**Stealing the Heiress by Samantha Holt**
Good Morning,
Everyone! So thrilled to see you all today! About a month or so ago, I had the
pleasure of featuring this author on the blog to talk about her book, CAPTURING
THE BRIDE which is the first book in this series! Today she is back to let us
know about another new release in this series and I can’t wait to find out more
about it! Please allow me to once again feature on the blog Samantha Holt and
her latest release, STEALING THE HEIRESS …
**SAMANTHA HOLT**
**BIO**
USA
Today Bestselling author Samantha Holt lives in a small village in England
with her twin girls and a dachshund called Duke. If you’re not sure where
to start why not try…
▶ Amelia and the Viscount (Bluestocking Brides #1) for a fun, slightly hot shorter length read. Meet the Chadwick sisters and follow their adventures in each of their standalone stories.
▶ You’re the Rogue That I Want (Rogues of Redmere #1) is a longer read with heat, witty dialogue, a feisty heroine and adventure. All books in the series are standalone.
▶ Sinful Confessions is the first in the Cynfell Brothers Series. These are all novella length and standalone–ideal for a quick dip into the world of the sexy Cynfell brothers.
▶ Wake Me With a Kiss is a sweet, fairytale romance. Twists on Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella are also available if you love a clean, fun read.
▶ To Steal a Highlander’s Heart is a full length dive into the world of sexy highlanders. For those who love braw Scots, some steamy scenes, and medieval romance, this series is a perfect escape.
▶ Amelia and the Viscount (Bluestocking Brides #1) for a fun, slightly hot shorter length read. Meet the Chadwick sisters and follow their adventures in each of their standalone stories.
▶ You’re the Rogue That I Want (Rogues of Redmere #1) is a longer read with heat, witty dialogue, a feisty heroine and adventure. All books in the series are standalone.
▶ Sinful Confessions is the first in the Cynfell Brothers Series. These are all novella length and standalone–ideal for a quick dip into the world of the sexy Cynfell brothers.
▶ Wake Me With a Kiss is a sweet, fairytale romance. Twists on Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella are also available if you love a clean, fun read.
▶ To Steal a Highlander’s Heart is a full length dive into the world of sexy highlanders. For those who love braw Scots, some steamy scenes, and medieval romance, this series is a perfect escape.
To find out more about Ms. Holt, please visit:
**STEALING THE HEIRESS**
Publication
date:
May 28th, 2020
Series:
The Kidnap Club Book 2
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance
Genres: Adult, Historical, Romance
**BLURB**
She was looking for
adventure…
Lady Rosamunde Stanley just never expected in the form of a kidnapping.
Well, an almost-kidnapping. The dastardly man only went and took the wrong woman!
But she soon discovers the dark, handsome man is not quite the terrible rogue she thinks him to be and she decides to put his experience to use. Her uncle has gone missing and no one believes her when she says he’s in trouble. Can she persuade Russell to help?
Russell might have kidnapped her, but he has no intention of keeping her. Even if the heat between them is driving him out of his wits and her crazy family makes him long for things a battle-hardened orphan like him should never want.
Their societal divide isn’t the only reason to keep his distance. Rosamunde is a bloody knife-carrying, picklock-wielding madwoman.
A far too appealing madwoman…
He’s not the only one struggling. Rosamunde is finding it just as difficult to fight the attraction, despite knowing it is most likely her over-active imagination leading her down this path. Somehow, she must keep her head around the most exciting man she’s ever met.
Lady Rosamunde Stanley just never expected in the form of a kidnapping.
Well, an almost-kidnapping. The dastardly man only went and took the wrong woman!
But she soon discovers the dark, handsome man is not quite the terrible rogue she thinks him to be and she decides to put his experience to use. Her uncle has gone missing and no one believes her when she says he’s in trouble. Can she persuade Russell to help?
Russell might have kidnapped her, but he has no intention of keeping her. Even if the heat between them is driving him out of his wits and her crazy family makes him long for things a battle-hardened orphan like him should never want.
Their societal divide isn’t the only reason to keep his distance. Rosamunde is a bloody knife-carrying, picklock-wielding madwoman.
A far too appealing madwoman…
He’s not the only one struggling. Rosamunde is finding it just as difficult to fight the attraction, despite knowing it is most likely her over-active imagination leading her down this path. Somehow, she must keep her head around the most exciting man she’s ever met.
**EXCERPT 1**
“Stay where you are or I shall shoot,” he
ordered firmly.
The driver nodded, his hands trembling
around his loose grip on the reins. Russell moved around the carriage and
glanced through the window to find two women clutched together. He eyed the
younger one. Dark haired and attractive, just as Guy had described.
Very attractive. Russell clenched his jaw.
Miss Heston looked a little older than the one-and-twenty-year-old he had
expected but Guy had certainly downplayed her looks. She peered at him with
wide eyes then murmured something to her older companion.
Before he pulled open the door, the woman
shoved it and pushed her head out, meeting his gaze head on. Without the hazy
glass between them, he had a full view of generous lips, a slightly stubborn
chin, and wire framed spectacles that emphasized a warm, nutty gaze. However,
there was nothing warm about the way she looked at him.
He let a brow rise. The woman was an
excellent actress.
“Come with me.” He kept his voice low,
just in case her companion did not know of their arrangement.
“Like hell!”
He blinked at the blasphemy. As far as he
knew, the woman they were kidnapping was gently bred and trying to escape the
persistent overtures of a gentleman. Still, perhaps she was trying to play the
role of helpless victim for her companion’s benefit.
Very well. She wasn’t the only one who
could act. He had not read every one of Shakespeare’s plays for no reason.
“Come with me or I shall shoot,” he warned her, keeping his tones low and
aggressive.
Miss Heston scanned the length of him and
lifted her chin. “If it is money you want, I am quite wealthy.” She put her
hand to a broach at the neckline of her crimson gown.
Russell’s gaze tracked the movement,
unintentionally. He only realized her cleavage had caught his attention when
she began to undo the gold and ruby broach. He swiftly looked away and blinked,
feeling as though the image of soft skin, dark shadows, and generous curves
might well be burned into his mind. Every time he blinked from now on, he
suspected he would see the image there again.
Fool. He’d seen many a cleavage in his
lifetime. A little glimpse of what appeared to be a most excellent cleavage
wouldn’t be the undoing of him. If he could survive on the streets and forge a
life for himself from nothing, he could most certainly rid himself of the image
of the faintest glimpse of not even a third of a breast.
Or two.
Damn it. He blinked a few more times then
scowled when she handed over the broach.
“Here, this is worth far more than you
could get for me from ransom.”
He ignored it, letting his frown deepen.
Why the devil was she dragging this out? Much longer and the driver might get
the courage to fight him or someone would happen along, and Russell could end
up getting shot.
“If that isn’t enough...” She hitched up
her skirt, revealing a shapely, stocking-clad leg.
Well, the cleavage image no longer
bothered him so that was something. He swallowed hard and frowned as she
revealed the lacy edge of her stocking and the garter holding them up. Her hand
moved slowly to the band and she tugged out a bank note.
Why the hell did this woman keep banknotes
in her undergarments?
She reached for the note then curled her
fingers around something else—a jeweled handle.
A damned penknife.
She grabbed it swiftly and thrust it
outward. Russell dodged back, the blade skimming past his stomach and catching
briefly on the fabric.
“Bloody hell, woman.” He grabbed her
wrist. This play-acting was becoming far too dangerous. This needed to end now.
**EXCERPT 2**
Before he could argue, she gasped and
snatched his arm. He scarcely had a moment to figure out what was happening
when she pressed him up against the wall. She flung off her hat, pulled out a
comb that clattered to the ground, and slung her arms around his neck.
“What the—”
She pressed her lips to his. Hard.
His mind raced to catch up with what had
occurred. But all it could latch onto was the fact she had her mouth pressed to
his. And that she tasted sweet. And that all he needed to do was skim his hands
down and he could take two handfuls of that arse that had him so preoccupied.
So, he did what any red-blooded man would
do and glided his hands down, taking her rear in his palms and squeezing her
flesh. She moaned against his mouth and he used the opportunity to take a
deeper taste of the sweetness.
Dear God, did she taste sweet. And so
warm.
She moved against him, pressing her
strangely firm chest to his. He kept her gripped tight and her fingers twined
into the hair under his hat. She moaned again when he drew back and nibbled
briefly on her bottom lip before taking her in an intense kiss once more. She
angled her head so that the kiss moved deeper, and he met her sounds with a
groan.
He ached fiercely. More fiercely than ever
before, he could swear. He used his grip on her rear to move her closer, so
close that their hips collided. He supposed he should be grateful she didn’t
have the added barrier of skirts. He rubbed against her and moved his lips from
her mouth to her neck, taking little bites along her flesh and feeling her
shudder.
She tapped his shoulder and drew in a
long, shaky breath. “I think they are gone now.”
He lifted his head and glanced around the
street. A young couple strolled along the opposite side of the road, doing
their best to ignore them. “Who?”
“A friend,” she said. “I feared they might
recognize me.”
He eased his hands away from her, feeling
as though she’d just thrown a bucket of ice-cold water over him. She’d been
trying to hide. That was why she had
kissed him.
“So you thought that was the best way to
hide?”
“Well, no one wants to look at a couple
kissing, do they?”
“Right. Of course.”
“I think it worked.” She grinned at him.
“I had to think quickly there.”
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