Blog Tour: The Lady and the Barrister

 

Blurb

After two failed London Seasons the fussy heiress doesn’t have a suitor. Her close friend, a

newly minted duke cannot keep the mothers with single daughters away. They make a pact to pretend to

court while they find each other the perfect mate. When will they realize, they don’t have to look very

far. 

Excerpt:

(Copyright © 2023 Timeless Scribes Publishing LLC)

“Lady Anna. Lord Castleton. Welcome to the Tea Room.” Tanya took off her apron and set off a

small cloud of flour as she put the pinnie down on the counter. Anna glanced around the dining room. An older couple sat at the only other occupied table.

Castleton helped her into her chair as Tanya made her way to the front of the tearoom. He turned

to her with his irresistibly devastating grin.

Anna busied herself by removing her gloves and putting them into her reticule, then placing it on

her lap all to avoid his gaze. When she could no longer stall, she raised her head and found him sitting

across from her and still staring.

What should she say? It was as if she didn’t know this man when they had been friends most of

their lives. Well, she certainly didn’t know him as a military man, a barrister, a duke, and especially not as

someone courting her. All she knew was the boy with whom she grew up and in a moment of panic, she

wanted to leave.

“I didn’t intend to embarrass you. I can’t help the way I look at you.” His elbow was on the table

with his chin in his hand. “One glance and I find myself smiling.”

He removed his hand and struck a more proper attitude, opened his serviette, and draped it on his

lap.

Was he playing his part? She glanced at the couple at the other table and concluded he was

courting her for their sake. Perhaps she could play the game as well.

“You flatter me, Fraser,” she gracefully placed her hand to her throat. “Or should I say you flatter

yourself if you think I’m embarrassed.” She sat up straighter and looked down her nose following

propriety. For two Seasons she observed and learned as girls struck that position.

“Oh?” He dared to struggle to hide his chuckle.

“Ginger biscuits, really, Fraser. I would have thought you’d had your fill as a boy and moved on

to other more tempting morsels.”

He leaned closer toward her. His eyes were even more passionate than they had been moments

before. He took her hand and her breath caught.

“Oh, but I am moved by a more temping… morsel. Much more tempting. Would you like me to

elaborate?” With that he raised her hand to his lips.

RUTH A. CASIE is a USA Today bestselling author of historical swashbuckling action-

adventures and contemporary romance with enough action to keep you turning pages. Her stories

feature strong women and the men who deserve them, endearing flaws and all. She lives in New

Jersey with her hero, three empty bedrooms and a growing number of incomplete counted cross-

stitch projects. Before she found her voice, she was a speech therapist (pun intended), client

liaison for a corrugated manufacturer, and vice president at an international bank where she was

a product/marketing manager, but her favorite job is the one she’s doing now-writing romance.

She hopes her stories become your favorite adventures.

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