April 2010On Sale: April 1, 2010Featuring: Arabella St. Claire; Darius Wynter288 pages ISBN: 0373295871EAN: 9780373295876Paperback$5.99 Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Lady Arabella’s Scandalous Marriageby Carole Mortimer You are cordially invited to the marriage of Darius Wynter, Duke of Carlyne Dark and dangerous, Darius has a reputation riddled with unsavory rumor… to Lady Arabella St. Claire Headstrong and feisty, yet more innocent than she’ll ever admit… What is Lady Arabella letting herself in for? Sinister whispers surround the death of Darius’s first wife—could Arabella be in jeopardy? Or will the infamous duke prove all of society wrong? One thing’s for sure—after the compromising situation that led to this marriage, Arabella will soon discover the exquisite pleasures of the marriage bed…. Excerpt How I have come to hate weddings!’ Lady Arabella St Claire muttered inelegantly as her partner in the waltz—a dance still considered slightly risqué by the older members of the ton—swept her assuredly amongst the two hundred or so other wedding guests milling about the candlelit ballroom of St Claire House in London. ‘Could that be because in the past year you have been three times the sister of the groom rather than being the bride?’ drawled Darius Wynter, the…

Last week I asked the question when is enough enough? It took me from the days before I asked that question until this past Thursday to finish the print book I was reading when I asked that question. I decided to keep reading it, because I was still dealing with some personal things, and what would happen if those issues interfered with enjoyment of a book by a favorite author? My friends kept asking why are you still reading that book if you don’t like it, and I kept thinking well, I have to see if it gets better, or if it isn’t better how much worse can it be? Well, unfortunately I found out that it didn’t get better…but I guess that’s life. Perhaps with the stresses of the last week I would have been better off if I had given up reading and found another way to relax. I did play more than my fair share of online games, and even escaped life with a couple of naps. Yes, we should discuss what books help us to relax, but let’s be realistic and admit that sometimes a book isn’t quite helping. What other things do you do to…