Title: The Master of Blackmoor
Author: Julie Shelton
Series: Standalone Title
Genre: Erotic Gothic Regency Romance w/ BDSM Elements M/F
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: May 23 2017
Edition/Formats: 1st Edition/Format~ eBook
Source: Author for Book Promotion
Blurb/Synopsis:
Danielle Dulac has just been sacked after spurning her employer’s lecherous advances. Penniless and without references, she is desperate to acquire the position of governess at Esterly House on the bleak Yorkshire moors. When the mail coach slides into a ditch in the middle of a blizzard, she is forced to seek shelter at the nearest house, Blackmoor Hall.
But visitors are not welcome at Blackmoor Hall and she gets sent to the stables to shelter from the storm. She is jerked out of sound slumber by a snow-blasted horse bursting into the stall, practically trampling her beneath his slashing hooves.
Anthony Markham, the Duke of Blackmoor, has just returned home after six months of dissolute living in London. He is surly, sarcastic, enigmatic, and hostile. And the most sensuous man Danielle has ever met. The attraction between them is instantaneous, combustible…and forbidden. Though a descendant of French nobility, Danielle is still a mere governess and Anthony Markham is a Duke.
When the position at Esterly House falls through, she has nowhere to go and faces a bleak future. To her shock, it’s Anthony Markham who comes to her rescue, offering her a position as governess to his four-year-old son, Geoffrey. Against her better judgment, she accepts.
She soon discovers that the Master of Blackmoor is haunted by a dark and tragic past filled with lies, betrayal and death. Unfortunately, the past is not over. Evil stalks Blackmoor Hall. The danger is escalating and all the clues point to the Duke himself.
As the passion between Anthony and Danielle rages out of control, so does the peril they face. Will they solve this mystery in time? Or will it wind up destroying them both?
Review:
I have been on a historical kick lately so I was excited to read this but with the added Gothic Romance and I was hooked. I really enjoyed the storyline and the characters. I stayed up late into the night to finish this book on my phone as my kindle died and I had to know what was going to happen next. I definitely kept trying to figure out who was villain. Not once was I bored while reading this book. I am definitely going to be looking up the other books by Julie and devouring them.
4/5 Bloody Fangs
From fairies in the garden at age 9 to handcuffs in the
boudoir at age 60, Julie’s writing has run the gamut. In between she managed to
graduate cum laude with a B.A. in French from Georgia State University followed
by a Master’s Degree in Library Science from Emory University. Having thus
procured these two necessary but ultimately irrelevant pieces of paper, she
launched a successful career as a children’s librarian, followed by an even
more successful career as a professional storyteller and puppeteer. She published
Kidstuff, an award-winning, monthly newsletter, as well as a book, Puppets,
Poems and Songs, both major language arts resource for early childhood
educators.
At various points in her life, if asked what she would like
to be, her answer would have been (in rough chronological order, since some of
these lofty ambitions overlapped): a fairy, a princess, a ballerina, Nancy
Drew, Cherry Ames, a paleontologist, Scarlett O’Hara, thin and beautiful, an
actress, and a writer. Now, at age 73, her answer to that question would most
likely be, “younger”.
Followed closely, of course by bestselling author. Oh, and a
princess. Some dreams die hard.
Now retired, Julie lives in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Book Links
Passion's Dream (Book 1)
Passion's Fury (Book 2)
Passion's Hope (Book 3)
Passion's Triumph (Book 4)
Passion's Magic (Book 5)
The Alpha Chronicles AKA Loving Sarah Series
Standalone Title/s
Julie Shelton writing as A.J. Steele
Mastering the Professor Series
Taken in Her Office (Book 1)
Taken on the Dinner Table (Book 2)
Training to be Taken (Book 3)
Taken to the Edge (Book 4)
Taken in Public (Book 5)
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