Virtual Book Tour: The Widow's Christmas Surprise by Jenna Jaxon

 Good morning everyone! Please welcome author Jenna Jaxon to Full Moon Dreaming! She is here to tell us about her new release, The Widow's Christmas Surprise. Jenna will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC o a randomly drawn commenter via Rafflecopter during the tour. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. To find the other stops on her tour, go here. Don't forget to look for the Rafflecopter at the end of this post!

 

The Widow's Christmas Surprise

by Jenna Jaxon

 

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GENRE: Historical Romance

 

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BLURB:

 

The death of her husband has thrown Lady Maria Kersey’s future into doubt—and her heart into the arms of a man she cannot have. But Christmas with the Widows’ Club will bring choices—and surprises--that may change all her holidays to come . . .

 

Maria just gave birth to her first child, a beautiful daughter—but the event is shrouded in sorrow.  A month earlier, Maria’s husband, Lord Kersey, was killed in a duel under compromising circumstances. Worse, Maria’s failure to provide a male heir has stripped her of any hope of an inheritance. Scorned by the ton, one of her few allies is her late husband’s steward, Hugh Granger. Hugh is everything her husband was not—warm, charming—and penniless. . . .

 

Hugh has fallen desperately in love with Maria, but has little to offer but comfort. As their attraction becomes impossible to resist, Maria flees to London to spend Christmas with her dearest friends, a group of widows who lost their own husbands in the Battle of Waterloo. Little does she know the holidays will reveal a twist of fate she never expected—proving that the greatest Christmas gift is the magic of true love . . .

 

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NOTE: The book is on sale for $0.99.

 

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EXCERPT:

 

 

“Would you and Lady John come to tea with me and my sister tomorrow afternoon at Wingate?”

 

“I would be delighted to meet Miss Granger. I shall ask my cousin, but I am certain she will wish to make the acquaintance as well.” Her eyes sparkled with true joy, making Hugh almost giddy with relief.

 

“Thank you, my lady.” She was so close, so temptingly close. Her face tilted up to him brought her mouth only inches from his lips. If he swayed slightly toward her—

 

She rose up and brushed her lips against his in a fleeting kiss that seemed to last far longer than the few seconds it surely took. Still, he savored the warmth of her mouth, the sweetness of her breath, the closeness of her face next to his. Not a sensual kiss, but one so comforting he could forget the worries for his family completely for those few blissful moments. Heaven in several different ways.

 

Then she was gone, slipped out the door with only the swish of her purple skirts lingering on the air.

 

Hugh gazed about the room, not entirely certain what had just happened had been real. And if it had been—and he hoped like the devil it had been—then he must figure out what Lady Kersey had meant by kissing him, and how they could go on from here.

 

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

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 mix named Frenchie.

 

Blog:  www.jennajaxon.wordpress.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/jenna.jaxon

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Jenna_Jaxon

Instagram: passionistimeless

TicTok: @jennajaxon1

 

BUY LINK: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2B8KLB3

 

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FULL MOON DREAMING INTERVIEW

1.     You’re marooned on a small island with one person and one item of your choice—who is that person and what item do you have?

The person I would want to be marooned with on a small island would be Sting and the item would be his guitar.

2.  Which musical would you say best exemplifies your life – and which character in that musical

     are you?

     The musical that best exemplifies my life is The Music Man and I am Marion Paroo. I’m not a   

     librarian (but a teacher), but my husband is a Music Man (a real musician) and I was

     languishing in my small hometown until I met and married him.

3.  When you start a new story, do you begin with a character, or a plot?

     I always start with a plot. I can’t begin to write until I have the entire story plotted out in detail

    (usually in a 10-12 page outline). And I can’t skip around. I start at the top of chapter one and

     write straight through until I type THE END.

 

4.  If they were to make the story of your life into a movie, who should play you?

     If they made a movie of the story of my life, I would like for Jennifer Lawrence to play the

     younger me and Emma Thompson to play the older me.

 

5.  Who’s your favorite horror villain and why?

     If we are talking horror villains in books, it would have to be Pennywise the Clown from

     Stephen King’s It (my favorite book by him too). Pennywise is so diabolical and evil and

     downright scary, he’s the perfect villain. But if it’s horror villains in movies, it has to be

     the plant, Audrey II, in Little Shop of Horrors (one of my all-time favorite movies) because the

     plant has sooo much personality you just have to love it.

6.  Do you have an historical crush and if so, who is it?

     I hate to say it, but I have always been fascinated by King Henry VIII of England. He was the

     perfect Renaissance man and was so influential in his life, both for good and for bad,

     unfortunately. I was first turned on to him through a BBC mini-series released in 1970, The Six

     Wives of Henry VIII. I find him fascinating, although I sympathize much more with his wives,

     especially Anne Boleyn. I recently saw the musical Six in London, about the six wives and

     loved it.

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