Dragon Lady by Autumn Bardot Book Tour and Giveaway! @hfvbt @AutumnBardot #DragonLady #AutumnBardot #HFVBTBlogTours

Dragon Lady by Autumn Bardot

Publication Date: August 1, 2019

Flores Publishing

Genre: Historical Fiction

Prostitution required the violation of my body. Piracy required my soul. The first enslaved me. The second set me free.

A young girl is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a floating brothel. Xianggu begins as a servant, but soon her virginity is bought by the highest bidder. Ambitious and determined, she learns the business in hopes of earning her freedom from the madam. Her dreams are washed away when a midnight pirate raid changes her life.

Kidnapped by the notorious Red Flag boss, Xianggu embarks on a journey that demands beauty, brains, and brawn. But Xianggu must do more than learn to wield a sword, sail a ship, and swim across the bay, she must become indispensable to the pirate boss if she hopes to survive. The winds, however, never blow in the same direction, and Xianggu must make a decision that requires her to battle jealous men, ancient prejudices, and her own heart.

The triumph of the notorious Zheng Yi Sao is a sexy, fierce, and unflinchingly realistic story of how a prostitute became the most powerful and successful pirate in the world.

In 18th century China, when men made and enforced the rules, the Dragon Lady lived by her own.

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About the Author

Autumn Bardot writes historical fiction and erotica about sassy women and daring passions! Her erotic fiction includes Legends of Lust, Erotic Myths from around the World, published by Cleis Press. Confessions of a Sheba Queen (erotica) will be available Jan 2020. The Impaler's Wife is her debut historical fiction, released in April 2019. Autumn has a BA in English literature and a MaEd in curriculum and instruction. She’s been teaching literary analysis for fourteen years When Autumn’s not writing or working, you'll find her hanging out with her ever-growing family, spoiled husband, and pampered rescue pooch. Her favorite things include salty French fries, coffee, swimming, and a great book.

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Blog Tour Schedule

Monday, September 2
Review at Gwendalyn’s Books
Review at Books In Their Natural Habitat

Wednesday, September 4
Feature at I’m All About Books

Friday, September 6
Review at Coffee and Ink

Saturday, September 7
Review & Excerpt at Robin Loves Reading

Tuesday, September 10
Excerpt at Maiden of the Pages

Thursday, September 12
Review & Excerpt at The Book Junkie Reads

Friday, September 13
Review at A Chick Who Reads
Review at WTF Are You Reading?

Monday, September 16
Review at 100 Pages a Day

Wednesday, September 18
Review at Locks, Hooks and Books

Friday, September 20
Feature at Historical Fiction with Spirit

Monday, September 23
Review at Beth’s Book Nook Blog

Wednesday, September 25
Excerpt at BeadyJans Books

Friday, September 27
Feature at CelticLady’s Reviews

Monday, September 30
Review at Passages to the Past

Thursday, October 3
Review at Al-Alhambra

Friday, October 4
Guest Post at Passages to the Past

Saturday, October 5
Feature at Broken Teepee

Monday, October 7
Guest Post at Myths, Legends, Books & Coffee Pots

Giveaway

During the Blog Tour, we are giving away a paperback copy of Dragon Lady! To enter, please use the Gleam form below. Giveaway Rules – Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST on October 7th. You must be 18 or older to enter. – Giveaway is open to the US only. – Only one entry per household. – All giveaway entrants agree to be honest and not cheat the systems; any suspicion of fraud will be decided upon by blog/site owner and the sponsor, and entrants may be disqualified at our discretion. – The winner has 48 hours to claim prize or a new winner is chosen.

Dragon Lady

Madam in Silk by Gini Grossenbacher Blog Tour and Giveaway! #MadaminSilk #GiniGrossenbacher #HFVBTBlogTours @GGrossenbacher @hfvbt Facebook tags: @ginigrossenbacherauthor

Madam in Silk by Gini Grossenbacher

Publication Date: July 15, 2019

JGKS Press

eBook & Paperback; 476 Pages

Series: The American Madams, Book 2

Genre: Historical Fiction

San Francisco,1849. Despite her objections, twenty-year-old Ah Toy and her servant Chen voyage from China to San Francisco with her husband who dies on board ship. With little cash and bound feet, how is she to find employment in the Gold Rush town? Since she is the only Chinese woman there, she opens a "Lookee Shop," catering to miners who pay in gold dust to see her exotic beauty. As her notoriety grows, so does her attraction to the devoted policeman, John Clark. Yet should she put her faith in one man? Will their love survive despite her frightening encounter with Sydney Ducks, threats from rival madam Li Fan, and a tempting offer from Henry Conrad who promises her wealth and security? Armed with her mystical beliefs of the inner dragon and Goddess Mazu, Ah Toy faces much more than the journey from the ancient ways in China to the new world in America. In fact, she must find the true source of courage in a life or death struggle for her own fate, justice, and dignity. Based on page-turning accounts about the life of Ah Toy, one of San Francisco's most legendary madams.

"Readers were effusive in their praise of Gini Grossenbacher's dynamic debut novel Madam of My Heart, based on the life of the infamous brothel owner Belle Cora. This, the prequel to her American Madams Series, is inspired by the life of a beautiful young Chinese woman of high birth brought to California against her will. She was able--and willing--to do whatever it took to find security and fortune in Gold Rush San Francisco. Madam in Silk is this year's exciting addition to historical fiction." -Cheryl Anne Stapp, Author of Disaster & Triumph: Sacramento Women, Gold Rush Through the Civil War

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About the Author

California author Gini Grossenbacher was a successful high school English teacher until she abandoned grades and term papers, choosing to write historical novels instead. Now she leads small writing groups and coaches other writers. She loves researching the history behind her novels, and enjoys traveling to the setting where they take place. Her hobbies include needlepoint, nature walks, and Scrabble. She lives in the Sacramento Valley where she grew up, east of San Francisco. For more information, please visit Gini's website. 
You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Goodreads.

Blog Tour Schedule

Monday, September 23
Review at Gwendalyn’s Books

Wednesday, September 25
Excerpt at Chicks, Rogues and Scandals

Friday, September 27
Review at Reading is My Remedy
Feature at CelticLady’s Reviews

Monday, September 30
Review at WTF Are You Reading?

Tuesday, October 1
Review at Books In Their Natural Habitat

Thursday, October 3
Excerpt at What Is That Book About

Friday, October 4
Interview at Passages to the Past

Monday, October 7
Review at Passages to the Past

Thursday, October 10
Review at @jypsylynn
Review at my.boys.mom

Friday, October 11
Review at Broken Teepee
Review at Coffee and Ink

Giveaway

During the Blog Tour, we are giving away a paperback copy of Madam in Silk! To enter, please use the Gleam form below. Giveaway Rules – Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm EST on October 11th. You must be 18 or older to enter. – Giveaway is open internationally. – Only one entry per household. – All giveaway entrants agree to be honest and not cheat the systems; any suspicion of fraud will be decided upon by blog/site owner and the sponsor, and entrants may be disqualified at our discretion. – The winner has 48 hours to claim prize or a new winner is chosen. 

  Madam in Silk

Rescuing Lord Roxwaithe by Cassandra Dean Book Tour and Giveaway!

Rescuing Lord Roxwaithe
Cassandra Dean
(Lost Lords #2)
Publication date: November 26th 2019
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance

From Award-Winning Australian author Cassandra Dean comes the second book in her delicious new Regency romance series, Lost Lords.
The girl he’s always loved
Oliver, Earl of Roxwaithe, has always regarded Lady Lydia Torrence as a sibling even as she’d declared one day they would wed. Fourteen years her elder, Oliver was convinced Lydia felt only a crush and when she inevitably declared her love, he had to refuse. After she left for the Continent, he told himself he didn’t miss her, that she had always been too young, and if perhaps he’d noticed she had become a woman, that was best left unsaid.
The man she’s always adored
Lydia had always known she loved Oliver and he loved her. Furious he would claim she was too young, she determined to take the Continent by storm, to hone her skills and become an expert in flirtation. Upon her return to London, she’d show him she was a fully-grown woman who knew what she wanted—and she wanted him.
Oliver is stubborn in his resolve until a new suitor for Lydia puts Oliver’s resolve to the test. Will he discover the girl he’s always loved has become the woman he will forever adore?

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Author Bio:
Cassandra Dean is an award-winning author of historical and fantasy romance. She is proud to call South Australia her home, where she regularly cheers on her AFL football team and creates her next tale.

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Love’s Long Road by GD Harper Blog Tour! @rararesources

Love’s Long Road

Glasgow, 1975. How do you cope when your boyfriend kills himself because of you?

 When Bobbie Sinclair’s boyfriend commits suicide and blames her, she vows never to love again. Instead she chooses to lead a double existence, kind-hearted by day and promiscuous by night. She increasingly struggles to maintain the balance between light and dark and soon finds herself sucked into the world of a controlling and ruthless crime lord from which she must escape.

Set against a vibrant but seedy 1970s Glasgow backdrop, Love’s Long Road plots Bobbie’s desperate plight. Starting a new life but constantly afraid of her past catching up with her, she battles danger, adversity and drug addiction on the long and perilous road back to love.

 Love’s Long Road is about dealing with the guilt of terrible events in your past and the risk of being corrupted by the world around you; it is a story that captures to perfection what it was like to be young and single in the 1970s.

Purchase Links UK 
 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loves-Long-Road-G-D-Harper-ebook-x/dp/B01CFZH9GAUS https://www.amazon.com/Loves-Long-Road-G-D-Harper-ebook-x/dp/B01CFZH9GA 


Author Bio 
I was placed third in the 2015 Lightship Prize for first-time authors, won a 2016 Wishing Shelf Award Red Ribbon, been shortlisted at the UK Festival of Writing for Best First Chapter, longlisted in the 2017 UK Novel Writing Competition.

In 2017, I was one of twelve authors selected for Authors in the Spotlight at the Bloody Scotland book festival in Stirling, showcasing who they considered to be the best emerging talent in crime fiction, and was the only self-published author to be chosen. I have spoken at numerous other book events, including Blackwells' Writers at the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; a stand-alone slot at the Byres Road Book Festival in Glasgow, and the Aye Write! Book Festival, also in Glasgow.

I went to Glasgow University in 1975 and lived in the city’s West End, the time and place for the setting of the majority of Love’s Long Road.

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Bridge to Eternity by Romola Farr Book Tour! @RomolaFarr

Bridge to Eternity

Audrey, recently widowed, is not saying why she left her comfortable home in the south of England to move into an old school boarding house on the edge of a moor. Tina, a young estate agent, is concerned for Audrey’s safety as she believes the folklore about a schoolboy who never went home. Property developers, annoyed at losing a site ripe for demolition, make plans to encourage Audrey to sell. Malcolm, a charming widower, brings a welcome light into Audrey’s life until it shines into a very dark corner... 

Purchase Links: 

UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bridge-Eternity-Romola-Farr-ebook/dp/B07PPPTQZ5 

US - https://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Eternity-Romola-Farr-ebook/dp/B07PPPTQZ5 

Read an Extract

Describing the electrical charge when two people meet can be crucial to a romantic scene.

Every reader has a check list of what she finds attractive in a man (or woman) and it is

usually a combination of looks, charm, interests and career. Cleverly mixing up those

elements is essential for creating a fully-rounded character that may not be to the taste of the reader but the reader can, at the very least, understand the attraction. The following scene from Bridge to Eternity by Romola Farr is between Tina, who is twenty-one, and a Russian

property developer aged about forty. (Merlin Ward, Wildmoor Press)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Tina pulled the chain and watched the force of water swilling around the decorative toilet bowl. She opened the door and crossed to the washbasins, conscious of a tall, blond man washing his hands a few basins to her left.

‘This is a first for me,’ he said.

Was he talking to her? She was not a hundred per cent sure.

‘I’m not used to sharing with woman.’ He looked at her.

Tina smiled. ‘It’s a first for me, too. Some of the graffiti is quite fruity.’

‘My name is Spartak.’ He approached her with his hand extended. ‘It is clean. I give you my word.’

Tina laughed and hastily dried hers on a paper towel. ‘Tina Small.’ They shook hands and she almost jolted from the electrical charge as her fine bones were encased by his palm.

‘Yes, I know who you are. I wanted to buy this house.’

Tina froze for a moment, her mouth slightly open. ‘The Russian brothers.’

‘Please do not judge me too harshly. My brother is like bull in tea shop.’

‘I had heard.’

‘Well, it is very pleasant to meet you. We are looking to develop more land, more old houses. Point me in right direction, and I will make you rich.’

‘It was very nice to meet you, too.’ She turned away from him and headed for the door.

‘Nothing illegal or immoral, I assure you. All I want is advance warning, so I can get my chicks in row.’

‘Ducks,’ she corrected him.

‘I apologise. I am not being entirely honest. I would like to take you out for drink because you are the most beautiful woman I have seen since I come to UK.’

Tina looked at the man who was almost twice her age and felt an overwhelming wave of desire, which shocked her. She couldn’t help but compare her boyfriend, Sean, and his lack of ambition with this sexy man whose sculpted looks were complemented by his drive to enrich himself, a quality Tina profoundly understood.

‘I bet you say that to all the estate agents!’ The door opened behind Tina, and she jumped out of the way.

‘I hope I’m not interrupting anything,’ said a young man with a smirk. He headed straight for the urinal, unzipping his fly en route.

‘Time for me to go, I think,’ Tina said, and she slipped through the door which swung to behind her. She eased her way through the throng to the top of the stairs and looked down into the hallway, which was buzzing with chatter. 

‘I’d like us to live in a grand house like this,’ whispered Sean into Tina’s ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

‘Then you’d better start earning more money.’

‘Don’t worry – I’ve got plans. Follow me.’

He almost dragged Tina up the short flight of stairs and down the long corridor to the stairway at the end. ‘Where are we going?’

‘To meet your little ghost boy.’

Tina pulled back on his hand. ‘It was just the clouds reflected in the glass. An optical illusion.’

‘Really?’ He led Tina up the next flight of stairs to the second floor. Boards creaked with every step they took. ‘It’s a bit chillier up here.’

‘Can we go down?’ Tina almost begged.

Keeping a firm grip on her hand, Sean climbed the final flight of stairs to the top landing. He let go of her and walked across to the window. ‘Wow. Great view from here. You can even see the old school on the moor. Glad I didn’t go there. It looks like a bloody prison or a lunatic asylum. Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t you go back down and take a photo of me at the window with your phone?

See if I look like a ghost.’ He laughed.

Tina didn’t bother to respond. Instead, she entered the top dormitory room. Audrey’s clothes were neatly folded on the narrow beds. On the windowsill was a glass vase with a generous bunch of lilies.

Outside stood the oak tree, its leaves turning red and gold.

Sean came up behind her.

‘Why is she sleeping in here? There’s a much bigger room downstairs.’

‘Sean, we’ve gone as far as we can. ’

‘You’re right. Let’s get out of here.’

‘You go on ahead.’

‘What about tea? Do you think she’ll mind if we leave?’

She dug in her bag and pulled out two twenty-pound notes. ‘Here. Take a taxi.’

Sean looked at the money then at Tina. ‘What’s going on?’

‘Go home. We’ll talk later.’

‘Are you dumping me?’

‘I’m sorry.’

‘This is bollocks. I’m not leaving without you.’

‘Please, Sean.’

‘What if I can’t get a taxi? They’re always busy on Saturdays.’

‘I’m sure you can cadge a lift off someone.’

‘It’s this house. You’ve lost your mind.’ He snatched the cash out of her hand. ‘Call me tomorrow when you’re thinking straight again.’ He swung the dormitory door back on its hinges so that it bounced against the old plaster wall.

Tina sat on Audrey’s bed and put her face in her hands. She sneezed. She looked up – her eyes swimming. On the windowsill, the petals of the Spirited Grace lilies had opened and were emitting their intoxicating fragrance.

Tina delved into her handbag and set about repairing the damage her tears had inflicted on her cheeks. Less than happy with her work, she put her powder compact away, got up and opened the door.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Across the landing was a lone figure looking out of the window. He turned and looked at her.

‘We meet again,’ Spartak said. He crossed the landing, and she instinctively slid her arms around his neck. All thoughts of Sean evaporated from her mind as she tilted her head back and their lips touched.

Author Bio  

“I started my working life in the theatre and was very lucky to find myself on the West End stage in a hit play at the age of 16. My career and life nearly ended there as I was knocked down by a car on the way home one Saturday night. I recovered and went on to be quite a successful photographic model. Later, when that part of my career did die, I turned to writing and made quite a good living writing screenplays, making films, and writing advertising copy for a marketing company. A few years ago I entered a short-story competition and fell in love with prose and knew I had to tell my own story within a fictional framework. At the moment I am hiding behind a nom de plume.”

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