Please welcome author Theresa Romain as she promotes the third book in her "Matchmaker Series", Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress. She joins us with a guest post that holds two truths and one lie about the book’s setting, Bath.
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Date of publication: January 6, 2015
One good proposition
deserves another…
Heiress Augusta Meredith can’t help herself—she stirs up
gossip wherever she goes. A stranger to Bath society, she pretends to be a
charming young widow, until sardonic, darkly handsome Joss Everett arrives from
London and uncovers her charade.
Augusta persuades Joss to keep her secret in exchange for a
secret of his own. Weaving their way through the treacherous pitfalls of a
polite world only too eager to expose and condemn them, they begin to see that
being true to themselves is not so bad…as long as they’re true to each other…
Two Truths and a Lie—Bath
Thank you for hosting me today in connection with the
release of my newest historical romance, SECRETS OF A SCANDALOUS HEIRESS. It
features a wily heroine pretending to be someone else, a mixed-race hero
hunting his cousin’s blackmailer, and—of course!—a happily-ever-after once Joss
and Augusta begin to help each other and reveal their true selves.
I’m here to tell you a little about Bath, the resort-city
setting for SECRETS OF A SCANDALOUS HEIRESS. But in the spirit of a historical
romance full of so many secrets and scandals, I’ll fudge the truth a bit. Two
of these statements about Bath are true, and one is a lie. See if you can pick
it out!
1. Though the natural
hot mineral springs of Bath have been known since Roman times, they were too
hot for therapeutic use at the time of their discovery. Over the passing
centuries, the mineral springs of Bath have cooled, and the King’s Bath is now
a bathwater-warm 105 degrees.
2. In the early
1800s, carriers of Bath chairs (light hand-drawn chaises) charged standardized
fees to passengers much like taxis do today. Besides the usual charges for
distance and for waiting on a passenger, carriers were allowed to add extra
fees for transporting passengers after midnight or through highly sloped areas
of town.
3. During the
Regency, public entertainments were shared between two major assembly-houses.
They scheduled balls to begin as close as possible to 7 pm, and festivities
ended at 11 o’clock sharp--even if the orchestra and attendees were in the
middle of a dance.
What’s your most scandalous secret?
To celebrate the release of Theresa Romain’s latest title, Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress, we invite you to take part in her two truths and a lie prepub blitz! Tell two truths and one lie about yourself over Twitter and Facebook with the tag #ScandalousSecrets from December 29th to January 9th and challenge your friends and followers to see how well they know you!
What’s your most scandalous secret?
To celebrate the release of Theresa Romain’s latest title, Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress, we invite you to take part in her two truths and a lie prepub blitz! Tell two truths and one lie about yourself over Twitter and Facebook with the tag #ScandalousSecrets from December 29th to January 9th and challenge your friends and followers to see how well they know you!
About the author:
Historical romance author Theresa Romain pursued an impractical education that allowed her to
read everything she could get her hands on. She then worked for universities
and libraries, where she got to read even more. Eventually she started writing,
too. She lives with her family in the Midwest.
Twitter: TheresaRomain
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