Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway: The Widow Wore Plaid (The Widows' Club #6) by Jenna Jaxon

Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for The Widow Wore Plaid by Jenna Jaxon. This book tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt from the book as well as a lovely guest post from the author. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more content. Enjoy!

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Title: The Widow Wore Plaid

Series: The Widows' Club #6

Author: Jenna Jaxon

Publisher: Kensington Publishing

Publication Date: December 28th 2021

Print Length: 286 pages

Genre: Historical Romance

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The Battle of Waterloo made them widows, but each has found new happiness. And Jane, Lady John Tarkington, intends to keep her freedom, even if love—and one particular gentleman—are determined to claim her heart . . .

It is a truth rarely acknowledged—at least in public—that a wealthy widow is free to pursue a great many adventures. For two years, Jane has privately enjoyed her independence. Why should she remarry, even when the gentleman proposing is as wonderful as Gareth, Lord Kinellan? She entreats him never to ask her again. But as her Widows’ Club friends—now all joyfully remarried—gather at Castle Kinellan, Jane begins to wonder if stubbornness has led her to make a terrible mistake . . .

Kinellan needs a wife to give him an heir, and he wants that wife to be Jane. They are perfect together in every way, yet she continually refuses him. Just as he is on the point of convincing her, a series of accidents befall Gareth and point to an enemy in their midst. He has promised Jane a passionate future filled with devotion, but can he keep them both alive long enough to secure it?

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EXCERPT:

Parched, Gareth headed for the refreshment table that had been set up sufficiently far from the dancing to be out of danger. Footmen were stationed at each end to help keep those who might have imbibed too much from crashing into the table. He grabbed a cup of ale and drank thirstily until the tankard was empty. Setting it back on the table, he then took a glass of rich, red wine and sipped more moderately before heading back to the dancing.

He skirted the dancing couples, where Lathbury was heying with Jane, who was now flagging a bit. Two sets of fast-paced Scottish dancing was hardly comparable to the more staid English country dances. One actually had time—and breath—to converse during those. The faster paced Scottish tempos demanded stamina and good wind.

A young couple ran laughing in front of him. Smiling at the gaiety of the pair, Gareth backed out of their way, toward the blazing bonfire, his gaze still on Jane’s entrancing form. She did cut a delightful figure when dancing.

A passerby jostled his elbow, but he managed to save most of his wine. He spun toward the ungraceful lout when someone else shoved him harder.

The jolt propelled Gareth, already off balance, backward, directly into the flames of the roaring bonfire.

Desperately windmilling his arms to regain his balance, Gareth fought the sickening, helpless feeling of falling backward. Searing heat on the back of his head and jacket grew greater with each passing second, telling him his efforts to right himself would be in vain. God help him, but this would be a fiery end.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jenna Jaxon is a best-selling author of historical romance, writing in a variety of time periods because she believes that passion is timeless. She has been reading and writing historical romance since she was a teenager. A romantic herself, Jenna has always loved a dark side to the genre, a twist, suspense, a surprise. She tries to incorporate all of these elements into her own stories.

She lives in Virginia with her family and a small menagerie of pets--including two vocal cats, one almost silent cat, two curious bunnies, and a Shar-pei beagle mix named Frenchie.

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GUEST POST:

- What do you love most about the historical genre?

I smiled when I read the topic because being a history major in college, my immediate answer is “Everything!” But there are reasons for that answer, and so that’s where I’ll start.

I have loved history ever since I can remember. When I was growing up I lived less than half a mile from the Petersburg National Battlefield. The park had automated tour guides where you pushed a button and it told you about that part of the battlefield. On a clear day I could stand on my front porch and listen to the description of the Battle of the Crater. So in a way, history seemed to always surround me. It was no wonder when I went to college I went as a history major.

It should have come as no surprise to anyone that when I started to write romance, I wrote in the historical genre. Although I’d read some romances throughout my life, I had actually gravitated toward Stephen Kin, John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, and Dean Koontz for most of my reading during my adult life. However, when I read Kathleen E. Woodiwiss’s Everlasting, it inspired me like nothing else and I sat down and started to write my first historical romance. It was like coming home.

What I really love most about the historical genre is the research you get to do. Yes, I said get to do, because I love to do research more than anything. And with historical romance, it is the bedrock of the author’s ability to build the world of the Regency, or 18th century England, or Medieval France. The devil is in the details, and a good researcher learns how to search them out so she can put her readers right into the ballroom with the hero and heroine as they fall in love. Two years ago, I traveled to Bath (another perk of doing research is research trips) and went to the Assembly Rooms and was literally gobsmacked by the sight of the place. Two nights before I’d been writing on my then WIP It Happened at Christmas, set in Bath, with a very important scene taking place in those very Assembly Rooms. It was like time traveling into Regency England and it took my breath away. I then could go back and give my work even more rich details in the setting, which pleases me to this day.

Many authors don’t like to do research, which puts them at a disadvantage, I think. I’m always so happy to open a book to look up coaching inns in Suffolk during the Georgian period, or click on a website to see how old a village or town is, or go to the stamp museum in Bath to see how a letter from the Regency actually looked so I can make my readers see it as well.

That is one of the great joys of my life and my favorite thing about the genre of historical romance.

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GIVEAWAY:

Jenna Jaxon will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter. Good luck!

(All the Ups and Downs is not responsible for this giveaway, its entries, or the prize. Goddess Fish Promotions and the author assume all responsibility with this giveaway.)

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