Hello, erotic writers! Ashley has kindly offered me a spot
here to talk about my new novel for Mischief Books, Secrets and Lords.
It's a historical story set in 1920 in a stately home, but
the behaviour is anything but stately. Here's the blurb to give you more of an
idea:
The summer of 1920 brings illicit liaisons to stately home
Deverell Hall. Lords, ladies, butler and maids all succumb to the spirit of the
roaring 1920s as sex and scandal take over.
From the author of bestselling Mischief titles ‘Kinky’ and ‘Game’,
Justine Elyot’s ‘Secrets and Lords’ is a historical erotic novel that will
seduce anyone who loves period drama Downton Abbey and delight fans of The
Great Gatsby.
Lord Deverell's new wife has the house in thrall to her theatrical
glamour. His womanising son, Sir Charles, has his eye on anything female that
moves while his beautiful daughter, Mary, is feeling more than a little
restless. And why does his younger son, Sir Thomas, spend so much time in the
company of the second footman?
Into this simmering tension comes new parlour maid, Edie, with a
secret of her own – a secret that could blow the Deverell family dynamic to
smithereens.
Would an excerpt be in order?
Edie accepted a
rag and a tub of metal polish and made a start on the heavy, ormulu-framed
square mirror that stood over an unused fireplace.
They worked
silently and diligently until Edie was drawn to the window by the sound of a
car drawing up in the drive. She wouldn't have admitted it to herself, but she
was hoping for a glimpse of Ted.
The car was not
the one she had ridden in earlier, though. It was that same sleek,
cream-coloured monster that had twice passed her on the road.
The rain had
abated and its driver got out on to wet gravel, looking up at the house windows
as he did so. Edie took a swift step back, her heart pounding. Why did she not
want to be seen? Because this must be Charles, the rake of the Deverells, and
she had no wish to draw his attention to her.
He was pristine
in a pin-striped blazer over light-coloured waistcoat, shirt and trousers. His
dark hair was immaculately cut and he was clean-shaven. He didn't wear a hat,
and Edie approved of this, for she had no taste for the current fashion for
straw boaters on men.
His eye was soon
drawn away from the house, and he went to the passenger side to open it for a
young woman.
'Who is that?'
asked Edie, and Jenny came to look over her shoulder.
'Lady Mary. Oh,
don't look. Sir Charles will see you.'
'She is
fearfully lovely.'
'Yes. Come
away.'
But a creeping fascination had overcome Edie,
who noted that Mary was exceptionally fashionable and glamorous in a
calf-length beige skirt, a lace-collared blouse and a loose belted jacket. Her
hat was low on her brow over dark, shiny bobbed hair and she wore three long
strands of pearls.
Jenny tried to
tug her away but to no avail. Edie watched Charles take Mary's arm to help her
up the steps, then – disaster! He looked directly at her window. Her throat
tightened and she tried to move away but she felt held there by the keen penetration
of his gaze. It only lasted a moment, before Lady Mary slapped him on the
elbow, as if in reproof, and he turned back to her, laughing.
But a moment was
enough. Edie had been noticed, and now she felt like a marked woman.
The book is available from all the Amazons, including
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-and-Lords-ebook/dp/B00CKE0FK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369681967&sr=8-1&keywords=justine+elyot+secrets+and+lords
Here it is at Sainsburys: http://www.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/book/Secrets-and-Lords-Justine-Elyot/7507787
Many thanks to Ashley for hosting me – and to you for
reading!
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