SWEET TREASON
by Gail Ranstrom
Entangled Publishing September
2013
Title: Sweet Treason
Author: Gail Ranstrom
Genre: Historical Romantic Suspense
Release Date: September 2013
Imprint: Ignite
Sweet Treason BCC:
Passion and deadly secrets...
On the run from British troops, American
Revolutionary War spy Ryan Straughn forces Emily Nevins to hide him on her
English farm. But Emily already keeps secrets that could mean her demise if
discovered. Nevertheless as the long night wears on, attraction sizzles and
they give in to unexpected passion, sure they’ll never see each other again…
Deception and desire…
A chance encounter in London society stirs
heated memories of their sensual night together. They begin a heady dance of
suspicion and desire. Though sympathetic to the struggling Colonists, Emily
cannot trust a traitorous spy who may expose her dangerous intrigues. And Ryan
risks his very life by trusting a woman privy to his true loyalties. But they
are unable to deny their need for one another, even as Emily’s secrets are
about to be exposed, and the noose around Ryan’s neck grows tighter. Betrayal and love…
And now someone
has discovered both their secrets. The price of silence? Betrayal. Of their
causes, their love, their futures. In the end, lives will be lost and
sacrifices made. Their choice is impossible. Which will they surrender—their
lives...or their hearts?
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Gail Ranstrom Bio:
Gail
has been a seamstress making waitress uniforms for a German Beer Garden,
Inventory Clerk at the UofM, an Advertising Account Coordinator and PR writer
in a crazy high pressure office, and a Commercial Property Manager in the Los
Angeles area. In between, she’s partnered in an Antique business—don’t ask her
about Antique Auctions.
Finally,
she was tempted by a vocation where she was in control of the next crisis, and
could solve it, too—writing. She is the
author of ten novels, three novellas and a brand new release, SWEET TREASON,
from Entangled Publishing. You can find
her at www.gailranstrom.com, www.facebook.com/GailRanstrom, and
her Twitter handle is @GailRanstrom
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TREASON
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Excerpt #3 from Sweet Treason:
Emily accepted the
pewter cup of whiskey with a smile and did not wince as the first sip burned
its way down to her empty stomach.
“For someone who does
not ‘indulge,’ I am envious of the way you swill fermented barley,” Ryan said.
“I was rather prudish
that night, was I not?”
“That changed.”
She nearly choked on her
laugh and went to glance out the only window. It was well past midnight, and tonight
Emily felt reckless. She didn’t want to be safe. She was tired of making
cautious choices, of hiding her feelings. Or was that the whiskey?
When she turned back,
Ryan was still standing by the fireplace watching her. He gave her that long
slow smile that invaded her blood and spread warmth through her.
He came to her and
tilted her chin up to him. “I cannot stop wanting you, Emily Nevins. God knows
I’ve tried.”
She closed her eyes,
losing herself in the velvet darkness of his deep voice. She had not stopped
wanting him since that first
inconceivable kiss in her library. If she had known then how tempting his
kisses were, she’d never have allowed the first one. And she knew she should
never have come to his room. Oh, but she was so tired of heeding good sense.
Tonight she simply wanted what she wanted, and she did not care to think beyond
that.
Even his mouth was
seductive...the touch of his tongue so intimate that her knees weakened. His
arm went around her to press her closer, and she tangled her fingers through
his thick dark hair. When he lifted his lips, she tilted her head back to give
him access to her throat. One day, Emmy,
I will take you someplace where there will be no interruptions. Well, there
were no interruptions here...
Ryan accepted her
invitation with a low growl, nibbling a path across her cheek to her ear, where
he whispered, “Bloody hell, Emmy. Another kiss like that and you’ll be
fortunate to be home by dawn.”
Ah, but it would be
worth it. She wanted more of the feelings Ryan evoked. More of the heat and
desire, and to know what lay at the end of it. Once. Just this once, perhaps
for the only time, she wanted to know what she’d given up to keep Lucy safe.
She’d been waiting for it, fighting it, from the moment she had turned in her
library and seen his face, but she did not want to live a lifetime of regret
when he was gone. Would that be worth
it?
He gripped her shoulders
and held her away. “Did you hear me, Emmy? I will not let you go if this goes
any further.”
What could she say?
Denials whirled through her head but all that passed her lips was, “Please,
Ryan...please...”
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