Thank you for visiting my Blog today. I'm pleased to participate in this exciting Excerpt Tour for Jessica Jefferson's Chasing the Other Tisdale, a wonderful Regency Romance, my favorite genre. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this marvelous novel, and I am sure you will as well. My review is below.
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BLURB:
She’s the other sister…
Overshadowed by the beauty of her older sister, Lillian is better known as the other Tisdale; unremarkable and unsure how she will ever deliver on the promise of her family's name.
He’s a rake in need of reforming…
Will Colton leads a frivolous existence, embracing notoriety instead of managing his family’s fortune. Determined to forget his financial burden and his father’s growing resentment, he maintains a lifestyle dedicated to pleasure and self-indulgence. When Will is invited to the Tisdale estate for an extended holiday, he never expects to become friends with the forgettable Lillian. But when a family secret comes to light, he must choose between leaving London and protecting the honor of one woman or staying and risking the reputation of another.
Upon his return, Will finds the girl he left behind has come out of the shadows and into her own. Lillian’s finally the center of attention, and not all of it good. With his own reputation in tatters, can a reformed rake lure her out of the hands of London's bachelors and back into his own arms? Can he escape his past and reclaim her heart, or has he lost her forever?
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:
His lips
touched hers first, gently, as if testing the waters. The kiss was a challenge,
daring her to retreat. But she couldn’t back down now, even if she wanted to.
She’d never felt anything as excruciatingly sweet as his lips pressed against
hers. His tongue reached out, tentatively asking permission. Her mouth opened
for him, tasting him. His kiss was salty and delicious. His tongue probed
deeper now, recklessly exploring her mouth with the same enthusiasm as if he’d
come across a new world, ready for plunder.
She kissed
him back without trepidation, matching his fervor with her own. She heard a
soft moan, the sound so far removed from her reality that she wasn’t even
certain she’d really made it. But she must have, because a moment later he
pulled away, ending their kiss.
The two
locked gazes for a moment, both silent as they each absorbed the magnitude of
what had just transpired between them.
Mr. Colton
broke the stare and stood up, closing the door on that dreamlike state, and
forcing them both into reality once again. “Well, I suppose I should be going
now,” he announced as nonchalantly as if they’d just finished playing a simple
game of backgammon.
“Of course,”
she smiled politely, silently kicking herself for acting like such a wanton and
scaring the poor man off.
He started
walking toward the door, then stopped suddenly.
“Miss
Lillian?” He asked, turning to her face her once again.
“Yes, Mr.
Colton?”
“Would it be
all right if I wrote to you?”
Her heart
soared at the question, as if he’d offered for her hand rather than inquired
after sharing correspondence. “Why would you want to do that?” she asked,
instantly regretting having chanced a reply with anything other than a one
syllable answer.
He grinned.
“Because I enjoy your company immensely and I’m assuming you’ll be just as
entertaining in your letters as you are in person.”
“Well, then,
I suppose you may.”
He didn’t say
anything in return. Instead, he spun around on the heel of one boot and exited
the library.
Published & Release Date:
Sole Mate Publishing, February 25, 2015
Time and setting: 1808
England
Genre: Historical Romance
Heat Level: 1
Rating: 4 Gold Crowns
Vikki’s Musings
I received Chasing
the Other Tisdale from the publisher via Goddess Fish Promotions for an
honest review. I love Regencies and looked forward to reading it with great anticipation. This is a delightfully, witty read and it captured my attention from
the first page and kept me engaged to the very satisfying ‘Happily Ever After’.
I always adore a story that does that.
Lillian Tisdale is a young girl in love with her
elder brother’s best friend, William Colton. When she literally falls from a
tree, interrupting an amorous moment he is having with a merry widow (Will is a
rake and an easy does it kind of guy, just out to have a good time, never
taking life too seriously. That does change later in the book.), the next thing
she knows is looking up at Will and her arm is broken and her ankle twisted.
After he sends away the widow, he picks Lilly up and carries her to the house.
Being carried by a strong virile male has her seventeen-year-old heart thumping
wildly in her chest. She no longer even recalls his less than desirable behavior
with the young widow.
When he returns her sketching pad which had fallen
out of the tree, this starts a budding friendship. For some reason, Will is
drawn to this sweet and tender-hearted young girl and asks her to write him
while he is away at school, and when she asks, he gives Lilly her first kiss.
This sets up a correspondence that goes on for several years until Will has a
falling out with her brother. Thomas tells Will to stop sending letters to his
sister. The rest of the story is filled with marvelous twists and turns, making
it a very satisfying read.
Ms. Jefferson brings her characters to life with
their witty and sparkling dialogue. I thoroughly enjoyed the interactions
between the sisters and look forward to reading their stories as well. In fact
I’ve already downloaded Book 1 and Book 2, not sure why Chasing the Other Tisdale is book 3, but I am sure that will be
answered when I read them.
Not for what would have worked better for me. While
I found the story immensely entertaining, I would have liked to see a bit more
depth of emotion in the characters, especially Will. There is a great deal of
deep seeded emotional trauma for Will’s character to deal with, and I feel that
this could have been more fully developed. Now I am not saying there was not a
tremendous amount of growth in the hero’s character arch, I just would have liked his
internal thoughts to be filled with more emotion.
However this is supposed to be a light-hearted read,
so that may be why there is not more angst in Will’s character. Normally I do
not care for much angst. I just feel that there could have been a bit more
conflicted emotions going on with Will. After reading some of the reviews, I am
the only one that has expressed this opinion and this was certainly not enough
to deter my reading pleasure.
This is a delightful and easy read. The pacing is
excellent and the story and characters charming. If you are looking for a tale
of friendship that becomes so much more, then you will definitely enjoy Chasing the Other Tisdale. Happy
reading!
Jessica will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour. I have provided the link:
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jessica
Jefferson makes her home in northern Indiana, or as she likes to think of
it—almost Chicago. She is heavily
inspired by classic sweeping, historical romance novels, but aims to take those
key emotional elements and inject a fresh blend of quick dialogue and
comedy. She invites you to visit her at
jessicajefferson.com and read more of her random romance musings.
Links and
social media:
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https://twitter.com/authorJessicaJ/
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