Irresistible
The Phoenix Club Book Series
Book Six
by Darcy Burke
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GENRE: Historical Romance
(Regency)
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BLURB:
Jessamine
Goodfellow has spent six Seasons avoiding the parson’s trap, and spinsterhood
is finally within her grasp. A brilliant scholar, she longs for adventure and
new experiences, things her family frowns upon. Presented with the opportunity
to use her puzzle-solving talent on a secret mission for the Foreign Office,
Jess eagerly accepts. Even when it means posing as the wife of a scorchingly
attractive Scotsman who she must also covertly investigate as a possible double
agent.
Lord
Dougal MacNair, the new Viscount Fallin, has always completed his assignments
for the Foreign Office alone. Now he’s saddled with an overly enthusiastic
amateur partner. She possesses a remarkable intellect, but something about her
isn’t quite right, and after two failed missions, Dougal is certain someone is
working against him. Battling their secret suspicions, Dougal and Jess dive
deep into their cover as a married couple, which arouses temptations they find
irresistible. Danger is all around them, but it’s their hearts that may be the
most imperiled.
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EXCERPT TWO:
“Have
you ever given up on a cryptogram?”
“No.”
“And
I imagine some of them weren’t easy.”
She
exhaled. “No, they were not.”
“I
assumed as much. I know you, Jess, and you’re tenacious.”
“We
haven’t even known each other a fortnight,” she scoffed. “Not officially
anyway.”
“What
does that mean, ‘officially’?”
She
took a generous drink of brandy. “We have met before. Four years ago. I
remember it distinctly.”
“Four
years ago?” Damn, now he felt terrible. “How can you be sure?”
She
gave him a haughty look of certainty that quite frankly pricked his desire.
“Because I am. You asked me to dance at the Edgemont Ball.”
He’d
danced with her. Four years ago. And never again. Worse, he didn’t remember it.
He was an absolute cad. “I should have remembered you. I can’t imagine why I
didn’t.” he said softly.
Sentiment,
which he preferred to indulge in small, manageable doses, threatened to send
him to her chair, to take her hand and beg her forgiveness. A husband would do
that. A lover. He was neither and since they were alone, there was no reason to
continue the pretense. Only, he was fairly certain he was no longer pretending.
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GUEST POST:
My Writing Space
I
redid my office last fall when I swapped out carpet for manufactured hardwood
floors. With six cats (seven if you include the neighbor cat who is besties
with cat #6, who we inherited from another neighbor) and has pretty much chosen
us as his family and never goes “home”) who each spend a great deal of time in
my office with me, I desperately needed easier to clean/sweep floors! My old
furniture was big and while I loved it, the room was just cramped. Furthermore,
my husband took over the spare room as his pandemic (and now permanent)
office/music room, so I needed to find a new home for all my crafting and scrapbooking
supplies (things I rarely have time for, sigh, and—true confession
time—honestly don’t enjoy as much as I used too). The result was a new layout
with new office furniture. Let’s take a tour!
Here’s
my desk, which has never been this clean since. I’m a very organized person,
but I need to see things that are important. Resultingly, there are usually a
few piles of important things on the sides. The blue lamp next to the far
monitor is networked with my writing buddies. We can tap it to change colors
and give each other virtual hugs and support. My dear friend Rachel Grant sent
them to us for Christmas and I love it so much! The pink kitty in the middle is
for holding my computer glasses and was also a Christmas gift from my dear
friend J. Kenner.
These
are my fancy new bookshelves that I’ve already shuffled! In the upper left are
two Welsh dolls that belonged to my Welsh grandmother along with some of my
books in English, French, and German. There are also a few things my daughter
made for me over the years as well as a picture of my sweet, three-legged
kitty, Kira who passed away in 2010. The middle shelf on the left is full of
books by my friends as well as gifts from them. Bottom left are research books
that I use relatively often. Middle top holds more of my books along with
something my son made. Middle shelf is where you’ll find some of my favorite
“keeper” books along with my prized Jamie Fraser Funkopop. Bottom middle are
pictures of my kids and some cute stuff my kids have given me or made me. Upper
right are random books along with an old picture of Mr. Burke and I in college,
my beloved Bengal cat Duke who passed away in 2017, and the first book I wrote
in sixth grade. Called The Magic Swan, it was, of course, a romance. The middle
right shelf holds more of my books along with a gift from a dear writer friend,
things my daughter made, and a very cool Rubik’s-type cube a reader made for
me. And lastly, that lower right shelf holds some organizational stuff and a
cool print on wood that I bought recently. That has since moved to the wall and
there’s a new piece of art that I got for Christmas (which I received in
February because Mr. Burke hid it too well and forgot about it!).
This
is my writing chair where the magic happens! The new office layout of is based
on this particular set-up—I have a beautiful view from this chair (stay tuned
for that picture!). I usually have a real cat (or cats) on my lap, trying to
get on my lap, or sitting on the ottoman. But just in case, I also have my
Squishmallow cat Gigi to keep me company. The embroidered fireplace screen on
the right was the one thing I bought for my office. My favorite local store
often has the coolest antiques, which aren’t normally my thing, but she has a
fantastic eye. I just had to have this. I love everything about it. It’s
probably late19th or early 20th century from Europe – maybe Germany. The wall
behind me is bare, but I already have the artwork for it. Just need to get them
all framed!
And
here is one of my cats in her usually sleeping spot during the day. Banana is
my shadow and the sweetest girl. Behind her is the craft area. I’d hoped the
drawers beneath the work table would hold everything, but alas they do not! I
need to pare down and maybe get a few projects done. You know, in my spare
time. The pretty bottle of gin is a gift for a writer friend!
This
is the gorgeous winter view from my office. I get the sunset from probably
October to February. It’s quite lovely.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Darcy Burke is the USA Today Bestselling
Author of sexy, emotional historical and contemporary romance. Darcy wrote her
first book at age 11, a happily ever after about a swan addicted to magic and
the female swan who loved him, with exceedingly poor illustrations. Click here
to Join her Reader Club.
A
native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her
guitar-strumming husband, artist daughter, and imaginative son who will almost
certainly out-write her one day (that may be tomorrow).
They’re
a crazy cat family with two Bengal cats, a small, fame-seeking cat named after
a fruit, an older rescue Maine Coon with attitude to spare, and a collection of
neighbor cats who hang out on the deck and occasionally venture inside. You can
find Darcy at a winery, in her comfy writing chair, or binge-watching TV with
the family.
Her happy
places are Disneyland, Labor Day weekend at the Gorge, Denmark, and anywhere in
the UK—so long as her family is there too.
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