Promo Set 1 for *The Hazard with Hearts*

Here are the snippets (first Octave set) that I pulled from the manuscript to create promotional posts on social media for The Hazard with Hearts. These are an interesting preview of the novel.

Launch is on Sept. 16.

If you haven't seen them, well--Enjoy!

Aug. 31

“Ghosts, my dear. On the darkest night, when no moon lights the velvet sky.” Julius Cavell swirled the brandy in his glass. “She drifts along these halls. When you see her, your blood will freeze. When she touches you, you will scream.”

 The gothic romance: a heroine in danger, an enigmatic hero, and ghosts, all in The Hazard with Hearts. Coming soon!

 Preorder here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GJXKK2N (This line never changes.)

Sept. 1

Miss Beale watched the dowager’s ascent of the curving staircase. “I can never manage that floating ascent. I must add that to one of my books.”

Coming soon : The Hazard with Hearts ~ mystery and suspense with a dash of romance.

The "Coming Soon" alternates among three options.

Sept. 2

Miss Beale watched the dowager’s ascent of the curving staircase. “I can never manage that floating ascent. I must add that to one of my books.”

Sept. 3

“Will I enjoy meeting your new wife?” Mr. Beldreccan asked snidely. “Does she know that she is your third wife? Is she aware of the tragic ends of your first two wives? I might be tempted to call you Bluebeard.”

 The gothic romance: a young heroine, an enigmatic hero, and danger all around, in The Hazard with Hearts. Coming soon! (For here, I won't continue to repeat this line.)

Sept. 4

“I was exploring the castle ruins,” Vivienne explained.

“I asked you not to go there without me. It is dangerous.”

That whiplike retort made her feel like a disobedient child. “You said very little more than that.”

“Clearly you didn’t listen.”

“Clearly I did not.”

“Clearly—.”

“You did not explain,” she said over him, surprising Max into silence. Since their engagement, she had treated him with deference, but she wouldn’t be lessened to a child.

Sept. 5

She drew herself taller, adding an inch to her small stature. “I am the countess of Sheldrake. I do not give an inch to fear.”

 Perhaps she should.

Sept. 6

His second wife Rowena had believed him guilty. Something twisted in her had thrilled at the suspicion that her husband had killed his first wife. “Bluebeard,” she called him then laughed and said, “Goldenbeard, but still the same.”

Sept. 7

 Julius Cavell nodded. “Her ghostly aura was there, waving a warning to Lady Sheldrake.”

Miss Beale shuddered. “That is a delightful thought, a dead wife warning the living one.”