[Blog Tour Spotlight]: "Secrets for Seducing a Royal Bodyguard" + Giveaway!

WELCOME TO THE BLOG, VANESSA! :) 

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 sensual, 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. Vanessa's next series, The Renegade Royals, is due to hit the shelves in November with an introductory novella, Lost in a Royal Kiss. Book One in the series, Secrets For Seducing a Royal Bodyguard, will release in January, 2014, and Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom will be out in April, 2014.

When not dreaming of plots for her next Regency historical novel, Vanessa also writes USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance with her husband under the pen name of V.K. Sykes.  She's also a member of Rock*It Reads, a group of bestselling traditional authors who are self-publishing, and of The Jaunty Quills.  

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Secrets for Seducing a Royal Bodyguard by Vanessa Kelly

Publisher: Zebra (January 7, 2014)

Series: The Renegade Royals, 1

Genre: Historical Romance

In this witty, sensual new series, Vanessa Kelly introduces the Renegade Royals, illegitimate sons of the Royal Princes who are finding their rightful places in society… 

Accomplished spy Aden St. George prefers to stay away from the frivolous ton, especially after the way his mother was used by the Prince Regent. But his latest mission compels him to guard unconventional, vibrant Lady Vivien Shaw. Rescuing her from kidnappers was easy. Resisting her beauty is not. Duty demands he keep an eye on her—and naturally, his lips soon follow. For someone who views entanglements as a weakness, this is pure, delicious folly… 

Though grateful for Aden’s help, Vivien has secrets she must keep hidden. Yet with her abductors still at large, she needs Aden’s protection almost as much as she craves his touch…

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Secrets for Seducing a Royal Bodyguard by Vanessa Kelly

Excerpt

Aden bent to whisper, “Stay behind me.  If there’s any trouble, run for the woods.  There’s a horse tied up in a small clearing about four hundred yards straight ahead.  If that’s not possible, double back and hide down that corridor.”  He jerked his head to indicate a shadowed, low-ceilinged tunnel branching off to the right.  “Wait there until I come for you.”

She stared at him, and that glazed look of terror seeped back into her eyes as he sensed panic freezing her limbs.  Ignoring his growing sense of urgency, Aden took her face between his gloved hands, stooping until their gazes were level.  Her breath sawed in and out in shallow pants, as he stared into her eyes until the pupils contracted and focused on him.

“You are safe with me,” he said quietly.  “I will not let anyone harm you again.  Do you understand?”

Her slender hands came up in a fluttering motion, touching his wrists.  An elusive sense of connection shimmered in the air between them, slowing time to a crawl.  Tension flowed from his limbs and evaporated in a gust of cool air blowing from the mouth of the tunnel.  The outside world faded away and there was only her—her wounded, sapphire gaze, her slowly quieting breath, her beautiful, anxious face between his hands.  Her needs became paramount, along with his need that she trust him.  In that suspended moment, their mutual needs encompassed the entire world.

Finally, she blinked several times, breaking the ephemeral thread of the connection.  She dropped her hands from his wrists and nodded her understanding.

“Good.”  His heart throbbed with a strange, pulsing ache as he brushed a stray lock of hair from her brow.  Clamping down hard on the unfamiliar sensation, Aden gathered himself and turned to face whatever awaited them outside the tunnels.

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