Airborne - The Hanover Restoration
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $3.99 USD. 80060 words.
Published on May 11, 2012. Fiction.
Miss Araminta Galsworthy travels to the home of her new guardian, only to be plunged into marriage, arson, murder, and treason—all centered around her husband's invention, the first navigable airship. Minta acquires new friends, new enemies, a new husband, and becomes an important part of the restoration of the British monarchy. Will she manage, or will her head be piked on the tower?
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Blair Bancroft
Biography
Blair Bancroft recalls receiving odd looks from adults as she walked home from school at age seven, her lips moving as she told herself stories. And there was never a night she didn't entertain herself with her own bedtime stories. But it was only after a variety of other careers that she turned to serious writing. Blair has been a music teacher, professional singer, non-fiction editor, costume designer, and real estate agent. She has traveled from Bratsk, Siberia, to Machu Picchu, Peru, and made numerous visits to Europe, Britain, and Ireland. She is now attempting to incorporate all these varied experiences into her writing.
Blair's first book, TARLETON'S WIFE, won RWA's Golden Heart and the Best Romance award from the Florida Writers' Association. Her romantic suspense novel, SHADOWED PARADISE, and her Young Adult Medieval, ROSES IN THE MIST, were finalists for an EPPIE, the "Oscar" of the e-book industry. Blair's Regency, THE INDIFFERENT EARL, was chosen as Best Regency by Romantic Times magazine and was a finalist for RWA's RITA award.
Blair believes variety is the spice of life. Her recent books include Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Thrillers, and Steampunk, all available at Smashwords.
A long-time resident of Florida, Blair fondly recalls growing up in Connecticut, which still has a piece of her heart.
Blair's first book, TARLETON'S WIFE, won RWA's Golden Heart and the Best Romance award from the Florida Writers' Association. Her romantic suspense novel, SHADOWED PARADISE, and her Young Adult Medieval, ROSES IN THE MIST, were finalists for an EPPIE, the "Oscar" of the e-book industry. Blair's Regency, THE INDIFFERENT EARL, was chosen as Best Regency by Romantic Times magazine and was a finalist for RWA's RITA award.
Blair believes variety is the spice of life. Her recent books include Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Thrillers, and Steampunk, all available at Smashwords.
A long-time resident of Florida, Blair fondly recalls growing up in Connecticut, which still has a piece of her heart.
Where to find Blair Bancroft online
Website: http://blairbancroft.com
Twitter: blairbancroft
Blog: http://mosaicmoments.blogspot.com
Twitter: blairbancroft
- BlairBancroft: @PublishedAuth A great review of THE SOMETIME BRIDE from Romantic Historical Fiction Lovers. http://t.co/PjU5RLJc
- BlairBancroft: A great review of THE SOMETIME BRIDE from Romantic Historical Fiction Lovers. http://t.co/PjU5RLJc
- BlairBancroft: @PublishedAuth Part 4 of my blog series, EDIT THE BLASTED BOOK - Writing No-no's. Hopefully helpful. http://t.co/KmVXPVDc
- BlairBancroft: EDIT THE BLASTED BOOK, Pt 4 - a list of writing No-no's. Hopefully helpful. Blog: http://t.co/KmVXPVDc
- BlairBancroft: Blog: DEATH BY MARRIAGE. An excerpt profiles the FL Gulfcoast town used as a setting in many of my books. http://t.co/1LxV5axU
Blog: http://mosaicmoments.blogspot.com
Books
Limbo Man
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $4.99 USD. 88190 words. Published on April 15, 2012. Fiction.
FBI Special Agent Valentina Frost and a mysterious Russian arms dealer become strangely matched partners in a search for two nuclear bombs missing from the old Soviet arsenal. As they criss-cross the world in an attempt to prevent a terrorist attack more deadly than 9/11, they form a strong bond. But can it outlast the mission? Will they live that long?
Price: $4.99 USD. 88190 words. Published on April 15, 2012. Fiction.
FBI Special Agent Valentina Frost and a mysterious Russian arms dealer become strangely matched partners in a search for two nuclear bombs missing from the old Soviet arsenal. As they criss-cross the world in an attempt to prevent a terrorist attack more deadly than 9/11, they form a strong bond. But can it outlast the mission? Will they live that long?
O'Rourke's Heiress
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $2.99 USD. 111720 words. Published on April 4, 2012. Fiction.
A Merchant Princess, apple of her father's eye, makes a fairytale marriage to the heir to an earldom . . . and quickly discovers not all handsome and charming young men have temperaments that match their façades. Does her destiny lie elsewhere? Perhaps with a man who isn't trying to kill her?
Price: $2.99 USD. 111720 words. Published on April 4, 2012. Fiction.
A Merchant Princess, apple of her father's eye, makes a fairytale marriage to the heir to an earldom . . . and quickly discovers not all handsome and charming young men have temperaments that match their façades. Does her destiny lie elsewhere? Perhaps with a man who isn't trying to kill her?
Orange Blossoms & Mayhem
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $2.99 USD. . Published on April 4, 2012. Fiction.
Laine Halliday is a troubleshooter for Fantascapes, a company that produces fantasy weddings and fulfills clients' exotic holiday dreams. But her job becomes even more challenging when she meets a mystery man on the Inca Trail in Peru and is drawn into Russian mob warfare on an international scale.
Price: $2.99 USD. . Published on April 4, 2012. Fiction.
Laine Halliday is a troubleshooter for Fantascapes, a company that produces fantasy weddings and fulfills clients' exotic holiday dreams. But her job becomes even more challenging when she meets a mystery man on the Inca Trail in Peru and is drawn into Russian mob warfare on an international scale.
Love At Your Own Risk
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 52890 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Fiction.
Due to a rental mix-up, two burnouts find themselves sharing a vacation cottage on Cape Cod. Victoria Kent is a defense attorney, John Paolillo a homicide detective in New Haven. Though mortal enemies in the legal system, they discover that, no matter how hard they struggle, opposites do attract.
Price: $0.99 USD. 52890 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Fiction.
Due to a rental mix-up, two burnouts find themselves sharing a vacation cottage on Cape Cod. Victoria Kent is a defense attorney, John Paolillo a homicide detective in New Haven. Though mortal enemies in the legal system, they discover that, no matter how hard they struggle, opposites do attract.
The Sometime Bride
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $1.49 USD. 146110 words. Published on October 29, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
At the end of the Peninsular War, Catherine Audley, daughter of Britain's spymaster on the Iberian Peninsula, has a problem. Is she now the widow of a man who never existed? Is she the well-rewarded, but discarded mistress of her father's protégé, the enigmatic Englishman known as Blas the Bastard? Or is she a beloved wife whose only rival is her husband's determined expediency in a time of war?
Price: $1.49 USD. 146110 words. Published on October 29, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) At the end of the Peninsular War, Catherine Audley, daughter of Britain's spymaster on the Iberian Peninsula, has a problem. Is she now the widow of a man who never existed? Is she the well-rewarded, but discarded mistress of her father's protégé, the enigmatic Englishman known as Blas the Bastard? Or is she a beloved wife whose only rival is her husband's determined expediency in a time of war?
Paradise Burning
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 98330 words. Published on August 21, 2011. Fiction.
Amanda Armitage is almost as much a captive of her family's international investigations agency as the women she discovers in an old cracker shack in the Florida outback. While attempting to rescue these victims of "trafficking," the girl known as Mandy Mouse metamorphoses into a dynamic, independent woman who might even be able to rekindle a romance with the husband she hasn't seen in five years.
Price: $0.99 USD. 98330 words. Published on August 21, 2011. Fiction.
Amanda Armitage is almost as much a captive of her family's international investigations agency as the women she discovers in an old cracker shack in the Florida outback. While attempting to rescue these victims of "trafficking," the girl known as Mandy Mouse metamorphoses into a dynamic, independent woman who might even be able to rekindle a romance with the husband she hasn't seen in five years.
Shadowed Paradise
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 105440 words. Published on August 16, 2011. Fiction.
A killer gloats as he stalks Realtors in the Gulf Coast resort community of Golden Beach, Florida, where Claire Langdon, a sophisticated but vulnerable New England widow with a young son, now works in real estate. When she acquires a self-proclaimed protector, a half-Russian, half-Florida Cracker ex-fed, overcoming the cultural shock is almost as difficult as catching the killer.
Price: $0.99 USD. 105440 words. Published on August 16, 2011. Fiction.
A killer gloats as he stalks Realtors in the Gulf Coast resort community of Golden Beach, Florida, where Claire Langdon, a sophisticated but vulnerable New England widow with a young son, now works in real estate. When she acquires a self-proclaimed protector, a half-Russian, half-Florida Cracker ex-fed, overcoming the cultural shock is almost as difficult as catching the killer.
The Captive Heiress
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 62640 words. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A tale of young love, set against the seething times of the dynamic King Henry II and his feisty wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. An orphaned heiress, torn from her home at age nine, becomes the ward of an earl and later King Henry II. Her only friend during her long captivity is a penniless squire who cannot even afford a horse and armor. Is it possible they will ever be together?
Price: $0.99 USD. 62640 words. Published on July 30, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) A tale of young love, set against the seething times of the dynamic King Henry II and his feisty wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. An orphaned heiress, torn from her home at age nine, becomes the ward of an earl and later King Henry II. Her only friend during her long captivity is a penniless squire who cannot even afford a horse and armor. Is it possible they will ever be together?
The Courtesan's Letters
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 71710 words. Published on July 17, 2011. Fiction.
Cultures clash as Abigail Todd, a strongly patriotic proper Bostonian, is forced to cooperate with Jared Verney, an aristocratic earl, in order to carry out instructions in letters written by Abigail's grandmother, a renowned courtesan. The supposed prize, a grand cottage that was once part of the Verney estate. Except the wily old courtesan had an entirely different goal in mind.
Price: $0.99 USD. 71710 words. Published on July 17, 2011. Fiction.
Cultures clash as Abigail Todd, a strongly patriotic proper Bostonian, is forced to cooperate with Jared Verney, an aristocratic earl, in order to carry out instructions in letters written by Abigail's grandmother, a renowned courtesan. The supposed prize, a grand cottage that was once part of the Verney estate. Except the wily old courtesan had an entirely different goal in mind.
The Temporary Earl
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 70320 words. Published on June 28, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Charles Tyrone is happily building a bridge in Scotland when a family emergency catapults him to acting head of an earldom. Among his new charges is the well-dowered Lady Vanessa Rayne, whom the old earl wants him to marry. But it takes a strong dash of mystery, murder, and mayhem before either Charles or Vanessa can contemplate the other with anything but horror.
Price: $0.99 USD. 70320 words. Published on June 28, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews) Charles Tyrone is happily building a bridge in Scotland when a family emergency catapults him to acting head of an earldom. Among his new charges is the well-dowered Lady Vanessa Rayne, whom the old earl wants him to marry. But it takes a strong dash of mystery, murder, and mayhem before either Charles or Vanessa can contemplate the other with anything but horror.
The Harem Bride
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 70730 words. Published on June 3, 2011. Fiction.
Penelope Blayne has been married twice—and is still a virgin. Ten years ago, Jason Lisbourne sacrificed his single status to save her from the harem of the ruler of the Ottoman Empire. After that, they led separate lives until finally realizing one of them must cut the Gordian knot they have made of their marriage. Yet so far, even the second time around isn't working.
Price: $0.99 USD. 70730 words. Published on June 3, 2011. Fiction.
Penelope Blayne has been married twice—and is still a virgin. Ten years ago, Jason Lisbourne sacrificed his single status to save her from the harem of the ruler of the Ottoman Empire. After that, they led separate lives until finally realizing one of them must cut the Gordian knot they have made of their marriage. Yet so far, even the second time around isn't working.
A Season for Love
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 68230 words. Published on May 19, 2011. Fiction.
Two generations struggle to find romance as a duke makes a second marriage, and his estranged daughter finds herself attracted to her despised new step-mother's brother. It takes riot, ransom, and considerable mental readjustment before both pairs of Regency lovers are reconciled against the backdrop of unrest in London at the time of Waterloo.
Price: $0.99 USD. 68230 words. Published on May 19, 2011. Fiction.
Two generations struggle to find romance as a duke makes a second marriage, and his estranged daughter finds herself attracted to her despised new step-mother's brother. It takes riot, ransom, and considerable mental readjustment before both pairs of Regency lovers are reconciled against the backdrop of unrest in London at the time of Waterloo.
A Gamble on Love
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 69800 words. Published on April 27, 2011. Fiction.
To escape an unscrupulous uncle, Aurelia Trevor reluctantly accepts a marriage of convenience with a man outside her social circle. But in Thomas Lanning she gets a great deal more than she expected, discovering she must not only cope with the strong-willed stranger who is her husband, but with his unexpected young relatives and the dubious characters involved in his campaign for Parliament.
Price: $0.99 USD. 69800 words. Published on April 27, 2011. Fiction.
To escape an unscrupulous uncle, Aurelia Trevor reluctantly accepts a marriage of convenience with a man outside her social circle. But in Thomas Lanning she gets a great deal more than she expected, discovering she must not only cope with the strong-willed stranger who is her husband, but with his unexpected young relatives and the dubious characters involved in his campaign for Parliament.
Lady Silence
by Blair Bancroft
Price: $0.99 USD. 69760 words. Published on April 2, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
After more than six years of war, Colonel Damon Farr wants only to retreat into his library and forget the world. Instead, he is confronted daily by the mystery of a young woman with a secret past and no voice. He calls her Lady Silence. Is she a fraud who has wormed her way into his life? Or is she the spark to resurrect a soul lost in battle and teach him the meaning of love?
Price: $0.99 USD. 69760 words. Published on April 2, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) After more than six years of war, Colonel Damon Farr wants only to retreat into his library and forget the world. Instead, he is confronted daily by the mystery of a young woman with a secret past and no voice. He calls her Lady Silence. Is she a fraud who has wormed her way into his life? Or is she the spark to resurrect a soul lost in battle and teach him the meaning of love?
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Smashwords book reviews by Blair Bancroft
- Constant Hearts, Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion
on June 07, 2011
If you long for a tale of true romance, unsullied by masses of heavy breathing and graphic sex, this is the book for you. Ms. Hatch credits her inspiration for this novella to Jane Austen, and that's what you get. A charmingly romantic story of star-crossed lovers, torn apart years earlier, and now reunited with even greater impediments. She—oh horrors!—is divorced, and he is so hurt by her earlier rejection that he plots vengeance. I thoroughly enjoyed this all-too-short read and heartily recommend it to those who like their love stories framed in the rosy glow of classic romance. Reviewed by: Dana Archer