Spotlight & Giveaway: The Bachelor by Sabrina Jeffries

Posted February 24th, 2020 by in Blog, Spotlight / 65 comments

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Sabrina Jeffries’s new release: The Bachelor

 

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New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries features an irresistible family in a series to savor, as the grown children of a thrice-married dowager duchess piece together the stories of their fathers—while pursuing passions of their own . . .

 
Lady Gwyn Drake has long protected her family’s reputation by hiding an imprudent affair from her youth. But when her former suitor appears at Armitage Hall, manhandling the heiress and threatening to go public with her secrets, it’s Gwyn who needs protecting. Her twin brother, Thorn, hires Joshua Wolfe, the estate’s gamekeeper, to keep her safe in London during her debut. As a war hero, Joshua feels obligated to fulfill the assignment he has accepted. But as a man, it’s torment to be so very close to the beauty he’s fought to ignore . . .
 
With handsome Joshua monitoring her every move, Gwyn would prefer to forget both the past and the parade of money-seeking bachelors at her coming out. But Joshua is unmoved by her attempts at flirtation, and the threat of blackmail still hangs over her.
 
With danger closing in, Gwyn must decide which is the greater risk: deflecting a scoundrel’s attempts to sabotage her—or revealing her whole heart to the rugged bodyguard she can’t resist…

 

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from The Bachelor 

Gwyn froze. Joshua was kissing her. Kissing her. Although, come to think of it, he wasn’t kissing her so much as putting his lips on hers. His mouth wasn’t moving, and his free hand sat lightly on her waist. What’s more, they both had their eyes open, which was unlike any kiss she’d shared with any other man.
That was why she was able to see the fellow they’d been watching walk past them, then pause to look at them. With her heart pounding, she closed her eyes and threw her arms around Joshua’s neck.
She’d merely done it to throw the stranger off. Or perhaps she’d done it because she wanted a real kiss? Either way, everything changed then. It was as if Joshua forgot his real purpose for kissing her, because a groan escaped him and his mouth began to move roughly on hers.
It sent her pulse beating wildly. He smelled of honey water, soap, and sun-warmed leather. She hadn’t expected him to smell so enticing.
Or kiss so well. This kiss wasn’t tender so much as it was thorough, with great, hungry forays meant to conquer her. And when she parted her lips for him, he took the invitation with wild ferocity, driving his tongue into her mouth over and over and leaving thrills in his wake.
Now this was what it meant to be kissed. She hadn’t expected that from him, of all people.
Next thing she knew, he had her up against the building and had dropped his cane so he could brace himself with a hand on either side of her. Why did the very act of his imprisoning her against a wall make her melt like butter all over the side of the carriage house?
She didn’t know, didn’t care. She just wanted more. Joshua’s kiss was a glorious feast that she gobbled up greedily. The surprising softness of his mouth contrasted with the brush of his whiskered jaw against her skin.
The first fierce thrusts of his tongue now slowed to seductive strokes that made her weak in the knees. She clung to his neck like a cloud to a mountain. He moved one of his hands beneath her cloak to her ribs, then slid it up and down in a slow, sensual glide that sent a cascade of sensations along her nerves. She wanted him to touch her in other places, more private places.
Lord, but the man knew how to kiss a woman, hold a woman. How delightfully unexpected.
So when at last he pushed away from her, a keen disappointment burned in her throat. His eyes seemed to search her face in the dusk that thankfully hid them from anyone near the inn.
“He’s gone, isn’t he?” Joshua rasped.
Her brain was so fogged by enjoyment that she nearly said, “Who?” But she caught herself in time.
She surveyed the road beyond them. “I’m afraid so.” She hoped Joshua couldn’t tell how her voice shook.
“Damnation.” Frowning, he glanced down the now empty thoroughfare. “I got caught up . . . I forgot . . .” He bent to pick up his cane. “Never mind. I lost my chance.”
“To do what?”
“Follow him.”
“Oh. Right.” She struggled to hide the hurt his angry words inflicted.
Like a fool, she’d thought their kiss actually meant something to him. She should have known better. This was Major Wolfe, for whom everything was a marine mission, even the clattering of pewter mugs in the street. Their kiss had merely been a means to an end.
No, she couldn’t be that wrong about the effect she had on him, could she? She’d been kissed often enough to be able to tell the real from the false. Theirs had been a real kiss. And the fact that Joshua had deepened the kiss and caressed her . . .
That said a great deal.

Excerpt. ©Sabrina Jeffries. Posted by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.
 
 

Giveaway: A signed copy of PROJECT DUCHESS (first book in the series) + $10 Amazon gift card

 

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Meet the Author:

SABRINA JEFFRIES is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty novels and works of short fiction (some written under the pseudonyms Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas). Whatever time not spent writing in a coffee-fueled haze is spent traveling with her husband and adult autistic son or indulging in one of her passions—jigsaw puzzles, chocolate, and music. With over nine million books in print in more than twenty-one languages, the North Carolina author never regrets tossing aside a budding career in academics for the sheer joy of writing fun fiction, and hopes that one day a book of hers will end up saving the world.
 
 
 

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65 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: The Bachelor by Sabrina Jeffries”

  2. Mary Preston

    This is my kind of book. The bow and arrow for her and the open shirt for him. There is a story right there.

  3. Jeanna Massman

    This excerpt has amazing details of a romantic encounter! It makes me want to read the book.

  10. Linda Ortiz

    Love your books! This one sounds interesting! Can’t wait to read this book.

  11. Karina Angeles

    Loved it! Can’t wait to read how Gwyn gets Joshua show his true feelings.

  16. Kelly D

    I think the characters sound interesting and it makes me wonder about the 3rd person that Major Wolfe is searching for.

  20. Debra Branigan

    I enjoy this author’s works and the excerpt proved that this be will be no exception. It sounds like a great read. Thank you for sharing and best wishes to the author on the newest release.

  25. Laurajj

    Oh I loved the excerpt! I love how she knew…it was real! Cannot wait to read and follow along their journey!

  26. Joye

    The cover is colorful and interesting in that it shows a woman with a bow and arrow which was usually a man’s sport. It would have lured me in to picking up the book off the rack and further examining it.

  34. James Robert

    It has been great hearing about your book and although I am not the reader myself, my 2 sisters and 2 daughters are. They love hearing about the genre’s they like and me helping them get to find books they will enjoy. Thanks for sharing!

  44. Shannon Capelle

    I lived the excerpt sounds like a fun story with a couple that has really strong chemistry!!

  47. Mary C

    Will be interesting reading about Joshua’s struggle to fight his attraction to Gwyn.

  51. Patricia B.

    There are times one’s real feelings come out and it is impossible to hide or contain them. They are both going to have to come to terms with what is happening between them, even if they do not want to.

  53. Anita H.

    I always enjoy Sabrina’s books and I’m intrigued with who the Major was following and why! Thanks for sharing