Spotlight & Giveaway: Deceiving an Earl by Sharon Cullen

Posted September 30th, 2019 by in Blog, Spotlight / 36 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Sharon Cullen to HJ!
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Hi Sharon and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Deceiving an Earl!

 
Hello! I am thrilled to be here and thank you for having me.
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

A confirmed bachelor, an elegant widow and a very, very big secret between them. Oliver McCaron, the Earl of Armbruster has buried himself in work ever since the love of his life left him high and dry. Ellen Chapman, Dowager Countess of Fieldhurst, felt she didn’t have a choice all those years ago when she left her heart with Oliver. But ever since then she’s been keeping a secret that could not only destroy both of them, but her son as well. However, things are on a collision course for these two as an evil force threatens to unravel all of Ellen’s carefully woven secrets.
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

He’d been madly, breathlessly, deeply in love. But life or fate had other plans.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • Oliver’s character first appeared in An Unwilling Earl and I was instantly intrigued by this nobleman who liked to actually work and make money and who had a secretive past that even I didn’t know about.
  • I was reading a book about Victorian crime when I came upon a story about Resurrectionists and I knew that I needed to somehow incorporate this weird occupation into my story

 

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

Like any teenagers they were attracted to each other’s looks, but soon found that their attraction went deeper.

 

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

For me the most powerful scene comes late in the book. I don’t want to give too much away, but here is a small snippet:

“Mostly he was just tired. Tired of the anger, of the missed chances, and now of the fear of losing her again.”

 

Readers should read this book….

If you like a little bit of suspense mixed with love. A little bit of tragedy mixed with love. A little bit of mystery mixed with love. And a whole lot of love

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

I have some things in the pipeline that I don’t quite want to divulge just yet. But trust me, I am working on a few things 🙂
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: Copy of An Unwilling Earl

 

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Excerpt from Deceiving an Earl:

“Lord Armbruster.”
Oliver was in the process of taking another sip of wine when his arm froze halfway to his mouth. Every muscle in his body clenched, and he had a very strange impulse to not turn around, not face her. To walk away. The hurt, the shame, the anger, all came crashing back, but he was good at shoving those unwanted emotions away and ignoring them.
He forced a smile on his lips and turned to her.
“Lady Fieldhurst.”
Seventeen years ago she had been beautiful, all lovely curves and wide eyes and luscious lips. Now she was stunning. She’d filled out in the years, her hips more rounded, her waist still impossibly small even after giving birth to the current earl. There was not a hint of gray in her hair, but there were tiny laugh lines at the corners of her eyes that only added to her beauty.
“I’m surprised to see you here.” Her voice was musical. Deep and rich with a slight rasp that stirred his loins. He looked at Ellen, and he immediately thought of bedding her. It was an ungentlemanly thought and one he tried to banish, but it persisted nonetheless.
It had always been this way with her. She stirred him in ways that no other woman had since, and he had definitely tried hard to erase her memory with other women.
“Are you?” he asked. “Surprised?”
She smiled, a slow seductive smile that made all the blood rush to his cock. “Shocked might be a better word. You’ve never attended any of my salons before.”
He shrugged, almost forgetting that he was holding a glass of wine. It sloshed. He steadied it. “I wanted to see what it was all about.”
She tilted her head and studied him. “You despise poetry.”
Why was he so inordinately pleased that she remembered that about him?
“I’m a changed man.”
Her smile slipped. “I hope not.”

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Book Info:

Oliver McCaron, Earl of Armbruster, is an influential, self-made man who lives life by his own rules. Though he’s never lacking for female attention, there’s only one woman he wants. And she’s the one woman who won’t have him…again.

Widow Lady Fieldhurst has spent the last seventeen years avoiding Oliver, after one glorious night together. Her parents had already planned out her life – she was never to become Oliver’s wife, despite their plans to run away. To protect their secret, she had to follow their wishes and marry the elderly earl they had chosen.

Now Ellen’s world is threatened by a blackmailer who threatens to expose everything. Now she’ll have to face the only man she’s ever loved and ask for help. Because if the truth comes to light, it could ruin more than one life…
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Meet the Author:

After earning a degree in journalism from Ohio University, Sharon found the stories inside her head were more interesting than what was going on in the world around her. Yet, it wasn’t until years later that she decided to pursue her secret dream of writing a romance novel. Since then she’s been published in romantic suspense, paranormal romance, contemporary romance and historical romance.

Sharon’s other job descriptions include chauffer, laundress, cook and mediator to her three very busy kids, her husband and two dogs. She lives in southwest Ohio with her brood although her dream is to someday retire to St. Maarten and live on the beach.
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36 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Deceiving an Earl by Sharon Cullen”

  1. Karina Angeles

    The dresses! I love the female clothing from that time-very figure flattering.

  3. Cyndi Bennett

    It was a time of significant change for the ” modern” woman of the day . Men still had power over everything but this was changing in the,sense women were actively voicing their opinions and showing their strength going against standards drilled into them from birth.

  8. Rita Wray

    I like the way the men were gentlemen and also the clothes the women wore.

  11. Laura J

    My favorite about this era is their clothing! Dresses are so beautiful!

  12. Silver

    The architecture! I’m going to be honest and say that I’m also fascinated by their relationship with death and spiritualism.

  18. Lynne Brigman

    The dresses and the all the balls they go to. The proper ways of the people. I just love it.

  19. Karen M

    Horticulture-the beautiful gardens-The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew opened in 1840.

  21. Glenda M

    The rapid technological changes and how they affected everyday life. Trains, electricity, and telephones changed so much about how society worked. The parallels to advances in today’s world and computing are hard to ignore

  24. Lilah Chavez

    Women were coming up in this time. They were no longer the “seen and not heard”. They were the i am women hear me roar but very eloquently lol

  29. Jo-Anne B.

    I liked that the working class wanted reform and change and worked toward that goal.

  34. Terrill R.

    When it comes to royalty, I like how some authors write about heroes or heroines rebuking the system and letting love be a reason for marriage vs. strategic maneuvering.