Lady Elinor’s Escape by @LyndiLamont is a Spring Break Bookapalooza pick #regency #romance #giveaway
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    • Apr 27, 2021
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Lady Elinor’s Escape by @LyndiLamont is a Spring Break Bookapalooza pick #regency #romance #giveaway



Title: Lady Elinor’s Escape


Author: Linda McLaughlin


Genre: Regency Romance


Book Blurb:


A mysterious lady. An inquisitive gentleman. And a secret that could tear them apart.


Lady Elinor should be in London enjoying the season, not fearful and trapped in a country cottage with an unbalanced relative. When her aunt becomes violent, she flees straight into the path of a compassionate barrister. Desperate, she accepts his help, but will she be able to hide the truth from this inquisitive, intelligent man?


There are too many women in barrister Stephen Chaplin's life, but he has never been able to turn his back on a woman in need. The reticent seamstress resists his every attempt to draw her out and remains a mystery he can’t solve.


Then a Bow Street Runner hired by her aunt comes asking questions. Elinor again turns to Stephen for help. But when circumstances reveal the truth about her background, will Stephen and Elinor lose their chance at happiness?


Lady Elinor’s escape is a Cinderella-inspired traditional Regency romance. If you like noble gentlemen, independent ladies and sweet romance, grab a copy, pour a cuppa and immerse yourself in the Regency era.


Excerpt:


Stephen shows up at the dress shop on a rainy spring day with a basket of flowers.


He handed her the basket of flowers, then shrugged out of his coat and handed it and his hat to Peggy O’Shea. She gave him a flirtatious smile in return before hanging the wet items on a nearby rack.


Elinor stepped forward. “Flowers, Mr. Chaplin?”


He turned toward her. “Ah, Mrs. Brown. Yes, I thought these spring blossoms just the thing to brighten Madame Latour’s shop on such a dismal day.”


“How very kind you are,” said Ellie. “But an entire basketful?”


He smiled. “The young girl selling them was in despair over the lack of customers. She appeared to be almost drowned and nearly in tears, so I bought all she had, including the basket.”


“And paid far more than they were worth, I am certain,” Elinor murmured.


“Did you say something, Mrs. Brown?” he asked with a raised brow.


“Nothing of importance.”


He rummaged through the basket and produced a nosegay of bluebells, which he presented to Dolly. “These are for you, to match your eyes.”


Her blue eyes grew wide with wonder as she accepted the nosegay. “Oh, sir, no one ever give me flowers afore.”


“Well, I am certain this will not be the last time,” he said gallantly. Ignoring Dolly’s worshipful look, he returned to the basket for another nosegay, white violets this time, which he gave to Peggy.


She bobbed him a curtsy. “Oh, thank ye, yer lordship.”


He gave her a warm smile. “You are very welcome, Miss O’Shea. But I am not a lord, merely a mister.”


“No matter. ’Tis a fine gentleman ye are, to be thinking of us working girls.”


“Girls, why do you not go on home?” Mimi asked. “You have all worked so very hard today, and there will be no more customers, n’est-ce-pas?”


With glad smiles for Mimi, and more thanks and curtsies for Stephen Chaplin, the girls donned their cloaks and left the shop.


“I will get a vase for these lovely flowers,” Mimi said. “Please come into the parlor, Monsieur Chaplin, and warm yourself by the fire. I have made the coffee and there is water for tea.”


“Thank you,” Stephen Chaplin said. He delved into the basket one last time before handing it to Mimi. As she left the room, he handed Elinor a bunch of purple violets.


Elinor held them to her nose and breathed in the sweet, delicate fragrance. “‘A violet in the youth of primary nature, forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,’” she quoted.


“‘The perfume and suppliance of a minute; no more,’” he added softly.


Startled, she gazed into his warm honey-brown eyes and her pulse began to race. She would have to guard her heart around this man? Why did he have to have such an effect on her? Was it simply because he was the only eligible gentleman she had ever known?


No, a gentleman who brought flowers to poor shop girls and quoted Shakespeare was surely out of the ordinary. What a catch he would be for some young lady. But of course, not for her.


Buy Links (including Goodreads and BookBub):


https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Elinors-Escape-Linda-McLaughlin-ebook/dp/B00CHSNEII/



https://www.bookbub.com/books/lady-elinor-s-escape-by-linda-mclaughlin



If money were no object and we weren’t in a pandemic, where would you go for a Spring Break vacation and why?


I love the British Isles, and there are a lot of places I haven’t seen yet. I’m thinking of Cornwall for next spring.


Why is your featured book a must-read this spring?


The London Season which features so prominently in many Regency romances took place in spring after the opening of Parliament and usually ended in June. So spring is always a good season for Regency romance!


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Open internationally


Runs April 1 – 30, 2021.


Drawing will be held on May 3, 2021.



Author Biography:


Linda McLaughlin grew up with a love of history fostered by her paternal grandmother and an incurable case of wanderlust inherited from her father. She has traveled extensively within the United States and has visited Mexico, Canada, Australia, Europe and Iceland. She now lives near the ocean in Orange County, California.


Linda writes historical and Regency romance under her real name and spicier romance under the pseudonym Lyndi Lamont.


Social Media Links:


Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LindaMcLaughlinAuthor

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/lindamclaughlin

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lyndilamont

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