How
to Marry a Royal Highlander
The Renegade Royals # 4
The Renegade Royals # 4
By: Vanessa Kelly
Releasing June 30, 2015
Zebra
Blurb
Illegitimate
yet thoroughly irresistible, the Renegade Royals are leaving behind their
careers as daring spies for the greatest adventure of all…
At
sixteen, Alasdair Gilbride, heir to a Scottish earldom, fled the Highlands and
an arranged betrothal. Ten years later, Alasdair must travel home to face his
responsibilities. It’s a task that would be much easier without the distracting
presence of the most enticing woman he’s ever met…
After
one escapade too many, Eden Whitney has been snubbed by the ton. The solution:
rusticating in the Scottish wilderness, miles from all temptation. Except, of
course, for brawny, charming Alasdair. The man is so exasperating she’d likely
kill him before they reach the border—if someone else weren’t trying to do just
that. Now Eden and Alasdair are plunging into a scandalous affair with his life
and her reputation at stake—and their hearts already irreparably lost…
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Author Info
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 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. Her current series, The Renegade
Royals is a national bestseller. Vanessa also writes USA Today bestselling
contemporary romance with her husband, under the pen name of VK Sykes.
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Excerpts
Excerpt 1
A moment
later, Dailey ushered Evelyn Endicott into the room. She halted when she saw
Aden, but smoothly recovered, a warm smile curving her lush mouth. Alec got a
jolt, both to his brain and to his groin. The latter was an unerring barometer
when it came to one person in particular.
Goddammit.
The gorgeous
young woman who’d just swept into his library was no more the wife of Wolf
Endicott than Alec was the King of Spain.
“Mrs.
Endicott, what a pleasure to see you,” Aden said with a bow.
The faux Mrs.
Endicott dimpled up prettily and returned his greeting with a brief curtsey.
“And you, Captain St. George, although I see I interrupted your meeting. Please
forgive me.”
She cast what
she no doubt thought was a shy, apologetic glance at Alec. He raised an eyebrow
and crossed his arms over his chest. Her brows, partly hidden by her spectacles,
tilted down in a frown.
But a moment
later she was directing another charming smile at Aden, who seemed completely
taken in by her silly charade. Alec almost laughed out loud at the notion of
the outrageous Eden Whitney pulling the wool over the eyes of England’s most
accomplished spy.
“No apology
necessary, Mrs. Endicott,” Aden said. He nodded to Alec. “I’ll speak with later.”
Alec answered
his cousin with a polite smile, enjoying the prospect of mocking him at a later
date. But when Aden reached the door, he glanced over his shoulder, his
eyebrows raised and his gaze glinting with laughter.
Clearly, the
little minx hadn’t fooled Aden, after all.
The woman who
was fast becoming the bane of Alec’s existence flashed him what she probably
thought was an innocent, shy smile. It was nothing of the sort, of course. Eden
Whitney exuded a mostly unconscious sensuality that could knock a man flat from
twenty paces.
“I’m sure you
must be surprised to see me,” she said in a sweet, quiet voice.
He had to
admit she got the voice right. If he hadn’t been looking straight at her, he
would have thought he was listening to Evie and not her diabolical twin.
“Give it up,
Miss Whitney.” He took her by the elbow and steered her to one of the club
chairs. “You’re not fooling anyone.”
She gaped up
at him with astonishment. “Confound it, how do you do that? I haven’t been in
the room for more than a minute.”
It wasn’t the
first time Edie had switched identities with her twin, but it hadn’t worked any
better with him this time than it had a few months ago. There were a dozen
differences between the sisters, some quite noticeable. For one, Edie carried
herself with a degree of confidence and restless energy her twin lacked. She
cut a swath through the ton like a sharpened sickle through a field of
ripe wheat.
There were
more subtle signs as well, like the way her clothes hugged her generous curves
just a little more snuggly than her sister’s. She might think she was fooling
him by choosing a modestly cut carriage dress in dove gray, but Edie’s sense of
dash always seemed to bleed through. No cautious ponderings or sober second
thoughts for Miss Eden Whitney. To her, life was a challenge and a lark,
something to be enjoyed to the hilt.
“Never mind
that, you daft woman,” he said. “Have you no care for your reputation?”
She let out a
disdainful snort. “Reputation? That’s rich, coming from you. You’re constantly
doing outrageous things.”
“I’m a man. I
can get away with it. You, however, cannot.”
“It’s so
unfair,” she grumbled.
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