How I came to host for HFVBTs: I am a regular tour hostess for blog tours via Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours whereupon I am thankful to have been able to host such a diverse breadth of stories, authors and wonderful guest features since I became a hostess! HFVBTs is one of the very first touring companies I started working with as a 1st Year Book Blogger – uniting my love and passion with Historical Fiction and the lovely sub-genres inside which I love devouring. Whether I am reading selections from Indie Authors & publishers to Major Trade and either from mainstream or INSPY markets – I am finding myself happily residing in the Historical past each year I am a blogger.
What I have been thankful for all these years since 2013 is the beautiful blessing of discovering new areas of Historical History to explore through realistically compelling Historical narratives which put me on the front-lines of where History and human interest stories interconnect. It has also allowed me to dive deeper into the historic past and root out new decades, centuries and millenniums to explore. For this and the stories themselves which are part of the memories I cherish most as a book blogger I am grateful to be a part of the #HFVBTBlogTours blogger team.
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I have a penchant for Historical Romances such as this lovely new release – which is why I was quite eager to host this author’s novel during the Book Blast, today! Especially after I found a chapter sampler online for the novel – which at the time, I thought this was strictly a digital release – in both ebook & audio; which in of itself was quite lovely! However, I am thrilled to announce this is going to be released into print this April! Which means, it will make it easier for me to request at my local library as a purchase request!! I’d love to bring it home for my personal library but sometimes I have to wait to order the books I want to read which is why I rely on my local library and their lovely purchase requests which helps all of us who desire to read a lot of new releases every year. I also rely on their interlibrary loan services for the same reasons – as well as reading backlist titles – either one-offs or series.
As soon as you start reading the chapter sampler on this Historical Romance – I think you will feel as compelled as I had in wanting to read it further! Be sure to let me know in the comments which Historical Romance authors are catching your eye this year – perhaps, I will be able to borrow their stories through my local library!
Betting on a Duke's Heart
by Royaline Sing
Source: Chapter Sampler
Aetius White, the Duke of Saxton, couldn’t save his father, but he’ll be damned if he won’t save the man’s dream. He’ll acquire a Triple Crown–winning horse at any cost, even marriage. Luckily, the lovely lady in mind loves challenges as much as he. Certainly he can win her heart without losing his own…
Hell will freeze over before Miss Dina Campbell agrees to marry a horse-mad man who wants her dowry of a prize stallion, no matter what her father wants. The duke may be handsome, but he’ll have to prove he is a suitable match for her before she’ll even consider the offer. And there’s no way this love-averse man will ever succeed with the wager that she has planned…
Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
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ISBN: 979-8739377470
Published by Self Published
on 16th April, 2021
Format: Chapter Sampler | Online
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Available Formats: Audiobook & Ebook
One curious note to make is the print edition appears to have a different colour dress and aesthetic than the audio & ebook versions. I am quite attached to the turquoise hues of the original cover art rather than the vibrantly bold pink variant of the print edition. However, if my library can purchase the novel for me, I’ll still delight in being able to read the story – just wishing the cover hues could have remained the same between editions. I find the turquoise much more striking than the pink.
What captured me of course is the whole situation in the very beginning of the novel – how much moxie the character has and how she’s set her mind to be defiant and bold in her choices of how she wants to handle her current situation!! You cannot help but laugh out loud at it all – soaking into the pacing the author is establishing and curiously feeling captivated to read the full chapter and several thereafter, as you’ve already become smitten with the plot!!
With my recent migraine (knock on wood its the only one for Spring!) I wasn’t able to read too far afield into the chapter sampler but oooh! The passages I read truly were a celebration because I love the language and descriptive details quite immediately! Again, I have a soft spot for Historical Romances like this one in my bookish heart and finding out about this release was such an unexpected treat!
You’ll have to let me know if it whet a thirst of interest for you, too?
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Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2021 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
Thanks so much for hosting the blast today, Jorie!
Amy
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