Title:
Escape to Me
Series:
1NightStand
Author:
Diane Alberts
Genre:
Contemporary, Historical fiction, Romance, Erotica,
Publisher:
Decadent
Ebook
Pages:
45
Purchase:
Book
Description:
Eleanor
is tired of being a spinster no one ever notices. Life for a
twenty-six year old unwed woman in 1811 is dreadfully dull. She can’t
have an affair at the risk of ruining her family’s
reputation…unless she finds a way to do so without the slightest
risk of discovery. Dare she travel two hundred years into the future
to have a 1Night stand with the help of Madame Eve?
Thomas
struggles daily to move on after the death of his beloved countess,
but being the most highly sought after bachelor of the ton doesn’t
allow him much privacy to do so. All he yearns for is a night of lust
and fun, with a woman who can make him remember what it feels like to
be swept away by passion. Traveling two hundred years into the future
seems to be the perfect solution for both discretion and ease.
What
will happen when they discover they didn’t escape their lives at
all, but merely found each other?
Excerpt:
Heart racing,
she towed him to where the wine sat. She’d need to loosen up a bit
to fool him into thinking she hailed from this time. Though she
should run away without delay, the night carried the possibility of
bringing her fantasies to fruition. In this very room, the man she’d
pined for, the one she’d yearned to have, stared at her with
hunger. Thomas wanted to make love—with her,
of all people.
Who would’ve
guessed it?
“So, Eleanor,
tell me,
where are you from?” He grabbed the wine, a brow raised as he
grabbed the corkscrew to open the bottle. He studied the object,
flipping it in his hands, and then put the sharp, twisty blade in the
cork.
She could almost
hear his thought process as he compared the modern version to the
ones they were familiar with. He tossed a smile over his shoulder and
poured two glasses. Giving one to her, he motioned for her to sit
down on the couch. Once she did so, he sat so close beside her that
their legs touched. The heat from his body pressing against hers
caused to tremble and almost spill the wine over the rim, even though
he’d filled it only three-quarters full.
“I’m from
London. My family has an estate out near Devon, but we seldom use
it.” Eleanor sipped her beverage, proud of her response. She
sounded so…sophisticated. One would never guess she hovered a mere
second away from exploding with anxiety. “You?”
“I live far
away. I’m in town for a night, and then I return home.”
Now, that was an
understatement, if she’d ever heard one. Two hundred years away, to
be exact.
She held back a
trill of laughter at his perfect reply. Clients were urged not to
reveal the truth of their origins. Most people remained unaware of
the joys of time-traveling—and the company preferred to keep it
that way.
She licked her
parched lips. “Oh, is that so? How fortunate for me to
have the pleasure of
meeting you before you leave.”
He studied her
mouth, and her insides clenched at the dark hunger she saw within.
How was it possible that he could be so ravenous—for her?
“Indeed, how
fortunate. I almost backed out, thinking it silly of me to
do something so frivolous. Then, I thought, perhaps it could be an
interesting diversion for the night.” He finished his wine, and she
hurried to follow suit. He refilled her glass first, then his, before
turning to face her. His lips turned up at the corners, and she took
another taste to steady her nerves. “I daresay it might end up
being much more than a simple distraction.”
Her heart
skittered to a stop, and she choked on her wine.
Dear God,
does he know who I am?
He set his drink
down, plucked her glass out of her grasp, and placed it on the table
next to his. His brow crinkled with worry, he pounded on her
back. The force behind the blows made her stumble out of the seat, so
he gripped her elbows to place her on her feet before repeating the
action. She didn’t know which made it harder to get air into her
lungs…the wine or his “help.”
She waved at him
and croaked, “I’m fine.”
His fingers
tightened on her shoulders. “Are you alright, La—Eleanor?”
“You know?”
He’d almost called her by her title. How had he figured out the
truth? She stared straight ahead, scared to look at him, and stepped
out of his arms. “H-How do you know?”
He frowned. “I
know? What did I say, Eleanor?”
She realized her
lapse in judgment before he finished speaking. He hadn’t known she
was a lady—he had just slipped up by addressing her as he was
accustomed. She choked on a nervous bubble of laughter. His brow
arched, so she coughed to try and disguise her laugh under the
after-effect of choking on wine.
He hadn’t the
foggiest notion about her true identity. He’d called her Lady out
of habit. Not knowledge.
Stepping closer, she smiled up at him and brushed a finger down the
curve of his jaw. She’d always wanted to do that Always wondered
what the stubble on a man’s face might feel like against her skin.
It felt sinfully delicious.
About
the Author:
Diane
Alberts current contracted works with Entangled Publishing are: ON
ONE CONDITION (February 2012, Ever After line), DIVINELY RUINED
(Divine Temptations Trilogy #1, April 2012, Ever After line), TRY ME
(Take a Chance #1, May 2012, Ever After line). and LOVE ME (Take a
Chance #2, TBA, Ever After line). Her current works with Decadent
Publishing are: KILL ME TOMORROW (October 2011, 1NightStand series),
RECLAIMED (December 2011), ABSOLUTION (March 2012, Honor Guard
series), BROKEN (March 2012, 1NightStand series), and ESCAPE TO ME
(August 2012, 1NightStand series).
Diane
Alberts has always been a dreamer with a vivid imagination, but it
wasn’t until 2011 that she put her pen where her brain was, and
became a published author. Since receiving her first contract offer,
she has yet to stop writing. Though she lives in the mountains, she
really wishes she was surrounded by a hot, sunny beach with crystal
clear water. She lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with her four kids,
a husband, and a Senegal parrot. In the rare moments when she’s not
writing, she can usually be found hunched over one knitting project
or another.
She is a
multi-published, bestselling author with Entangled Publishing and
Decadent Publishing. She has, as of this date, four books with
Entangled Publishing, and five books with Decadent Publishing. Her
February release with Entangled Publishing, ON ONE CONDITION, hit #18
on the Barnes and Noble Bestseller List. Her goal is to write so many
fantastic books that even a non-romance book fan will know her name.
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