News Flash: Announcing a sublime – and scandalously wonderful – new series from New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author Sarah MacLean!
The first novel in the series, THE ROGUE NOT TAKEN (Avon Books; ISBN 9780062379412; eISBN 9780062379399; on-sale 12/29/15) is a riff on a certain elevator incident made famous at a Met gala several years ago. But in MacLean’s imagination, the scurrilous turns absolutely sensational, as a ballroom imbroglio sets off a very heated carriage journey along the Great North Road. It’s a long way from London to Scotland…you would be quite amazed at how much drama can ensue between a seemingly ill-matched duo on such a wild ride!
Lady Sophie’s Society Splash
When Sophie, the least interesting of the Talbot sisters, lands her philandering brother-in-law backside-first in a goldfish pond in front of all society, she becomes the target of very public aristocratic scorn. Her only choice is to flee London, vowing to start a new life far from the aristocracy. Unfortunately, the carriage in which she stows away isn’t saving her from ruin . . . it’s filled with it.
Rogue’s Reign of Ravishment!
Kingscote, “King,” the Marquess of Eversley, has never met a woman he couldn’t charm, resulting in a reputation far worse than the truth, a general sense that he’s more pretty face than proper gentleman, and an irate summons home to the Scottish border. When King discovers stowaway Sophie, however, the journey becomes anything but boring.
War? Or More?
He thinks she’s trying to trick him into marriage. She wouldn’t have him if he were the last man on earth. But carriages bring close quarters, dark secrets, and unbearable temptation, making opposites altogether too attractive .
“The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean is my favorite book of hers to date. If you’ve read her, or know me, then you know that I just said a thing.” Smart Bitches
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TAKING
THE HIGH ROAD
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Sarah
MacLean/THE ROGUE NOT TAKEN Blog Blitz
Great
North Road Map Reveal: Destinations and author annontations:
Stop #1: "Sophie Stows Away" (English
Country Estate near London)
Author Commentary:
There are moments in life when you know that you just can't go on without a change. Lady Sophie Talbot, the youngest of the infamous Talbot Sisters (darlings of the gossip rags and nicknamed the Dangerous Daughters) knows this is the case when she lands her odious, philandering brother in law backside-first in a fish pond at a major event of the London Season. And so, Sophie does what's necessary. “I simply need conveyance home,” she requests of Kingscote, Marquess of Eversley, notorious rake and her only chance of escape. Sophie's desperate, and in possession of the Marquess's boot, so she thinks she has a leg up, so to speak. King has other ideas.
There are moments in life when you know that you just can't go on without a change. Lady Sophie Talbot, the youngest of the infamous Talbot Sisters (darlings of the gossip rags and nicknamed the Dangerous Daughters) knows this is the case when she lands her odious, philandering brother in law backside-first in a fish pond at a major event of the London Season. And so, Sophie does what's necessary. “I simply need conveyance home,” she requests of Kingscote, Marquess of Eversley, notorious rake and her only chance of escape. Sophie's desperate, and in possession of the Marquess's boot, so she thinks she has a leg up, so to speak. King has other ideas.
Stop #2: “The Carriage”
Author Commentary:
Lady
Sophie Talbot, youngest and least interesting of the scandalous Talbot sisters
(think 19th Century Kardashians) isn't so uninteresting once she's decided to
stow away atop a carriage belonging to the Marquess of Eversley -- notorious
rogue and her recent nemesis. Indeed, she cannot wait for the horrible man to discover
that she's disguised herself as an outrider and stolen conveyance home to
central London. There's just one problem...
Stop #3: “The Fox and the
Falcon Posting Inn”
Author Commentary:
By
the time Lady Sophie Talbot finds herself outside the Fox & Falcon Posting
Inn, miles from her home in London, she's realized she's made a huge mistake.
She only ever intended to hitch a ride home to Mayfair--and simultaneously
stick it to the arrogant, handsome, horrible Marquess of Eversley, who happens
to be minus a boot, thanks to Sophie. Suffice to say, things got out of hand.
And now, dressed as a male servant in the drive of a roadside inn, things are
about to get much much worse.
Stop #4: “Beware
Highwaymen!”
Author Commentary:
Suffice
to say, being on the road with an arrogant aristocrat is no fun at all, so Lady
Sophie Talbot does what any self-respecting woman would do, she
"borrows" his money, and gets herself on the next mail coach north.
All seems fine -- until Highwaymen arrive, and that arrogant aristocrat arrives
just in time to see her entire plan go pear-shaped.
Stop #5: “The Warbling Wren”
Author Commentary:
Being
shot on the Great North Road isn't exactly a thing people expect to happen, and
Lady Sophie Talbot finds herself in the rooms above The Warbling Wren pub,
under the welcome care of a rather mad doctor and the watchful eye of the
rather infuriating (and infuriatingly handsome) Kingscote, Marquess of
Eversley. There are worse things, she supposes. Or are there? Not for King.
Stop #6: “Mossband”
Author Commentary:
Lady
Sophie Talbot, youngest and least interesting of the infamous Talbot sisters,
has decided that her best bet to escape London and the aristocratic life for
which she'd never been intended is to take herself home -- to the small village
on the Scottish border where she spent the first ten years of her life. And
perhaps, after a disastrous journey north, something would go right, and her
childhood friend Robbie, now the village baker, would make good on their silly
youthful promises and marry her. Of course, Sophie isn't alone. She's saddled
with the horrible, handsome Marquess of Eversley. Who has done everything to
ruin her plans. Until now.
Stop #7: “Lyne Castle”
Author Commentary:
The
Country seat of the Dukes of Lyne, Lyne Castle is the childhood home of
Kingscote, Marquess of Eversley, who left home at eighteen after a terrible
tragedy and never returned. Summoned home by his ailing father, King finally
returns--with the unexpected addition of Lady Sophie Talbot, irritating and
somehow irresistible. The estate boasts one of the most complicated labyrinths
in Britain...where King and Sophie find solace, and heartbreak, and each other.
Sophie would want love.
She’d want it pure and unfettered, given freely, along with all its trappings.
She’d want the marriage and children and happiness and prom- ise that came with
it.
King could see it, the life
she wanted. The line of little girls, blue-eyed and brown-haired, in love with
books and strawberry tarts. For a moment, he imagined them smiling at him the
way their mother did, filled with happiness and hope.
For a moment, he let himself
believe he might be able to give it to her.
But she would want love, and
he would never be able to give it.
He didn’t have it to give anymore.
And those children, they would never be his.
He set her down on the edge
of the fountain, coming to his knees, as though she was Ariadne and he the
Minotaur, worshipping at her feet, adoring her even as he knew she could not
survive in the labyrinth, and he could not survive beyond it.
“Tell me about last night,”
he said softly, looking up at her, his hands at the hem of her skirts.
“What—” She caught her
breath as his fingers explored the skin of her ankles. “What about it?”
“I hated it,” he said. “I
hated stopping.”
She pressed her lips into a
thin, straight line. “I hated that you stopped.”
His hands were beneath her
skirts, pushing them back, farther and farther, up and over her knees. He
pressed his lips to the inside of her knee, swirling his tongue there, loving
the little gasp of surprised pleasure that came at the touch.
“I hate that I will have to
stop today, as well."
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ReplyDeleteStop #4, 'Beware the HIghwayman' sounds like it will be a fun spot. I'm looking forward to reading this. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteStop #6 sounds intriguing! I love it when 2 characters who are constantly at odds with each, try to resist their attraction.
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