Today I am joining author Caroline Warfield
in celebrating the launch of her latest historical romance,
The Unexpected Wife
About The Unexpected Wife:
The Duke of Murnane expects work to heal
him. He doesn’t expect to face his past and find his future in China
Charles Wheatly, Duke of Murnane, accepts an unofficial fact
finding mission to the East India Company’s enclave in Canton, China on behalf
of the queen. He anticipates intrigue, international tensions, and an outlet
for his grief over the death of his young son. He isn’t entirely surprised
when he also encounters the troublesome offspring of his mentor, the Duke of
Sudbury, but the profound love he discovers for the determined young woman is
unforeseen and untimely. Charles certainly doesn’t expect to also face his
troubled marriage in such an exotic locale. The
appearance of his estranged wife in the company of their enemy throws the
entire enterprise into conflict, and tensions boil over when the woman he loves is
put at risk by his wife’s scheming—and the beginnings of the First Opium War.
Zambak Hayden seethes with frustration. A woman her age has occupied the throne for over a year, yet the Duke of Sudbury’s line of succession still passes over her—his eldest—to land on a son with neither spine nor character. She follows her brother, the East India Company’s newest and least competent clerk, to Macau to protect him and to safeguard the family honor—if she also escapes the gossip and intrigues of London and the marriage mart, so much the better. She has no intention of being forced into some sort of dynastic marriage, and she may just refuse to marry at all. The greed and corruption she finds horrifies her, especially when her brother succumbs to the lure of opium. She determines to document the truth. When an old family friend arrives she assumes her father sent him. She isn’t about to bend to his dictates nor give up her quest. Her traitorous heart, however, can’t stop yearning for a man she can’t have.
As an epic historical drama unfolds around them, both Charles and Zambak must come to terms with a love that neither expected.
Giveaway:
To celebrate the
launch, Caroline will give a copy of any of her books to one randomly selected
person who comments between July 25th and 26th. They can choose from the books found here:
About Caroline Warfield:
Award winning author Caroline Warfield has been many things: traveler, librarian, poet, raiser of children, bird watcher,
Internet and Web services manager, conference speaker, indexer, tech writer,
genealogist—even a nun. She reckons she is on at
least her third act, happily working in an office surrounded by windows where she lets her
characters lead her to adventures in England and the far-flung corners of the
British Empire. She nudges them to explore the riskiest territory of all, the
human heart.
Connect with Caroline Warfield:
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