Sunday, March 27, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday - more from A Marriage of Inconvenience

For this week's Six Sentence Sunday, I'm returning to A Marriage of Inconvenience, my upcoming Regency historical romance from Carina. It releases April 11 and is available for preorder now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and directly from Carina.

Here my hero, James, has recently been caught in a compromising situation with the heroine, Lucy, and has done the proper gentlemanly thing by agreeing to marry her even though she has no money whatsoever and is several rungs below his rich, viscountly self on the social ladder. His bride-to-be has two younger brothers, aged 13 and 17, and rather than being daunted he can hardly wait to meet his new brothers-in-law so he can start dictating their educations and planning their lives, all for their own good, of course. His sister, on learning this, sums up his character as follows:

“Come, James, surely you admit that nothing brings you greater delight than managing people’s lives for them. That’s why you’re so active in Parliament, and half the reason you love this estate—so much scope for giving orders and telling everyone how the world should be. You do your best to manage ME. It’s wonderful for you that Lucy has younger brothers and no parents living. You won’t have to wait till your own children are of a rational age to have someone to bring up according to your dictates. Though I’m sure you’ll have opinions on the proper dimensions of a cradle and when a child should have its first taste of pap by the time your firstborn enters the world.”


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23 comments:

  1. I have a distinct urge to see viscount's feathers ruffled and I have a feeling Lucy will do it.

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  2. Great six. The sister knows how to put him in his place!

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  3. ooh nice! I like a managing man who'll get his in the end lol Can't wait for the release. Now I'll have to go buy your other book :-)

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  4. Woot! She's a feisty one. Love her. :)

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  5. Oh, she has summed him up nicely. Loved the part about the dimensions of the cradle!

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  6. What a great character! Bet you had fun playing with him.

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  7. congrats on the upcoming release, and fab six! I just love her feistiness :)

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  8. Family knows best, great snippet!

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  9. His sister sure knows him and I can't wait for Lucy to set him back a peg or two. Sounds line he needs it

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  10. Love the feistiness of the character

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  11. Great insight into his character. And funny to boot. Great six!

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  12. LOL! Way to tell it like it is, sister!

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  13. I love, love, love the voice and character you've given her. She just pops out of the screen into life. Great job!

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  14. Love how this dialogue defines (who I assume is) the hero. I can hear her voice, complete with accent and inflections, in my head. Excellent! :)

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  15. A ton of information in a short segment. You really did that beautifully.

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  16. Great insight to his character! Well Done!

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  17. What a great rant. It's a relief just to read it.

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  18. Good voice! Congrats on the release!

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  19. She doesn't like him much, hmm?? HAHAHA... Great six... and thanks for your comment on mine!

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  20. He sounds like he will be learning a big lesson in this story!!

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