Today's Special - - Vanessa Kelly

I'm happy to welcome Vanessa Kelly back to the Romance Dish today! Vanessa's newest addition to her Renegade Royals series, How to Marry a Royal Highlander was released on June 30th and it's terrific. Edie and Alec are so much fun! I loved reading their story and cheering them on the whole way. If you haven't started reading this series yet, I highly recommend you give it a try. 

For more information about Vanessa and her books, visit her website and connect with her online at Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads. 

Please join me in giving Vanessa a warm welcome! 

Hi PJ! Thanks for hosting me today—I love being here with you and your readers!

If you’ve read any of my historical romances, you know I always have a bit of suspense in the mix. Some books have a fair amount of adventure and suspense (I’m looking at you, MASTERING THE MARQUESS and HOW TO PLAN A WEDDING FOR A ROYAL SPY), and others are pretty light on the nefarious villains and sticky situations. It all depends on how my characters react to the story—and each other—while I’m writing it.

My latest historical romance series, The Renegade Royals, features heroes who are the illegitimate

sons of England’s royal dukes and also happen to be spies for the Crown during the Napoleonic Wars. In HOW TO MARRY A ROYAL HIGHLANDER, the fourth and final book in the series, the war is over. Captain Alec Gilbride, Renegade Royal, military intelligence officer, and sexy Scot, is leaving the spy business to return to Blairgal Castle, his ancestral home in the Scottish Highlands.

Like the other books in the series, there’s a villain and there’s danger, both for Alec and for his heroine, Edie Whitney. But there’s something else—in addition to the romance and sexy times, that is. There’s a lot of humor, probably more than any of my other books.

And there’s one reason why: Edie and Alec are hilarious together. From their first meeting, they’ve been giving each other the gears. That doesn’t change even when they begin falling in love.

Here’s an example of what I mean. This except follows Edie and Alec’s first kiss, which is generally a moment fraught with emotion:

“Get off of me,” she hissed, trying to struggle her way out of his embrace. “Are you deliberately trying to destroy my reputation?”

Alec mentally sighed. He almost wished someone would catch them, since it would make things a damn sight easier for both of them, although she had yet to realize it. But now that a small portion of his blood was finally heading back to his brain, he realized what an idiot he was. If he had any hope of winning Edie over, this certainly wasn’t the way to go about it.

She was worse than a nest full of French spies when it came to playing havoc with his plans. It was time to get the situation—and her—under control.

“Do I have to kick you in the shins to make you let me go?” Her cheeks were pink and her eyes shot daggers at him. But her full mouth was rosy and damp from his kisses, and her breasts heaved against her trim bodice. She looked so damn tempting that it took every ounce of his discipline not to carry her off to the nearest empty bedroom and have his way with her.

That was the most enticing image to come into his brain in a very, very long time.

No, ever.

“Stop wriggling about like a worm on the end of a hook,” he growled.

“I cannot believe you just called me a worm,” she snapped, wriggling harder as she tried to escape.

“Oh, for Christ’s sake.” He wrapped his hands around her waist and picked her straight up off her feet. She squeaked out a startled protest, but he simply plopped her back on the padded window bench and braced himself in front of her to prevent her from bolting.

Her eyes flashed from behind her spectacles, promising all sorts of retribution, but her lenses had gone partly foggy.

“Can you even see?” he asked.

“Confound it.” She whipped off her spectacles and rubbed them on her sleeve before jamming them back on her nose.

Her gaze said quite clearly that she would like to rend him, limb from limb.

“You needn’t look at me like I’m some sort of ogre,” Alec said, “or like I’m going to ravish you right here in the hallway. I promise you, I’m not.”

She stared at him a moment longer, then looked down pointedly at the fall of his breeches. “Really? You could have fooled me,” she said.

And it goes on from there! Do you like humor mixed in with your romance? Who are some of your favorite funny romance writers? One person who comments will win a copy of the previous book in the series, HOW TO PLAN A WEDDING FOR A ROYAL SPY.

How to Marry a Royal Highlander (Renegade Royals 4)

Vanessa Kelly

Release date: June 30^th

Illegitimate yet thoroughly irresistible, the Renegade Royals are leaving behind their careers as daring spies for the greatest adventure of all…

At sixteen, Alasdair Gilbride, heir to a Scottish earldom, fled the Highlands and an arranged betrothal. Ten years later, Alasdair must travel home to face his responsibilities. It’s a task that would be much easier without the distracting presence of the most enticing woman he’s ever met…

After one escapade too many, Eden Whitney has been snubbed by the ton. The solution: rusticating in the Scottish wilderness, miles from all temptation. Except, of course, for brawny, charming Alasdair. The man is so exasperating she’d likely kill him before they reach the border—if someone else weren’t trying to do just that. Now Eden and Alasdair are plunging into a scandalous affair with his life and her reputation at stake—and their hearts already irreparably lost…

                                                                                                                     

Lost in a Royal Kiss (Renegade Royals #0.5)

Secrets for Seducing a Royal Bodyguard (RR #1)

Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom (RR #2)

Tall, Dark, and Royal (RR #2.5)

How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy (RR #3)

  

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