and cargo that would have paid the mounting bills, she and her mother are left homeless. Mrs. Keller accepts an offer from her brother to make their home with him in England. Loath to leave America, Nikki accepts her mother’s decision. So the two head to England to the estate of Henry Tidwell, Earl of Wellesley.
The Countess of Gilchrest is anxious for her son, Chadwick Masters, Earl of Gilchrest to remarry and produce the needed heir. Although soured on marriage after his tumultuous relationship with his deceased wife, he understands his duty and fully intends to take a wife, just not the one his mother is so insistent upon.
Terrified at her uncle’s plans for her future, Nikki runs with her mother from Wellesley’s home into the dead of night. Gilchrest comes across them and after hearing their story, brings them to his estate. Although it starts out as a temporary arrangement, it soon becomes permanent, but Gilchrest is hiding a secret, and Nikki wants to know what it is.
Mystery, intrigue, love and romance all come together to form a satisfying story. Nikki, her mother, and Gilchrest fight to protect themselves and others they love from the machinations of those who would destroy their very world.
A good story with strong characters and a satisfying plot, you’ll enjoy this one.

Another Release Date!

21 Tuesday Jun 2011

Posted by lillygayle in American historical, historical romance, Lilly Gayle, love story, romance novel, romance writer, romances, The Wild Rose Press, TWRP, Victorian Romance, Wholesale Husband

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I’m shocked and surprised. Slightly Tarnished was just released June 3, so I thought I’d have until at least December before I had to start promoting Wholesale Husband. But, for once, I’m glad I was wrong. The release date for Wholesale Husband is September 28th.

Here’s a blurb:

 

She needs his name. He needs her money. But can a rich New York socialite and a poor Irish immigrant find true love in the gilded age?

Betrayed by her fiancé and heart sick over her father’s death, Clarissa Burdick is further devastated when she learns she can’t inherit her father’s company—the company she loves—until she’s twenty-five or married. And Clarissa is neither. So she sets out to find a husband strong enough to protect her from her uncle’s thugs, too uneducated to run the company himself, and poor enough to marry a woman in name only.  But Irish immigrant Devin Flannery is smarter than he seems and more educated than Clarissa expects.  Her Wholesale Husband soon proves a greater risk to her heart than her company.

And an excerpt:

“This is a serious proposal,” she insisted, gnawing her lip.

            “Who are you codding?” He leaned forward, stretching his leg, ready to descend from the suffocating confinement of the hansom cab.

            Again, she stayed him with a touch and again, his body reacted to the contact in a most unwanted way. He narrowed his eyes and pried her hand from his wrist.

            “Surely, you’ve heard of marriages of convenience,” she insisted rather desperately as she rubbed her wrist. “Well, this is an honest proposal. If you come with me to Mr. Tate’s office, I can give you a copy of the contract outlining a proposed marriage agreement between us. If you don’t trust my word or that of my attorney’s, then you can find someone to read the documents to you before you sign them.”

            She rubbed her wrist again. He considered apologizing for his rough handling but after her last comment, he thought better of it. Even after he’d confessed to some schooling, she still thought him too stupid to read.

Well, if she wanted a dumb Irishman, he’d give her one.

            “Aye, lassie. I’ll not be taking yer word for it and that’s fer sure.”

            “Then you’ll come with us?” 

            There must be something seriously wrong with me. But he’d play along, just to see how far Miss Burdick would take this dangerous game she played.

            “Aye,” he all but snarled. “I’ll go with you to the lawyer’s office, but I ain’t signing nothing until someone I trust has a look at those papers.”

            Miss Burdick’s luminous smile shone like the sun bursting through the clouds on a stormy day. Devin’s heart dropped to his stomach. Fiona would smile like that if he had the money to send her to that fancy boarding school.

Damn if he wasn’t actually considering her proposal.

I have a cover!

23 Tuesday Nov 2010

Posted by lillygayle in historical romance, Lilly Gayle, Slightly Tarnished, The Wild Rose Press, Victorian Romance

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My soon-to-be released historical has a cover. And it’s Beautiful.

Slightly Tarnished is set in 1858 Britain but the book begins on Portsmouth Island, NC one year earlier.

Here’s a brief blurb:

Victorian romance laced with danger.
When a brooding English earl with a SLIGHTLY TARNISHED reputation marries his dead wife’s American cousin to save her from her uncle’s vengeful schemes, the sea captain’s daughter with a taste for adventure sparks desires he thought long dead.
Nicole Keller has always been headstrong and independent, but after a failed business venture and a sinking ship take her father, her home, and her childhood sweetheart, Nikki must support herself and her mother. But moving to England and marrying Chadwick Masters, Earl of Gilchrest isn’t what she has in mind. And falling in love with the mysterious earl could endanger both their lives.

I’ll post the release date as soon as I have one. I can’t wait!

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