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Bronwen Evans: A Dream of Redemption (Contest)
Sunday, February 18th, 2018

How do we stop our past from defining us? My latest release A DREAM OF REDEMPTION 20 February 2018 follows the journey of two people who have much to overcome in order to find true happiness.

A forbidden love and a chilling mystery tease the senses in this sensuous historical romance from the USA Today bestselling author of A Kiss of Lies and A Love to Remember.

Bookish and independent Lady Helen Hawkestone is expected to marry well. But, having grown up with warring parents, the institution holds little appeal. The trick, she realizes, is to marry for love—a task that’s easier said than done. Only while Helen is raising funds for her do-gooder sister’s orphanage does she meet a man who arouses her curiosity. Lowborn and yet so dignified that Helen can’t help but try to elicit a response, Clary Homeward is an enigma—a heart-stopping, body-stirring, forget-her-social-upbringing enigma.

A single offense against a noblewoman such as Lady Helen would ruin a man like Clary. Her sister, Marisa, rescued him from hellish poverty and employs him with her charity work. Try as he might to push her away, Helen tempts him to want things he could never have. But when girls from the orphanage start disappearing, destined for a grim fate Clary knows all too well, Helen insists on helping. And soon Clary wonders whether something more were not just possible but inevitable—even right.

Isn’t it funny how characters creep up on you? It’s one of the many joys of being a writer. When I wrote the part of Clarence (Clary) Homewood in A Whisper of Desire, I had no idea of the relationship that would develop between Clary and the sister of his savior, Lady Helen Hawkestone.

Clary has a sordid past to become comfortable with and he is full of self-loathing. Helen does not know of his past. All she knows is he is her sister’s overseer of several orphanages and a man who puts all others in the shade.

Innocent and naive of the horrors in the world for those less fortunate than herself, Helen, intrigued by Clary, begins to fall in love. Little does she know just how impossible a life with Clary would be.

But what really defines people is how we overcome the mistakes we make or those made against us. Can Clary forgive his past sin and can Helen convince her family to stand with her against insurmountable odds…

Here is a taste of A Dream of Redemption:

The women walked off toward the pond, Mary following Helen. Leaving Clary facing Fairfax and his male friends.

“Go and catch up with Lady Angela, I want a private word with Mr. Homeward,” Fairfax uttered to the other gents.

Once the others were out of earshot, Fairfax hissed, “What the blazes are you playing at? How dare you walk in the park with a lady.”

“Good afternoon, Lord Fairfax. If you excuse me I should catch up to her ladyship. Your behavior is being noted, and I don’t think you’d want me explaining how we met.”

With that threat hanging in the air Clary made to walk around Fairfax but the lord grabbed his arm and pulled him back. “You mention one word about me and that club and I’ll see you’re put back in the gutter where you belong.”

He wanted to shake off Fairfax’s hand, the feel of it on his person made him sick, but he noted Helen and Angela’s group was staring at them. “Let go of me, you are drawing attention to yourself.”
Fairfax looked over at his friends and quickly let go of his arm. “This is not over. I don’t know who you are pretending to be, but I’ll see you run out of town.”

Clary stood up proud and tall. He looked down his nose at Fairfax. “I work for the Duchess of Lyttleton and any scandal about me will impact on Her Grace and I won’t allow that. If I hear you are telling tales I shall ensure every mother in the ton understands your particular hedonistic tastes. You’ll be shunned, or worse, but without proof probably only shunned. Something you’ll care more about than I would. I have no reason, or wish, to enter Society nor any reputation to uphold.”

He glared at Fairfax whose face became very pale. “You would not dare.”

“Try me,” and Clary tipped his hat at Fairfax and made to move round him. Just as he was about to take a step Fairfax stuck his walking stick out and sent Clary headfirst onto the path. He wasn’t quick enough to put his arms out and so he rolled and let his body take the full impact. He landed on his injured side and pain raged through his body mixed with the anger and a driving need to pummel Fairfax into the dirt. Of course he couldn’t do that. Attacking a peer would carry a sentence of transportation. Probably what Fairfax wanted.

Then he heard the sound of dainty running feet and a feminine cry of outrage. “You did that on purpose, you swine.” He looked up from the ground to see Helen hit Fairfax with her reticule.

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I hope you enjoy A Dream of Redemption and urge on Helen and Clary’s journey to their HEA.

Win a copy of A Whisper of Desire by leaving a comment below telling me the name of Helen’s sister.

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11 comments to “Bronwen Evans: A Dream of Redemption (Contest)”

  1. Colleen C.
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    · February 18th, 2018 at 12:35 pm · Link

    Marisa
    Thanks for sharing!



  2. Bronwen Evans
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    · February 18th, 2018 at 4:43 pm · Link

    Thanks for inviting me over! Waving fromNew Zealand.



  3. Azalia Marquez
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    · February 18th, 2018 at 4:45 pm · Link

    Lady Marisa



  4. Karen Markuson
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    · February 18th, 2018 at 6:51 pm · Link

    Marisa



  5. BookLady
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    · February 18th, 2018 at 9:09 pm · Link

    Great excerpt! Thanks for sharing. Marisa is Helen’s sister.



  6. flchen1
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    · February 18th, 2018 at 11:47 pm · Link

    Helen’s do-gooder sister is Marisa. Thanks for the introduction, Bronwen! Can’t wait to read more!



  7. Roxane
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    · February 19th, 2018 at 4:38 am · Link

    MARISSA, I LIKE HER TOO. This book is gonna be so good. An under dog and a lady. I have a couple more days to wait. Thanks for the entertainment Bronwen your the best



  8. Mary @StackingM BookShelves!
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    · February 20th, 2018 at 9:00 am · Link

    Marisa!
    Congratulations on the release & the 20th book!!
    YAY!!!

    Mary



  9. Carol Bisig
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    · February 20th, 2018 at 9:27 am · Link

    I read this on Netgalley, it was incredibly moving! Hard to take, made me weep, absolutely loved the ending! Great Book Bronwen!



  10. Charlene Fraley
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    · February 20th, 2018 at 11:45 pm · Link

    Marissa



  11. Elaine Mattheus
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    · February 21st, 2018 at 6:54 pm · Link

    Marissa
    Thank you for this opportunity!



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