I’m
really pleased to be welcoming C P Odom back to Babblings of a Bookworm
with his new novella, which lends its title to the Skirmish & Scandal
series of novellas from Meryton Press. There is a mini blog tour for Skirmish
& Scandal and I’m happy to be hosting an excerpt and giveaway on this
stop. Let’s look at the blurb and then move on to the excerpt.
Book
Description
Astounding!
Mr. Darcy’s baited hook is for Elizabeth Bennet!
In
the Regency era, surface appearances of politeness and civility often conceal
more intense and hostile activity. More than one wealthy or noble family of
seemingly sterling reputation is torn apart and sometimes all but exterminated
by savage intra-family feuds.
That
situation unexpectedly confronts Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in
Skirmish and Scandal when Darcy’s interest in Elizabeth as a future mistress of
Pemberley becomes known to Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her noble Matlock
relations. Determined to prevent an affront to the reputation of their
aristocratic clan, the most prominent members of the family gather with Lady
Catherine to confront Darcy and force him to choose a more suitable wife. The
resulting conflict and its aftermath involve furious arguments, abduction,
pursuit, and personal clashes that narrowly avert meetings on the field of
honour.
How
can such emotionally intense and seemingly insurmountable personal conflicts
between the couple result in an amorous resolution?
