BooksChatter: ☀☄ Lady Overton's Perilous Journey: Honorable Rogue [1]

Thank you for joining us on the Virtual Book Tour for Lady Overton's Perilous Journey, an Historical Romantic Suspense by Vikki Vaught (10 September 2015, Enticing Pleasures Romance, 280 pages).

This is the first book in the Honorable Rogue series, and it is on sale for ONLY 99 pence / cents until 6 November 2015.

PREVIEW: Check out the book's synopsis, trailer and exclusive excerpt below. Read the first three chapters with Amazon Look Inside. Lady Overton's Perilous Journey is FREE on Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owner's Lending Library.

Author Vikki Vaught will be awarding a $15 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour. Please do take part: comment on our post and follow the tour where you will be able to read other exclusive excerpts (☀) and reviews (✍).

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Synopsis

When her son’s life is threatened, Anissa, Marchioness of Overton, seeks refuge by sailing to America. Before the ship reaches the high seas, sparks fly between her and Captain Alex Hawks. Although the young widow may be lonely, and afraid, she cannot risk the diversion a romantic entanglement could bring, no matter how much she wants to lose herself in the captain’s embrace.

The Captain vows to protect the young Lord Overton, but can offer no assurance that the marchioness will leave his ship with her virtue intact. Alex is drawn to Anissa’s beauty and courage, as a hummingbird is to the nectar of a flower. How long can he fight a losing battle before he surrenders and makes her his own?

Will Alex be able to keep this remarkable woman and her child safe? Will his passion for Anissa be enough or will their differences keep them apart?

Teaser: Excerpt

Her insides churned as she wove her way through the crowded tables, the chairs filled with dirty, unsavory-looking men. The strong smell of sweat mingled with ale threatened to turn her stomach and had her breathing through her mouth. Anissa went over to the man. “Sir, are you Captain Hawks?”
     The man turned around, and in a drawling voice, he answered, “Well, darlin’, that’s my name.” He swept his tri-corn hat from his head. “Captain Alex Hawks, at your service. What can I do for you?”
     Anissa gazed up into the blackest eyes she had ever seen and wanted to fall into them. Mesmerized, she blinked as a shiver ran across her shoulders. This was not the time to notice this man’s eyes, no matter how compelling they were. Now was the time to use her charms to convince him to take her on his ship.
     “My name is—” she quickly searched for a name, not wanting to give him her identity, “—Mrs. Carlson. I would like to pay for passage on your ship. I understand you are leaving for America this morning.”
     Captain Hawks gave her an appraising stare, which unnerved her. This man was intimidating, to say the least. “I don’t normally take on passengers, darlin’.”
     “Please take me. I have to leave for America as soon as possible.” Anissa had to convince him to allow her passage.
     Oh, dear, Please, Lord, let me convince him to take me.
     Every hour brought her closer to the chance of discovery. She could not afford to wait for another ship. She needed to get as far away from Lord Howard as possible, immediately. She looked up at him, willing a few tears into her eyes, praying to gain his sympathy.
     Captain Hawks sighed and rolled his obsidian eyes toward the ceiling. “I know I’m going to regret this. All right, darlin’, if it’s that important, I’ll take you. I hope you realize how uncomfortable this voyage will be for you and the child. The cabin you will have barely has room to turn around in. Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?”
     “We shall be fine, regardless of the conditions.”
     He shook his head, sending her heart to the floor.
     Oh, Lord, please don’t let him change his mind.
     What shall I do if he has?

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About the Author

Vikki Vaught started her writing career when a story invaded her mind and would not leave.

Over the last few years, she has written more than a half dozen historical romances and is presently working on her next. Her new release, Lady Overton’s Perilous Journey, is the first book in her Honorable Rogue series.

Vikki loves a "Happily Ever After", and she writes them in her stories. While romance is the central theme of all her books, she includes some significant historical event or place in all her novels.

While all her books are love stories, she has also written short contemporary sweet romances as Vikki McCombie and erotic romances using the pen name of V.L. Edwards.

For the last decade, Vikki has lived in the beautiful foothills of the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee with her beloved husband, Jim, who is the most tolerant man in the world to put up with her when she is in a writing frenzy. When she is not writing or working her day job, you’ll find her curled up in a comfortable chair reading her Kindle, lost in a good book with a cup of tea at her side.

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