Shiver of Fear (42 page)

Dear Reader,

Marriage of Convenience. Those three words alone will convince me to buy a book. I can’t think of anything I enjoy more than
a romance where two people who would never have chosen each other, find themselves having to negotiate a marriage neither
one wanted. So when I had the chance to write historical romance, I knew that it wouldn’t be long before I wrote a Marriage
of Convenience book.

NEVER A GENTLEMAN is that book. Diccan Hilliard is known among Society as
The Perfection
. Suave, smooth, sophisticated, with a taste for only the most beautiful women, he has a keen wit and rapier tongue. The fact
that he is also a member of Drake’s Rakes, a group of aristocrats caught up in espionage, is a well-guarded secret. That secret,
though, leads to marriage vows, when he wakes to find that his enemies have left him naked in bed with Grace
Fairchild, the woman known to his friends as
The Most Notorious Virgin
in Britain.

Poor Grace. As tall as a man, painfully plain with an ungainly limp, Grace has spent her life following her father around
the world with the army. She has no female accomplishments, no wish to mingle in a society that has long since shunned her,
and even less desire to be shackled to a man who did not choose her, especially since she has long been fascinated by him.
But Grace has secrets too. The question is, will those secrets help her gain Diccan’s love, or condemn her to loneliness?
And will Diccan’s secrets cost them not just the chance at a lasting love, but their very lives?

Do you like Marriage of Convenience books as much as I do? What draws you to them? Let me know at my website,
www.eileendreyer.com
.

Dear Reader,

Writing a romance called THE SWEETEST THING, which centers around a decidedly
not
sweet heroine, amused me. Tara Daniels is wound a little tightly and likes things
her way. She’s also a former southern belle who appreciates the fact that she’s right. A lot.

The Sweetest Thing? Not exactly.

But her heart’s in the right place, always. And, as it turns out, there’s a man who melts her like butter on a hot roll. Not
only that, but he can soften her in a way that she isn’t sure she likes. See, Tara thinks she has it all together, but it
turns out she doesn’t. She doesn’t know a lot about herself. About all she has is the fact that she can cook like nobody’s
business. Oh, how she loves to cook.

Tara was a challenge for me because—here’s where I must admit it—I got a lot of her recipes from my husband. True story. I’m
married to a big guy who works with his hands and is the ultimate Alpha Man—and yet he can cook. Don’t try to figure him out;
it’ll hurt your brain, trust me.

Good Morning Sunshine Casserole is all his. Just don’t tell him I “borrowed” it and am telling the world that it’s my heroine’s.
It would just go to his head.

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