Guest Post with Author Lecia Cornwall and Giveaway

Today I would like to welcome back to the blog, author Lecia Cornwall. Lecia is celebrating her upcoming release of How To Deceive a Duke and has stopped by to chat. Please give Lecia a warm welcome.

Lecia Cornwall lives in Calgary Alberta, in the foothills of the beautiful Canadian Rockies, with two grown children, four cats, a chocolate labe and a husband who puts up with all of the above with remarkable patience. Lecia's debut novel was published by Avon in April 2011. And, she is, of course, busy working on yet another book.

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7 Ways To Deceive A Duke

It’s a terrible way to start a marriage, dear reader, but what choice does Lady Meg Lynton have? Her sister was supposed to be the bride of the notorious Devil Duke of Temberlay, but she’s run away to avoid such a dreadful fate—and just days before the wedding, too.

Meg may have been raised under her father’s strict code of moral behavior for young ladies, but without this marriage, and Temberlay’s money, the Lynton ladies face poverty and scandal. With everything she holds dear teetering on the edge of extinction, Meg is considering a bold step indeed. She’s smart, brave, and resourceful, but such an innocent young lady could certainly use some advice…

1. Take your sister’s place at the altar. Your family needs the money this marriage will bring, and your sister, the actual bride, has fled, and since it’s an arranged match, he’ll never know the difference, will he?

2. Wear a heavy veil to the wedding. Can’t buy one thick enough to hide the fact that you are definitely not your pretty blond sister? Re-purpose an intimate lace garment, perhaps. Shocking, but if the deception is to hold through the vows, the wedding supper, and the bedding, necessity makes this deception essential.

3. Believe everything you read about your duke. They call him Devil, don’t they? And what better nickname for a wicked rogue like Nicholas Hartley? He’s the darling of the scandal sheets, renowned for his exploits in the beds of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of London’s most famous beauties. He’s as terrible as he is tempting…or is he?

4. Ignore the other, better, stories—the ones that say Nicholas Hartley earned his wicked nickname on the battlefield, for daring exploits, honor and bravery. Nicholas? Really?

5. Never admit you’ve always been a little in love with him, wondered how it might feel to kiss the Devil of the scandal sheets, to make love to him, to be his duchess.

6. Don’t share deep, dark family secrets, and pray he never finds out the awful truth that led you to take such daring steps to deceive him—the resulting scandal would make definitely anything Nicholas has done look innocent by comparison.

7. By all means, read everything you can about what to expect on your wedding night. You’ve learned a lot from books, and surely there’s a careful, scientific approach to the business of consummating a marriage, breeding an heir, and keeping your heart, your emotions, and your curiosity out of the serious matter of finding yourself naked in his arms, with his lips on yours, his hands, his…oh my! Try to forget Nicholas’s delicious reputation for undoing a lady’s composure when she needs it most. Ignore the fact that he’s not a man who allows anyone, especially his own wife, to deceive him. He gives his best, and he’ll take nothing less in return—in the drawing room, at war, and most certainly not in bed…

When her sister runs off to avoid an arranged marriage, Meg Lynton takes her place at the altar, since marriage to Nicholas Hartley, the infamous Devil Duke of Temblerlay is the only way to save her family from penury. By the time her wealthy groom discovers he's married the wrong sister, it will be too late to annul their vows. And how difficult can it be to marry a rake and a rogue like Temberlay? All she needs to do is give him an heir and move on with her own life...but deception comes at a higher cost than Meg may be prepared to pay.

When Nicholas Hartley inherits the family title after his brother's untimely death, an arranged marriage to a woman he's never met is the last thing he wants. But when his bride raises her veil at the altar, Nicholas realizes that his wedding night might prove to be a pleasure after all. After a bedding that leaves them both breathless, Nicholas discovers Meg's deception, and decides to teach his scheming bride how to be a proper duchess, kiss by devastating kiss...

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