Maggie Dallen
Rogue Debutante
Cover Reveal – 12/09/2015
Rogue Debutante
Cover Reveal – 12/09/2015
Blurb:
A rebellion is brewing and everyone must pick a side....even
pirates and debutantes.
Delia Langley has been a prisoner all her life - a prisoner to high society and
its conventions. A prisoner to her wealthy father's overprotective measures. A
prisoner to a fiance-to-be in an arrangement made by her father to have a royal
heir. In fact, the only time in her life that Delia ever felt free was when she
was captured by the much-feared pirate Blackheart and his crew, and held for
months while her father negotiated her ransom.
Now nineteen, the beautiful Delia is ready to leave another prison, the manmade
"city in the sky," Beau Monde, where she's been tucked away, high
above London all these many years. The plan is that after her debutante ball,
her marriage to Lord Thaddeus Templeton will be announced, and the wheels will
be set in motion for Delia to take her place as a proper society lady. Except
she has other plans. Frustrated by the greed of the rich and the plight of the
poor who live in the Shadowlands, a ghetto cast in darkness by the floating
city of wealth above, Delia has been masquerading as Madame X, a French pirate,
who has arranged to purchase her own pirate airship from the mysterious
"Professor." Then there's Nicholas Crawley, the dashing, bachelor son
of the family who have opened their home to Delia for her London visit. He's ruggedly
handsome - and he's impossible. She doesn't expect to fall for him, but there's
no denying the electricity that surges between them. A future with him would
ruin everything, but her attraction to him is only one of many surprises poised
to thwart her pirating plans in this charming steampunk tale.
About Maggie Dallen
Maggie Dallen is a
big city girl living in Montana. She writes adult and young adult romantic
comedies in a range of genres. An unapologetic addict of all things romance,
she loves to connect with fellow avid readers on Facebook, Twitter or at
www.maggiedallen.com.
Website: http://www.maggiedallen.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Mag_Dallen
Excerpt:
The spires of London grew in the distance as Delia hurtled through the air, her
petticoats and skirts flapping in the wind. Delia opened her mouth to scream
but her cry was drowned out by the sound of air rushing past as she tumbled
toward the earth.
A rough grip
on her arm brought her to a sudden and painful stop. Her shoulder shrieked in
agony as she dangled in midair. She latched onto the rope that swung in front
of her face, but whoever was holding on to her arm didn't loosen his hold. She
looked up to see who was keeping her from a grim and grotesque death.
She could
only see her savior's dark form; his face was hidden in the shadow cast by the
airship hovering overhead. She felt the rope hoisting her toward the vessel and
she resisted the urge to look down. When at last she reached the airship, a
strong hand reached out to help her overboard, and she was finally able to see
the face of her rescuer.
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