Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title and author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
Teaser Tuesday #30 – How The Scoundrel Seduces
How The Scoundrel Seduces (The Duke’s Men #3) – Sabrina Jeffries
The third deliciously sexy novel in the New York Times bestselling Duke’s Men historical romance series, featuring an investigator who sets out to find gypsies— and unexpectedly finds love.
Investigator Tristan Bonnaud has one aim in life— to make sure that his half-brother George can’t ever ruin his life again. So when the pesky Lady Zoe Keane, the daughter of the Earl of Olivier, shows up demanding that the Duke’s Men find a mysterious gypsy woman, he seizes the opportunity to also hunt for a gypsy friend who knows secrets about George. Tristan doesn’t expect to uncover Lady Zoe’s family secrets, as well… or end up falling for the woman who will risk all to discover the truth.
My Teaser sentences:
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”450px” height=”” background_color=”#e0c0d7″ border_width=”2″ border_color=”#674ea7″ ]She winced. Not hell. Ladies didn’t so much as think the word hell, not even ladies whose papas used the word regularly while teaching their daughters how to manage the estates they would one day inherit.
The images that rose in her mind made her curse her wild imagination. Ladies weren’t supposed to think about that either.[/dropshadowbox]
What’s your teaser today? Please share – it’s not as if a few more books on my TBR mountain will make that big of a difference 😉
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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
Heehee nice! A rebel is born! 😉
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Definitely, but I think she was possible a rebel even before this 😀
Thanks for stopping by, Jessica.
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Not my kind of book, but hope it’s a winner with you.
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I loved it 🙂 But I’m a huge fan of historical romance with un-conventional heroines.
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OMG love the teaser. Been a while since I read a historical romance. This sounds good. Here is my TT http://cynthiastacey.com/2014/07/29/teaser-tuesday-july-29/
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Cynthia, it was awesome! I love historicals where the heroines are a little outside the norm 🙂
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Ladies weren’t allowed to do a lot of things in those days, were they? Great teaser. 🙂
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No, ladies were simply supposed to know how to keep a good house, and be obedient little wives…
Thanks for stopping by, Kay.
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This sounds like a good story. It wasn’t easy being a lady, was it? Even one’s thoughts were restricted!
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Yeah, but Zoe doesn’t always listen to reason 😉
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I have nothing to share to you, my friend. Your teaser reminded me of the good old days where women has a lot of restrictions and cursing is totally unladylike. I am so happy that I was born on the 20th century because I actually love saying the word “hell”… And I like using it to express extreme happiness or anger.
“I am happy as hell”
“Like hell you will..”
It can even be used as a filler if you’re at loss for words. I do hope that Zoe will find a way to liberate herself from the restrictions of that era.
Thanks for teasing us, Lexxie! Have a good day ahead!
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Both ‘hell’ and ‘fuck’ can be used as fillers for a lot of things, Charlotte. I probably wouldn’t have survived in those times, not having the right to speak my mind, and actually be able to deal with things on my own… Good thing I can read about that period now, but I love it when the heroines are a little different.
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I love Historical Romances, and this is a great teaser!
Thanks for sharing, Lexxie!
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I love Historical romances, too, Franny. This whole series is awesome.
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You know I’m a sucker for historical romances, and this one sounds so good! Probably because there’s a scoundrel in it! 😛
Thanks for sharing, Lexxie!
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And Tristan is such an awesome scoundrel, too. I’ve been waiting to get to know him better since the first The Duke’s Men book 🙂
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Something tells me that she’s going to be struggling with lots more “un-ladylike thoughts” and “hell” will be the least of her problems 😉 Great tease Lexxie!
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LOL Berls, you definitely called it! Hell definitely was the least of her ‘problems’ 😀
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Guess she will be learning a few things. ^_^
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LOL, or she’ll teach someone a few things 😉
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LOL now that word is mild in comparison…
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LOL, I know. But this series is really delightful, Freda 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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Sounds spicy.
Mind this week is a drama about a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder (and there may be a bit of romance in there too…)
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It is pretty spicy, actually 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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haha well…I am definitely not a lady based on my language! Great teaser 🙂
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I don’t think I’d have survived in those times! Both because of language and because of the way women were expected to dress and act 😀
Thanks for stopping by, Lizzy.
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I just love Teaser Tuesday! Even if I never read the book I think the teasers are so intriguing! 🙂 Have a fantastic week!
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I love the teasers, too, and more often than not, I end up adding a book to my TBR based just on those.
Thanks for stopping by Kristalyn.
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It’s as if ladies can’t do a LOT of stuff in this book. LOL
Though it does seem like the writing is pretty. Am I wrong? 😛
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Well this is often the case in historical romance novels, Lola, and I rather enjoy that, especially when the heroines have the capacity to not fit into the little box society wants them in 😉 And the writing is really pretty!
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Well, that sounds like fun!
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🙂 It was a great story. Thanks for stopping by, Monique 🙂
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I love historical romance with forward thinking heroines. Thanks for sharing, Lexxie!
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As do I, Jessica 🙂 And this series is both hot, mysterious and has awesome heroines.
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Ladies nowadays might though!! Great teasers.
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LOL Hmm, I believe Sabrina Jeffries is the author of several HRs I have awaiting me on my ereader. 😉 Great tease, Lexxie. Hopefully I can get an HR read for COYER. 🙂 *hugs*
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I’m still on the fence about this one! But the excerpt sounds so good, I’m thinking of getting it now. Hihi. Thanks for sharing, Lexxie!
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