Aloha! My friend Elf at the Reading Addict recently spotlighted Stephanie Laurens on her blog at this link. I happen to have a copy of Stephanie's latest book, THE LADY RISKS ALL, to giveaway:
Neville Roscoe, notorious and enigmatic, lives resolutely outside society, bound only by his own code of honor - until challenged by his desire for the one woman he cannot have.
Miranda Clifford is a lady imprisoned by rigid respectability - until tempted by a passion beyond her power to deny.
Flung together in peril, through danger and intrigue, they discover a love impossible to ignore ... or keep.
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| Stephanie (right) at the Avon Cocktail Party/2011. |
To enter the giveaway,
1. Leave a comment about historical romances - what draws you to them?
2. This giveaway is open to all readers.
3. Comments are open through Saturday, October 27, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, October 28.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
To learn more about Stephanie and her books, check out her website at stephanielaurens.com.
It's like asking why I love chocolate. My love for historical romance rooted from reading fairy tales when I was a kid. Simple and full of love but with complexity wherein the hero and heroine struggles to behave properly just to express their love for one another. Walking in public together in past can raise eyebrows! Even if you like someone, you just can't hug or kiss her whenever you like unlike today! And lastly, I get the chance to picture the past in the very comfort of my room.
ReplyDeleteI love historical romances! I think it's pretty dresses, the ballroom, the romance and the escape of it all! :)
ReplyDeleteI love to read Historical Romance books. There’s just something about this type of romance that really engages me. I love to follow the journey of the Hero and Heroine from the beginning of their story up to their happy ever after.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enough to find this book at the library, so there's no need to enter me into the contest. I have to say that I really enjoyed it.
I like being transported back in time and "living" a life that is completely different than my own.
ReplyDeletethanks for a great post! I love reading HR b/c it is truly an escape.. different country, different time period, different social norms. Plus the romance ;)
ReplyDeleteI love history to the story. I mean when I read a historical novel, I start to wonder if that happen and go in search. They actually make look more into history. Plus, the description and the dress makes me image I'm there.
ReplyDeleteHistorical romance is the last of the typical romance sub-genres I read. And it's my favorite now! I've always loved history and I do get a little boost of history knowledge in every one of these books I read.
ReplyDeleteI have always reading about history and romance. Historical romances take me back to different places and times in history, and I get lost in the journey back. Also, I often learn a lot about history by reading historical romances, plus have the thrill of reading a good romance.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing how the different societal classes interacted with each other.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoyed history in school and now I learn even more while reading and enjoying a HEA.
ReplyDeleteI love historical romance because I love that time period.
ReplyDeleteI love visited through the pages of book somewhere i Can never see other wise.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite type of read. The older the story, the better. I want to be taken to different times. I learn so much on the way and the romance is the bonus :)
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ReplyDeleteMy love of historical romance started when I was in High School and we had to read Don Quixote by Cervantes.
Of course I loved Don Quixote for his unrelenting love of Dulcinea and failing to see all her flaws! (The dream man for a teenage girl).
When I started reading current historical romance I loved how the history of the timer peiod was intertwinned with the story and the authors made me, as the reader, feel like they had a personal connection with the characters.
As I've grown older I've stopped picturing myself as one of the debutants making they comeout and being on the marriage mart and instead I'm either the spinster sitting in the back of the room against the wall listening in to all the gossip or a widowed dowager ducheess watching the "young ladies" being bambozzeled by those randy young Lords and Rouges!
I like Historicals because everything is at least a bit different than it is now.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved history, as well as romance, so reading historical romance is a given. I love reading about times and places in the past, and I always learn something in every story.
ReplyDeleteTo me reading a historical romance is like an escape. To a world of manners and pretty clothes. Carriage rides and intrigue... It's so different and magical, I just love it.
ReplyDeleteI love the rules of courtship & of the society. Everything really.
ReplyDeleteMy absolute fav genre! I love the elegance; everything is from the language, the setting, the people. I love that the simplest thing is romantic; a touch of fingers, a gentle caress of the cheek.
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the story, the character and the important thing HEA :)
ReplyDeleteI love historical romance. I relate very well to the morals and the family centeredness of the characters. I adore alpha males, although I have read some wonderful historicals with Beta males. AND.. the HEA is a GIANT plus!!
ReplyDeleteBeing able to transport myself back in time is what draws me. Oh, to be able to time-travel!
ReplyDeletethe fashion and history
ReplyDeleteI think some of it is the longing for the adventures that we read about or saw in historical movies as a child. I always wanted to be Zorro or Tarzan when I was fairly young - notwithstanding the fact that I was a girl!
ReplyDeleteI love historical romances! I know most idealize the time but it's great escapism. Stephanie Laurens was one of the first I read and it's been such a while that I've been thinking I should read about the Cynsters again. Right now I' working my way thru Victoria Alexanders Effington Family & Friends series.
ReplyDeleteI have been reading histotical romance since I was 13 so it bit of everything. History, fashion, romantism, or I just really love men wearing high heeled shoes or tight breeches! Lol!
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