Teaser Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

My Teaser is from An Infamous Marriage by Susanna Frazer.

"Why, you've never mentioned a wife" Devenish blurted then had to grace to look abashed." 

"It was not more than the truth, Jack rarely spoke of Elizabeth, nor thought of her more than he had to."

Here is the Goodreads summary:

Northumberland, 1815

At long last, Britain is at peace, and General Jack Armstrong is coming home to the wife he barely knows. Wed for mutual convenience, their union unconsummated, the couple has exchanged only cold, dutiful letters. With no more wars to fight, Jack is ready to attempt a peace treaty of his own.

Elizabeth Armstrong is on the warpath. She never expected fidelity from the husband she knew for only a week, but his scandalous exploits have made her the object of pity for years. Now that he's back, she has no intention of sharing her bed with him—or providing him with an heir—unless he can earn her forgiveness. No matter what feelings he ignites within her…

Jack is not expecting a spirited, confident woman in place of the meek girl he left behind. As his desire intensifies, he wants much more than a marriage in name only. But winning his wife's love may be the greatest battle he's faced yet.   

Marry Me by Jo Goodman and The Sergeant’s Lady by Susanna Fraser

Marry Me by Jo Goodman

Romance

Marry Me by Jo Goodman is set in the same town with some of the same characters as Never Love a Lawman. 

Dr Cole Monroe arrives in Reidsville, CO after his sixteen year old sister Whitney answers an advertisement for a town doctor in Cole’s name and the committee writes to tell him he is the best match offers him the position of town doctor.  One of his first patients is Rhyne Abbot; know as Runt and also thought to be male.  Marry Me is their story.  It is a fantastic story filled with wonderful characters, a great setting, several secrets, love, discovery and forgiveness. 

Zebra Books published Marry Me by Jo Goodman in 2010.

I downloaded Marry Me from Barnes and Noble when it was offered as a free ebook.  I loved Never Love a Lawman and was thrilled and surprised when I found out Marry Me was being offered free for a limited time. 

The Sergeant’s Lady by Susanna Fraser

Romance

Anna Arrington, a highborn lady, is a heiress who is married to a officer serving in the Peninsular Wars.  Although she is following him there is no love lost between the two.   She meets Sergeant Will Atkins when he is trying to deliver a baby and needs help.  After her husband is killed she and Will are thrown together when the enemy captures them.  The attraction that follows leads to their becoming secret lovers.  There does not seen to be any way to bridge the social distance between the two and they part both hoping that there will be some way they can be together.

I really loved this story because the two main characters are from very different backgrounds.  Unlike many period romances The Sergeant’s Lady was set away from the parties and glitter of the aristocracy and focused on the every day life of the army and the people who were a part of the war.  Susanna Fraser has written a love story with wonderful characters, a great historical setting and a fascinating plot.  I hope she writes more stories like The Sergeant’s Lady.

Carina Press published The Sergeant’s Lady by Susanna Fraser in 2010.

I purchased The Sergeant’s Lady as an ebook from Carina Press.