The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen ~ Clean Romance for Christmas ~ Giveaway!

 

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The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart 

By Nancy Campbell Allen 

Historical Romance 

Paperback, E-book & Audiobook, 

313 Pages 

September 7, 2021, by Shadow Mountain 

Book Description:

Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays matchmaker with two anonymous lonely hearts, she also decides to secretly observe the couple’s blind date. To her surprise, the man who appears for the rendezvous is Harold Radcliffe—a grieving widower and a member of Amelie’s book club.    

Police detective Michael Baker has been struggling ever since his best friend and brother-in-law dies in the line of fire. Because he knows the dangers of his job, he has vowed never to marry and subject a wife and family to the uncertainty of his profession. But when he meets Miss Hampton, he is captured by her innocence, beauty, and her quick mind.    

When a woman’s body is pulled from the river, Michael suspects the woman’s husband—Harold Radcliffe—of foul play. Amelie refuses to believe that Harold is capable of such violence but agrees to help, imagining it will be like one of her favorite mystery novels. Her social connections and clever observations prove an asset to the case, and Amelie is determined to prove Mr. Radcliffe’s innocence. But the more time Amelie and Michael spend together, the more they trust each other, and the more they realize they are a good team, maybe the perfect match.    

They also realize that Mr. Radcliffe is hiding more than one secret, and when his attention turns toward Amelie, Michael knows he must put an end to this case before the woman he loves comes to harm.

 

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Guest Post: Inspiration for The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

I have my editor, Lisa Mangum, and the podcast “Lore,” by Aaron Mehnke, to thank for the inspiration for The Matchmaker’s Lonely Heart. Lisa had been listening to Lore and mentioned an episode I’d also heard (because you can’t listen to only one Lore episode, you have to binge them all). The episode was about a gentleman whose wife died of a mysterious illness, and then his second wife tragically died…a string of sick and dying wives began to arouse suspicion among locals and law enforcement alike.

One of the fun details we’d also discovered about the Victorian era was the popularity of personal ads in local papers and magazines. I combined the idea from the Lore episode with an imagined character who works for a newspaper, has an insatiable sense of curiosity, and is a voracious reader of mystery and romance novels.

Et voila! A new Victorian series was born, featuring three cousins who live in London and are determined to become modern Women of Independent Means. My books almost always feature a healthy dose of mystery along with the romance, and I believe people who have enjoyed my work in the past will not be disappointed here!

About the Author

Nancy Campbell Allen is the award-winning author of 19 published novels and several novellas, which encompass a variety of genres ranging from contemporary romantic suspense to historical fiction. Her most recent books, which include Regency, Victorian, and steampunk romance, are published through Shadow Mountain's Proper Romance line, and the What Happens in Venice novella series is part of the Timeless Romance Anthology collection published by Mirror Press. 

 

Nancy loves to read, write, travel, and research, and enjoys spending time with family and friends. She nurtures a current obsession for true crime podcasts and is a news junkie. She and her husband have three children, and she lives in Ogden, Utah with her family, one very large Siberian Husky named Thor, and an obnoxious but endearing YorkiePoo named Freya.

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Tour Schedule

(Posts go live on the day they're scheduled.)

December 7th: Launch

December 8th: Nancy Campbell Allen - The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

December 9th: Rachael Anderson - Five Kisses

December 10th: Sarah M. Eden - The Merchant and the Rogue

December 11th: Arlem Hawks - Georgana's Secret

December 12th: Jess Heileman - The Nabob's Daughter 

December 13th: Krista Jensen - Miracle Creek Christmas

December 14th: Jen Geigle Johnson - A Christmas Kiss

December 15th: Josi S. Kilpack - Love and Lavender

December 16th: Carla Laureano - Discovered by Love series

December 17th: Sarah L. McConkie - Meet Me Under the Kissing Bough

December 18th: Carol Ross - His Hometown Yuletide Vow

December 19th: Nichole Van - Brotherhood of the Black Tartan series

December 20th: Anneka R. Walker - Brides and Brothers

December 21st: Camron Wright - Christmas by Accident

December 22nd: Julie Wright - A Captain for Caroline Gray

December 23rd: Grand Finale

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Clean Romance For Christmas ~ Blog Tour & Giveaway!

Hello, my friends! I'm doing something different. I've joined this Clean Romance Blitz. Every day for the next 2 weeks or so, I'll have a new book for you to see. Maybe you'll find a Christmas gift for that book-loving friend, or maybe something for yourself! Plus, there's a link below to enter a fantastic giveaway! 

On tour with Prism Book Tours

 

We're excited to be sharing books from fifteen clean romance authors this

holiday season, a different book or series each day! There is also a giveaway to enter below.

Tour Schedule
(Posts go live on the day they're scheduled.)

December 7th: Launch

December 8th: Nancy Campbell Allen - The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart

December 9th: Rachael Anderson - Five Kisses

December 10th: Sarah M. Eden - The Merchant and the Rogue

December 11th: Arlem Hawks - Georgana's Secret

December 12th: Jess Heileman - The Nabob's Daughter 

December 13th: Krista Jensen - Miracle Creek Christmas

December 14th: Jen Geigle Johnson - A Christmas Kiss

December 15th: Josi S. Kilpack - Love and Lavender

December 16th: Carla Laureano - Discovered by Love series

December 17th: Sarah L. McConkie - Meet Me Under the Kissing Bough

December 18th: Carol Ross - His Hometown Yuletide Vow

December 19th: Nichole Van - Brotherhood of the Black Tartan series

December 20th: Anneka R. Walker - Brides and Brothers

December 21st: Camron Wright - Christmas by Accident

December 22nd: Julie Wright - A Captain for Caroline Gray

December 23rd: Grand Finale

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Mages and Mysteries by Victoria Kincaid ~ Guest Post and Giveaway!

Hello, my friends! I'm so excited to have Victoria Kincaid visiting today with her new book, Magas and Mysteries, and she's giving away an eCopy of the book to one of readers. Details are at the bottom of the page.

Please, give Victoria a warm welcome!

Hi Candy!

It’s such a pleasure to be back visiting with you. I recently released Mages and Mysteries, a Pride and Prejudice fantasy variation.  I’ve been wanting to write a fantasy version of P&P for years, but it turned out to be rather tricky and time consuming (the pandemic didn’t help). 

Some ideas arrive fully formed and others have to evolve over time.  Mages and Mysteries definitely fits into the second category. It started out as a ghost story with Elizabeth as someone who could see ghosts.  When that didn’t come together, the new version was about Darcy and Elizabeth fighting demons in London. Then I hit on the idea of Elizabeth as a talented mage who couldn’t attend the Academy of Magic because she’s female. That was the glue that really brought the story together. It made more sense to start the book in Meryton than London. And the demons became goblins.  Unfortunately when I did a universal search and replace—substituting “goblin” for “demon”—the book then acquired several places where people were “goblinstrating” things. 😊

However, I’m very pleased with the end result. The excerpt below takes place in the second chapter after a goblin attack outside the assembly hall during the Meryton assembly. Bingley and Darcy raced outside to fight the goblin. Elizabeth followed, looking for her father who was injured in the attack. She helped Darcy defeat the goblin when Bingley was injured. Darcy wasn’t happy about it. Elizabeth withdrew to a room in the hall where the healer is treating Mr. Bennet’s injuries.  

I hope you enjoy it!

Mages and Mysteries

By Victoria Kincaid

Summary 

In Regency England, women are expected to confine their magical acts to mending dresses or enhancing their beauty, but Elizabeth Bennet insists on crafting her own spells to fight goblins and protect the people of Meryton. She even caused a scandal by applying for admission to the magical Academy. When Hertfordshire is beset with a series of unexplained goblin attacks, Elizabeth is quite ready to protect her family and friends. If only she didn’t have to deal with the attitude of the arrogant mage, Fitzwilliam Darcy.

Mr. Darcy doesn’t need to be associated with a scandalous woman like Elizabeth Bennet—no matter how attractive she is. But as the goblin attacks accelerate and grow more dangerous, Darcy realizes that he could use her help in identifying the cause—and is forced to recognize her magical ability. Unfortunately, continued proximity to Elizabeth only heightens his attraction to her—which is particularly inconvenient in light of his engagement to Caroline Bingley.

Can Elizabeth and Darcy unravel the mystery of the goblin attacks before more people are hurt? And how can they manage their growing mutual attraction? It’s sure to be interesting…because when Darcy and Elizabeth come together, magic happens.

 

Excerpt

     The servants had removed Elizabeth’s father to a small parlor, and the local healer, Mr. Mayne, had immediately started a healing spell.  She could sense the etheric flow that Mr. Mayne drew upon to bathe the wound in healing energy.  Her father shifted uneasily on the fainting couch, conscious but apparently experiencing some pain.

 

     It had been blessedly quiet in the sickroom…and then the rest of the Bennet family arrived. Her mother’s voice echoed through the halls long before she entered the room. “Goblins at balls! What shall we do now?  I don’t know when my nerves have ever been in such an agitated state! I experience such flutterings in my chest!” Jane murmured reassuring words, but her mother continued to exclaim. As they entered the parlor, her mother was leaning heavily on Jane’s arm. “We all could have been murdered—eaten! Right there on the dance floor. What is the world coming to?” 

     And then Mrs. Bennet laid eyes on her husband.  “Oh!  Mr. Bennet!  I knew it!” she shrieked.  “I knew you would attempt to fight the goblin!”

     Her husband winced at something Mr. Mayne did.  “I made no attempt to fight him, my dear. He simply thought I would make a tasty morsel.” 

     “You were bitten?” Mrs. Bennet cried. “Oh, my nerves!” She collapsed in a heap of petticoats just inside the doorway. 

     Elizabeth’s father groaned.  “You are not in danger of being tossed into the hedgerows yet, Fanny.”  Elizabeth could hear the pain in his voice. “Jane, would you find a chair for your mother? And, Mary, perhaps a vinaigrette?”

     Jane lowered their mother into a chair in the furthest corner from their father while Mary pulled a vinaigrette from her reticule. Kitty and Lydia did not enter the room, preferring to gossip in the hallway with anyone who passed by. For a brief moment all was calm as Mr. Mayne turned his attention to healing their father’s thigh wound. 

     Then Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy appeared at the door. Elizabeth suppressed a groan. She was exhausted and had no energy to handle Mr. Darcy’s skepticism. “Bingley took a blow to the head,” he said to Mr. Mayne. “I would appreciate it if you would examine him when you are finished with Mr. Bennet.” 

     “Certainly,” Mr. Mayne said. “Please have a seat.” The two men arranged themselves on one of the room’s settees.

     Not one to let her husband’s grave injury interfere with promising marital prospects, Mrs. Bennet was immediately on her feet, welcoming Mr. Bingley to the sickroom as if it were her own home. But Jane regarded Mr. Bingley with great concern. “Oh no! Have you been injured?” 

     “A trifling blow to the head. Darcy is just being cautious,” he assured her.  “Are you unharmed?” He peered at her anxiously. 

     Jane blushed. “Quite well. I-I remained in the ballroom where it was safe.” 

     “I would hardly say ‘safe’!” their mother declared. “Why, the goblin could have attacked at any moment. We were all terrified for our lives!” 

     “Mama,” Elizabeth said. “The goblin never went near the ballroom. The paladins made sure of that.” 

     Their mother turned admiring eyes on Mr. Bingley. “You are such a hero!” she gushed. “Fighting a goblin! I don’t know what we would have done if you had not been here!” 

     Now Mr. Bingley blushed. “I played a small part. Mr. Darcy actually slew the creature, and we profited from Miss Elizabeth’s help as well.” 

     Mrs. Bennet whirled on her second-eldest daughter. “You fought the goblin?” She would have been less horrified if Elizabeth had shot the king. 

     “Yes, Mama. I just—” 

     “In front of everyone?  Out in the open?” 

     “Yes, but it was magic. Not murder.” 

     “You should leave such things to real mages.” 

     Elizabeth struggled not to let her exasperation show.  “It was a rather large goblin.” 

     Her mother drew herself up to her full height. “I do not care what size it was, you should have fainted. That is what well-bred young ladies do.” 

     “Miss Elizabeth’s help was to our advantage as we faced the goblin,” Mr. Darcy said as though it pained him to admit it. 

     Mary cleared her throat. Oh no. Elizabeth knew what was coming. “Actually, the creatures we call goblins come from several different species that all inhabit one world. Hobgoblins and hogboons are true goblins. But kobolds and tengu are their own species. And trow are more closely related to trolls. In Britain we use goblin as a broad term, but it is not accurate. In Italy they call them—” 

     “Thank you, Mary,” Elizabeth said. “I am certain that the paladins knew that already.” 

     “How did you develop such an advanced spell?” Mr. Darcy asked Elizabeth hastily, apparently to forestall additional lecturing. 

     Elizabeth ignored her mother’s glare. “My father taught me basic magical principles.”  

     “I had no sons, you see,” her father said jovially from the fainting couch where Mr. Mayne was bandaging his leg.  “I needed to teach someone all that I had learned.” He did not mean anything by the joke, but it still rankled. 

     Intent upon controlling the discourse, Elizabeth’s mother spoke to Mr. Bingley.  “Jane is exceedingly appreciative of your efforts to keep her safe,” she said. As if Mr. Bingley had no thought in his head other than protecting Jane. Elizabeth was tempted to laugh. “Of course, Jane does not possess an ounce of magical ability beyond ordinary household magic.” She shot Elizabeth a sidelong glance.

     “I was pleased to be of service,” Mr. Bingley said. 

     Mr. Darcy regarded Elizabeth with great intensity. “I did not know you are a spell crafter,” he said.  As if I should have reported that to the Convocation? Elizabeth said nothing in response.  “How many spells have you created?” 

     “I have never counted,” she replied.  

***

Ooh, I love this scene! Thank you, Victoris, for stopping by and sharing this delicious excerpt! I'm looking forward to reading more.

About the Author

Victoria Kincaid is the author of several popular Jane Austen variations, including The Secrets of Darcy and Elizabeth, Pride & Proposals,  Mr. Darcy to the Rescue, When Mary Met the Colonel, and Darcy vs. Bennet. All of her books have been listed in Amazon’s Top 20 Bestselling Regency Romances.  The Secrets of Darcy and Elizabeth was nominated for a Rone award, and Pride and Proposals was recognized as a top Austenesque novel for 2015 by Austenesque Reviews.

Victoria has a Ph.D. in English literature and has taught composition to unwilling college students. Today she teaches business writing to willing office professionals and tries to give voice to the demanding cast of characters in her head.

She lives in Virginia with an overly affectionate cat, an excessively energetic dog, two children who love to read, and a husband who fortunately is not jealous of Mr. Darcy.  A lifelong Austen fan, Victoria has read more Jane Austen variations and sequels than she can count – and confesses to an extreme partiality for the Colin Firth miniseries version of Pride and Prejudice.

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It's giveaway time! Victoria is generously giving away one eCopy of Mages and Mysteries to one of my lucky readers! To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below.

• One person will win an eCopy of Mages and Mysteries.
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Thank you so much for stopping by today, Victoria! Congrats on this new book, and thank you having a giveaway here!

So, my friends, what are your thoughts? We'd love to hear from you!

Winner of the "Skirmish & Scandal" Giveaway!

Hello, my friends! It's time to announce the winner of the Skirmish & Scandal eBook giveaway!

Congratulations to DarcyBennett!

I want to thank Janet @ More Agreeably Engaged for organizing and including me on this tour. 

And many thanks to Meryton Press for offering one of my lucky readers a chance to winner an eCopy of Skirmish & Scandal.

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Skirmish & Scandal Blog Tour ~ Excerpt & Giveaway!

 Hello, my friends! I'm delighted to have C.P. Odom visiting today with an excerpt from his new novella Skirmish & Scandal. 

Also, Meryton Press is also giving away an e-copy of the book! Details are at the bottom of the page.

Skirmish & Scandal

A Pride & Prejudice Variation

by C.P. Odom

Astounding! Mr. Darcy’s baited hook is for Elizabeth Bennet! 

In the Regency era, surface appearances of politeness and civility often conceal more intense and hostile activity. More than one wealthy or noble family of seemingly sterling reputation is torn apart and sometimes all but exterminated by savage intra-family feuds. 

That situation unexpectedly confronts Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Skirmish and Scandal when Darcy’s interest in Elizabeth as a future mistress of Pemberley becomes known to Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her noble Matlock relations. Determined to prevent an affront to the reputation of their aristocratic clan, the most prominent members of the family gather with Lady Catherine to confront Darcy and force him to choose a more suitable wife. The resulting conflict and its aftermath involve furious arguments, abduction, pursuit, and personal clashes that narrowly avert meetings on the field of honour. 

How can such emotionally intense and seemingly insurmountable personal conflicts between the couple result in an amorous resolution?

Thank you for hosting me today, Candy. It is always nice to visit your blog. 

Did you read the excerpt from the first stop at Babblings of a Bookworm? If you did, this one is a continuation of the scene in the billiards room. If you did not and want to catch up, click on the link to go back and read what is taking place. Darcy’s enlightenment by his cousin has been shocking, to say the least.

Excerpt

     Darcy looked at Fitzwilliam in shock mingled with a disquieting suspicion that his cousin might have a valid point.

     Could I have been so thoroughly mistaken about everything? he thought, unable to avoid a feeling of dismay.

     Fitzwilliam saw the mingled emotions chase across Darcy’s usually controlled face. At the moment, his cousin was clearly at sea, so Fitzwilliam leaned forward and pressed his argument while his cousin might listen to him.

     “You should have seen her face when I mentioned you saving Bingley from an imprudent marriage. Her eyes flashed fire at your arrogance in deciding whether or how he was to be happy. That was one very upset young lady, and she was upset with you! I would wager her sister was really in love with Bingley, and your separating them broke her sister’s heart.”

     Darcy really wanted to refute Fitzwilliam’s charges, but he found his doubts growing. He knew Fitzwilliam was more accomplished at interpreting the feelings of others than he was; his cousin lived in a more intense, often dangerous, world than he. Was he also seeing with more clarity?

     “But, surely, if I offer marriage…” he began, his voice now tinged with desperation.

     “Darcy, you are not listening to me! I have never seen an endeavour less likely to succeed!”

     “But even if you are correct about Bingley and her sister, a part of Miss Elizabeth’s animosity has to relate to mistakenly believing I deprived Wickham of his just due. Surely, I can defend myself against that.”

     “Wickham? How does Wickham come into this?”

     “He turned up in Hertfordshire like a bad penny, and I know he must have been spinning tales to Miss Elizabeth. She more or less accused me of ruining his hopes.”

     “I advise you to give it up, Cuz. If she is going to believe Wickham instead of you, she is too foolish to concern you.”

     However, after a few moments of introspection, Fitzwilliam backed away from his statement. “No, I take it back. It simply cannot be. I have had many chances to observe Miss Elizabeth, and foolish she is not. Very perplexing.”

     “Remember Wickham’s silver tongue. Perhaps I should have taken the occasion to counter her charges, but it was in the middle of a dance. I certainly could not make any explanations in such a setting.”

     Fitzwilliam could only shake his head in dismay. “Just what I should have expected. The great stone-face Darcy will not confront unjustified accusations levied against him and now expects justified accusations not to be held against him! Obviously, your infatuation has not only blinded you, it has obliterated what used to be a respectable intellectual capacity.”

     Darcy had to look down in extreme discomfort. “My only explanation is my confusion,” he finally said, his voice almost a mumble. “On the one hand, I was trying to fight the attraction I felt for Miss Elizabeth, and on the other, I could not stop myself from trying to further the acquaintance—resulting, I suppose, in doing neither well.”

     “Confusion could partially explain the incredibly strange behaviour you have exhibited since we arrived here. You are more taciturn, more bumbling, and more thick-headed than I have ever seen you. If you truly intend to pursue this girl, you have a lot of repair work to do.”

     Darcy said nothing to this, not able to meet Fitzwilliam’s gaze.

     “But I am incredibly confused on one point: Why are you even contemplating connecting yourself to this young lady when you steered your friend Bingley away from her sister?”

     Darcy looked away from his cousin and stared out the window in silence, trying to rein in the thoughts and emotions stampeding through his mind. When he finally turned towards Fitzwilliam, his eyes were haunted.

     “That was then,” he said slowly and paused before continuing. “At the present time, I am not sure I can help myself any more. She has grown to occupy my every waking thought and even my dreams. I fear going to sleep because I chase her but cannot find her. You are completely right about how tongue-tied I have become. I simply am unable to act normally. Several times I have called at the Parsonage or met her in the park and been unable to utter a single word.”

     He stood and walked to a window, looking out at the overly manicured garden adjacent to the house. Finally, he said, “Talking with you seems at least to have cleared the fog from my mind. I now see that I have avoided thinking of what I might do if I manage to resolve my doubts and offer marriage, only to have her soundly rebuff my addresses. That would be…devastating.”

     “I daresay,” Fitzwilliam said dryly.

*****

It would be devastating indeed. I can’t even begin to imagine how one would feel, although from canon, we do know how Darcy felt. Thankfully, those feelings may be prevented this time. 

What are your thoughts about the conversation between the cousins? Seems like Colonel Fitzwilliam has the right of it, and Darcy has been clueless! 

Stay tuned for the next stop at Austenesque Reviews. The scene has changed to a lovely stroll on the Rosings grounds, and Lizzy has entered the equation. What will she think?

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It's giveaway time! Meryton Press will giveaway one eBook of C. P. Odom’s novella, Skirmish & Scandal, for each of the blog visits. So make sure to visit the other stops for more chances to win!

• One of my lucky readers will win an e-copy of Skirmish & Scandal.
• One winner will be picked at random from the comments below.
• Open Internationally.
• The last day to enter the giveaway is Nov. 16th, 2021, by the end of the day.

Good luck!

Thank you for participating! We appreciate you.

A View Most Glorious by Regina Scott ~ Blog Tour & Giveaway!

Hello, friends! I'm excited to be part of this Prism Book Blitz! They are showcasing Regina Scott's new book A View Most Glorious! It looks fabulous and so do the other books in the series! There's a giveaway below, so be sure to read to the end of the page! 

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Regina is celebrating the end of her American Wonders Collection series

with a huge giveaway! Check out her note, series, and giveaway below.

Note from the Author

I’m so excited for the conclusion of my American Wonders series! I have always loved the wonder and majesty of our national parks, in part because my father introduced me to them. He would have been tickled with A View Most Glorious, set on Mt. Rainier, because that was his mountain. We hiked or camped on it nearly every weekend when I was growing up, and I live 45 minutes from the gates of the national park today. In celebration of the release of this third volume, I’m delighted to offer this prize pack, with each of the books in the series in paperback, a collection of nine vintage-style postcards from the parks featured (the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Mt. Rainier), and a poster that speaks to the heart of the story: The best view comes after the hardest climb. May all your views be glorious!

—Regina

A View Most Glorious (American Wonders Collection #3) 

By Regina Scott 

Christian Historical Romance 

Paperback, E-book & Audiobook, 

368 Pages 

October 5, 2021, by Revell 

Reluctant socialite Coraline Baxter longs to live a life of significance and leave her mark on the world. When her local suffragette group asks her to climb Mount Rainier to raise awareness of their cause, she jumps at the chance, even though she has absolutely no climbing experience. If she can do it, any woman can do it. And after her mother issues an ultimatum--that Cora marry the man of her mother's choosing if she is not successful--Cora must do it. But she can't do it alone.

Noted mountain guide Nathan Hardee initially refuses to help Cora, but has a change of heart when he sees what is at stake. He knows enough about the man Cora's mother has chosen to know that the headstrong young woman should have nothing to do with him, much less marry him.

Climbing Rainier will require all of Cora's fortitude and will lead her and Nathan to rediscover their faith in God and humanity. These two loners make unlikely partners in righting a wrong and may just discover that only together is the view most glorious.

 

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Regina Scott started writing novels in the third grade. Thankfully for literature as we know it, she didn’t sell her first novel until she learned a bit more about writing. Since her first book was published, her stories have traveled the globe, with translations in many languages, including Dutch, German, Italian, and Portuguese. She now has had published more than fifty works of warm, witty historical romance. Regina Scott and her husband of more than 30 years reside in the Puget Sound area of Washington State on the way to Mt. Rainier. She has dressed as a Regency dandy, learned to fence, driven four-in-hand, and sailed on a tall ship, all in the name of research, of course. Learn more about her at her website.

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Tour Giveaway

One winner will receive print copies of all three books in the American Wonders Collection, a collection of nine vintage-style postcards from the parks featured (the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Mt. Rainier), and a poster that speaks to the heart of the story: The best view comes after the hardest climb. (US only)

Ends November 19, 2021

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Wow! That's quite a challenge - climb Mt. Rainer or marry a man of her mother's choosing! Yikes! Feel free to leave a comment! And good luck if you entered the giveaway!