Snow on the Bayou: A Tante Lulu Adventure (31 page)
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Authors: Sandra Hill
Tags: #Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, #Fiction / Romance / Erotica, #Fiction / Romance / Suspense
Dear Reader,
I love books about Mr. Cool, Calm, and Collected finding himself all at sea once he falls in love. Which means I’ve been champing at the bit to write Camden Rothermere’s story in WHAT A DUKE DARES.
The Duke of Sedgemoor is a man who is always in control. He never lets messy emotion get in the way of a rational decision. He’s the voice of wisdom. He’s the one
who sorts things out. He’s the one with his finger on the pulse.
And that’s just the way he likes it.
Sadly for Cam, once his own pulse starts racing under wayward Penelope Thorne’s influence, all traces of composure and detachment evaporate under a blast of sensual heat. Which
isn’t
just the way he likes it!
Pen Thorne was such fun to write, too. She’s loved Cam since she was a girl, but she’s smart enough to know it’s hopeless. So what happens when scandal forces them to marry? It’s the classic immovable object and irresistible force scenario. Pen is such a vibrant, passionate, head-strong presence that Cam hasn’t got a chance. Although he puts up a pretty good fight!
Another part of WHAT A DUKE DARES that I really enjoyed writing was the secondary romance involving Pen’s rakish brother Harry and innocent Sophie Fairbrother. There’s a real touch of Romeo and Juliet about this couple. I hadn’t written two love stories in one book before and the contrasting trajectories throw each relationship into high relief. As a reader, I always like to get two romances for the price of one.
If you’d like to know more about WHAT A DUKE DARES and the other books in the Sons of Sin series—
Seven Nights in a Rogue’s Bed
,
Days of Rakes and Roses
, and
A Rake’s Midnight Kiss
—please check out my website: http://annacampbell.info/books.html.
Happy reading—and may all your dukes be daring!
Best wishes,
al-Qaeda
—militant Islamic organization
Bluebird weather
—warm temps in autumn or winter
Blue devils
—depression
Budweiser
—nickname for the garish Navy SEAL pin
Café au lait
—hot coffee with an equal amount of hot scalded milk, light brown in color
Carnival
—the season immediately preceding Lent, starting in January, often filled with merrymaking activities
Cher
,
chère
—“friend” or “dear” when addressing a male, “dear or darling” when addressing a female
Fais do do
—party down on the bayou
Fibbies
—FBI
FUBAR
—Fucked up beyond all recognition
High and tight
—military haircut
Joie de vivre
—joy of life
Krewes
—private social clubs that sponsor balls, parades, and other events as part of Mardi Gras
Lagniappe
—a little something extra
Mardi Gras
—Pre-Lenten festivities that end on Ash Wednesday, the day before Lent begins
Mon Dieu!
—My God!
Mon petit ange
—my little angel
Pink mist
—what happens to a body during a bomb explosion
Pirogue
—Cajun canoe
Porte cochere
—the covered carriage entrance leading into a courtyard
Shotgun house
—a narrow, rectangular house with one room behind the other
SNAFU
—situation normal all fucked up
SOL
—shit out of luck
Tangos
—terrorists or bad guys
Traiteur
—folk healer
Zydeco
—blues-influenced Cajun dance music
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2014 by Sandra Hill
Excerpt from
Tall, Dark, and Cajun
copyright © 2007 by Sandra Hill
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