Title: A Fallacious Seduction
Author: Virginia Barlow
Genre: Historical Romance
Book Blurb:
The Calhan Brides Series book one:
When the train US Marshal Reese Calhan is riding on explodes, he is one of two survivors. Trouble is, the other survivor is the woman who betrayed him years ago. A woman he thought was dead. This time he will not fall prey to her wiles. He'll see the vixen jailed for her crimes if it kills him.
Recovering from a recent jilting and now a train explosion, Shanna Johnston has no idea why the handsome stranger insists he knows her and calls her by another woman's name. His heated looks and knowing kisses spark a fire in her she cannot ignore--even as her own mysterious past is closing in.
Excerpt:
Shanna’s anger rose. What the hell is his problem?
What difference does it make where I go or what I do?
It was easy to see why the man was single. No woman
in her right mind would put up with the idiot, even if he
was handsome as hell. This Jenna must have figured it
out and left him. Was the man sore about Jenna leaving
him, so he threatened to lock Shanna up because he
hated women? “Okay, mister, I’m going to use simple
sentences so you can understand. We have been in a
train wreck. We are stranded. We will be walking. It’s
going to be dark soon. There are dead bodies all around
us. There are wolves living here. I do not like wolves. I
want to go. Now!”
He frowned. “Where are you trying to get to?”
Shanna rolled her eyes. At least the simple
sentence thing worked. She was finally getting through.
“Pine Bluffs,” Shanna said. She jerked her arm from his
grasp and started walking.
The man frowned. “What’s in Pine Bluffs?” Her
answer took him by surprise, judging from the look on
his face.
Shanna stopped. The man was lucky his Jenna
didn’t shoot him right between the eyes for being so
annoying. Shanna toyed with the idea and then
As appealing as the notion was, she didn’t
have a gun. Shooting him would make more blood.
More blood meant more wolves. More wolves meant
she needed to get the hell out of here. “Someone has to
tell them about the train, and I need to get home.”
Shanna explained slowly so the man would understand.
He narrowed his eyes at her. “Where’s home?” he
persisted.
Shanna could see his mind working over-time.
“What do you care? Are you planning on following me
all the way? Listen, mister. I told you. I am not this
Janie, Jennie woman. I have no idea who the woman is.
My name is Shanna. Where I go, and where I live is
none of your business. So, let go of my arm, and go
threaten somebody else.” Shanna stood toe to toe with
the giant. She had to tilt her head all the way back to
look into his eyes. It took the wheel off her wagon
when she realized how much bigger he was than her.
So, she focused on the top button of his denim shirt
instead and gave it a good glare.
The man stared at her. Shanna fancied she could
see the cogs turning in his head.
He pulled his gun free from his holster and shot at
her feet. His gaze never left hers.
Shanna jumped so hard; she was afraid she
dislodged something.
“Where is home?” he persisted, his gaze boring
into her.
Shanna glanced down at her feet, and her knees
buckled. A dead rattlesnake lay curled next to her
boots. She looked back at him in disbelief. She had
never seen anybody so good with a gun.
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Author Biography:
Virginia Barlow has been a dreamer her whole life. She loves reading, traveling, and roses. She will dive headfirst into any romance she can get her hands on in any genre. Although her first love is Regency Romance and always will be. Something about the era calls to her soul like a siren’s song rising from the depths.
She loves to write steamy romances whether fantasy, historical, or contemporary, all are liberally spiced with adventure and sensual, seductive heroes. Her heroines are just as compelling with equal parts intelligence, sass, and backbone. They give as good as they get whether saving their man’s life or responding to his heated kisses, they’re all in.
The most important thing in Virginia’s life is her family, and spending time with them. When she is not bouncing a grandbaby in her arms or handing out popsicles, she is writing and dreaming up her next love story. Virginia has published fifteen romance novels with another two on the way and has half a dozen more circling around inside her head eager to make their debut.
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