Blog Tour and Giveaway: Vanessa Kelly - Secrets for seducing a Royal Bodyguard

I am a part of Vanessa Kelly's Blog Tour for her new book, and we will start with an excerpt :) and after that you will find the giveaway

For a few infernally long seconds they glared at each other, their rasping breaths shattering the clammy closeness of the room.   She shook beneath him, her body slim and lithe beneath the fragile silk of her ball gown.   A heated tendril of scent reached his nostrils, an elusive whisper of roses and summer warmth.   Her chest rose and fell in a pattern of fractured breaths, plumping the fullness of her breasts over the top of her low-cut bodice.

The candle on the crate beside them sputtered and flared, throwing light on her face.   A hectic flush rose in her cheeks, driving a wash of pink across her pale skin.   Her lips, plush and bow shaped, trembled open in a travesty of invitation, and for one demented instant Aden fought the urgent need to taste them, to plumb the sweet temptation they offered.

And then she drew in a breath, preparing to scream.   He whipped up a hand and covered her mouth, disgusted with his lapse in discipline and what it must have revealed to her.   She might be the kind of spoiled beauty he disdained, but he’d consign himself to the darkest hell before he frightened her or harmed a hair on her head.

“Hush, Lady Vivien.”   He lifted slightly, giving her more room although he kept his hand clamped over her mouth.   “Sir Dominic Hunter sent me.   I’m going to get you out of here, but you can’t scream or keep fighting or your captors will hear.”

Her gaze darted to the door and the corridor beyond, then flashed back to his face.

“The guards won’t trouble us,” he murmured in response to her unspoken question.   The terror that glazed her eyes dimmed a notch.   She blinked rapidly as if to chase away her drug-induced confusion.

He held her gaze, willing her to trust him.   “If I take my hand away, you must not cry out.   You will endanger us both if you do.   Understand?”

She stared up at him, eyes rounded with fear.   He could practically hear the turning of the cogs and wheels in her brain and feel her body go still as she weighed her decision.

Blast.   If she continued to fight him, a sharp tap to the jaw to knock her senseless might be the only safe way to handle her.   But then he saw the clearing in her eyes and sensed the beginning of a wary acceptance of him.

“Yes?” he whispered.

The flush leached from her face.   She gave one sharp, economical nod and then settled under him, as if waiting for him to respond.   Cautiously, he removed his hand from her mouth, straining an ear for any noises.   He deliberately pulled his awareness away from her, focusing his instincts, trying to sense traps that might await them in the corridor beyond.

  “Who are you?”   Her voice was a throaty croak.   “You know Sir Dominic?”

“Yes.   I’m a friend.”   Right now she didn’t need to know more than the basics.

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Giveaway Details:

One ARC of CONFESSIONS OF A ROYAL BRIDEGROOM, book two of The Renegade Royals series, and one copy of HIS MISTLETOE BRIDE per the total number of stops. (US/Ca only) Please see Terms & Conditions on the Rafflecopter widget.

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Vanessa is also hosting a giveaway on her website for a reproduction of the original art for SECRETS FOR SEDUCING A ROYAL BODYGUARD, and original sketches of the heroines from LOST in a ROYAL KISS (#0.5) and SECRETS for SEDUCING a ROYAL BODYGUARD (#1).  

Link to contest on Vanessa’s website:   http://www.vanessakellyauthor.com/contest/

IN MATTERS OF DESIRE, HE’S THE PERFECT TEACHER…

Accomplished spy Aden St. George prefers to stay away from the frivolous ton, especially after the way his mother was used by the Prince Regent. But his latest mission compels him to guard unconventional, vibrant Lady Vivien Shaw. Rescuing her from kidnappers was easy. Resisting her beauty is not. Duty demands he keep an eye on her—and naturally, his lips soon follow. For someone who views entanglements as a weakness, this is pure, delicious folly…

Though grateful for Aden’s help, Vivien has secrets she must keep hidden. Yet with her abductors still at large, she needs Aden’s protection almost as much as she craves his touch…

Genre: Regency-set historical romance

Tone: witty, sexy, emotional 

Heat Level: hot

Elements/Tags: historical romance, royalty, Georgian era

Publisher: Kensington Zebra

Publishing Date: January 7, 2013

Series: The Renegade Royals, #1

Format: digital 

Words: 432 pages

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Meet Author Vanessa Kelly:

Vanessa Kelly is an award-winning author who was named by Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association, as one of the "New Stars of Historical Romance." Her sensual, Regency-set historical romances have been nominated for awards in a number of contests, and her second book, Sex and The Single Earl, won the prestigious Maggie Medallion for Best Historical Romance. Vanessa's next series, The Renegade Royals, is due to hit the shelves in November with an introductory novella, Lost in a Royal Kiss. Book One in the series, Secrets For Seducing a Royal Bodyguard, will release in January, 2014, and Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom will be out in April, 2014.

When not dreaming of plots for her next Regency historical novel, Vanessa also writes USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance with her husband under the pen name of V.K. Sykes.   She's also a member of Rock*It Reads, a group of bestselling traditional authors who are self-publishing, and of The Jaunty Quills.   

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