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EBOOK TITLE: A Will of Her Own
eBook ISBN: 1-58749-156-7 Print ISBN: 1-58749-321-7
AUTHOR: K.G. McAbee
GENRE: Regency romance
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DESCRIPTION: Miss Patricia Mayfair is a Regency bluestocking who has vowed never to marry a man who gambles - until she meets Lord Andrew Aragon and he swears to give up that pernicious habit forever if she will gift him with her hand. But these two wealthy members of the ton never suspect that someone close to them wishes them dead - and will stop at nothing to make that wish come true.

Reviews "This is not your normal Regency romance. The heroine is a bluestocking, and while that is not totally unknown in regencies, Patricia Mayhill is different. She is happy being a bluestocking, has a comfortable fortune, and knows how to move through society. She also has very strong views on gambling and a guardian she blames for her beloved brother's death. "Lord Andrew Aragon seems the typical regency buck: handsome, slightly arrogant, a sportsman, and…a gambler. Then he meets Miss Mayhill, at the home of a former mistress, and falls head of heels in love. At this point, many regencies end – the so-called 'Happily ever after'. But K.G. McAbee takes it beyond the normal and shows life after the wedding. "All is not sweetness and light, however, for Lady Patricia’s former guardian and Lord Andrew’s former mistress are in dire straits financially. They come up with a diabolical plan to revenge themselves on the two lovers and get their hands on not only Patricia’s fortune, but Lord Andrew’s as well. "This is a wonderfully written Regency romance with all the right stuff: passionate love, a mysterious blackguard, a dash of terror, and, best of all, a hero who rides ventre à terre to save his beloved." Reviewed by Kat Thompson, Sr. Editor, Echelon Press

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Excerpt: Claude turned the curricle into a long broad pathway that snaked through Hyde Park. In front and all around them were other curricles and carriages, as well as single horses carrying dandies of fashion, both male and female. Letty watched as Claude carefully worked his way through the throng; she made absent but careful note of a flounce here and a ruffle there for future reference, while the forefront of her mind was engaged in the problem of her friend's silence.

"I beg your pardon?" asked a vibrant male voice from somewhere above both their heads.

A tall young man, his riding habit of the latest mode, his tall hat irreproachable, and his mount a pearly grey that matched his jacket, appeared beside their curricle as if sprung from a magickal land instead of from the horde of other riders and carriages.

Patricia grasped Letty's hand in a grip so hard that it brought tears to her companion's eyes. "Letty," she hissed, "it is he."

"I beg your pardon," said the young man again, his hat now in his hand as he sat the feisty mare with the easiest of seats, "but I believe it's Miss Mayfair, is it not?"

Patricia looked up with a solemn face and gave the barest nod of acquiescence. "Lord Andrew," she said dismissively.

The young man's face-Quite a pleasant face, thought Letty-broke out into a broad grin. "I thought it might be you, Miss Mayfair. How pleasant to meet you again, and so soon too. And this charming lady is, no doubt, your sister?"

Letty smiled. "I am Leticia Warren, Miss Mayfair's school friend and companion."

"Lord Andrew Aragon, your servant, ma'am," said the gentleman with a bow.

The curricle rolled along, kept company by the slowly prancing grey. Patricia said nothing. Lord Andrew said nothing, though Letty noted a strained smile on his face as they threaded their way through the crowd. At last, Letty could stand it no more.

"Patricia told me that she enjoyed her conversation with you last evening at Lady Russell's, Lord Andrew."

"Letty!" hissed Patricia, squeezing her hand painfully.

"Oh, not near so much as I did myself, upon my honour, Miss Warren!" said Lord Andrew. "Your friend is the most-is a most pleasing conversationalist, I do assure you. I had hoped...that is, I was wondering...would you two ladies care to have a cup of tea with me, or some luncheon, or, or...anything at all?"

"I thank you, my lord," said Patricia, her voice as frigid as her expression, "but I do not care to spend time with those who gamble. Claude, drive on."

Claude tapped the handle of his whip against the seat and the horses speeded a fraction.

Letty looked over her shoulder, to see Lord Andrew gazing after them, his face pale and sad.

Author BIO: K.G. McAbee is the author of six novels, a short story collection and almost forty short stories. Her novel A FINE IMPERSONATION from Abby the Troll Publications was a fantasy finalist in the 2001 Eppie Awards and was nominated for a Preditor'n'Editors Readers' Award; her short story "The Scent of Gardenias" won 1st prize in the Writers' Journal Fiction Contest; her story "End of the Beginning" was nominated for a Sapphire Award from Science Fiction Romance; another short, "Eternal Love", was a finalist in the Write From the Heart Competition; and her novel ESCAPE THE PAST won the 1999 Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence from Reviewers International Organization. She is currently involved as executive editor in the start-up of a new electronic/POD publisher called NovelBooks, Inc. In her tiny fragments of spare time, she's remodeling log cabin built in 1818, on five acres in upstate South Carolina.