Abandoned at the Altar #3  January 2012 On Sale: December 27, 2011 Featuring: Christian Du Quesne; Annabel Wheaton 384 pages ISBN: 0061963178 EAN: 9780061963179 Kindle: B005AJY7XM Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Trouble At The Wedding by Laura Lee Guhrke Annabel is about to marry the perfect man . . . Christian isn’t about to let her marry that pompous prig . . . The last thing Miss Annabel Wheaton desires is true love. She learned the hard way that love makes a woman foolish and only leads to heartache. That’s why she agreed to marry an earl who needs her money. He’s got a pedigree and a country estate, and he won’t ever break her heart. There’s only one problem…Christian isn’t about to let her marry that pompous prig… Christian Du Quesne, Duke of Scarborough, thinks the stubborn heiress is about to make the biggest mistake of her life, and he’s determined to stop her. Tempting beautiful women is Christian’s forte, after all. When her family offers him a nice sum of money to stop the wedding, he’s happy to accept. Falling in love with Annabel was never supposed to be part of the…

On the big screen Robert Downey Jr. or Hugh Jackman might play him. For books I’d have to say that it all started, for me, with Mr. Darcy. The hero. The alpha male. The hottie that keeps us glued to the screen or the pages. But is tall, dark, and handsome enough? Like most romance readers, a big part of the reason I read the romance genre is because of the heroes. I particularly enjoy reading a lot of paranormal romance, which many times involves a dominant alpha male. The man is tall, dark and handsome. He takes charge and rarely apologizes. He reeks of sexuality and strength, and he always gets the girl. Pardon me while I fan myself. In BANSHEE CHARMER, I definitely didn’t want to mess with what works so well in a hero, but I wanted to humanize my hero as well. And humor is something I find very attractive—no one can make me laugh like my husband. So I gave Aidan a bit of humor. Here’s an excerpt of how my hero and heroine, Mac, first meet. This scene sets the tone for the rest of their relationship in the story: I swung my gun…