Secrets
From a Dangerous Time
By Hunter S. Jones
Genre: Historical Time Travel Steamy Romance
Editor: BZ Hercules
Out September 13, 2015
Chaos reigns in a lawless time filled with revenge and
betrayals. Following the American Civil War, the Southern States are reeling
under the revenge taken on them by the victors.
Casey King must change her name, fake a marriage and
forget modern comforts to survive within the world she now finds herself - 1873
post-Civil War Reconstruction Era Chattanooga, Tennessee... a world full of
violence and mystery.
The charismatic Dr. Garrett Cleighton, a mixed
heritage Cherokee, decides to give her a part in his traveling medicine show.
Casey takes a chance in order to hide her secrets. Dr. Cleighton could betray
her or he might keep his promises. Can his band of musicians, entertainers and
misfits keep Casey safe through the turmoil? Will she survive?
With that, he removed another blanket from the back of the saddlebag. “Here,
place that over you.” He picked up the saddle and sat it down on the east side,
which did help block the breeze that was starting to blow colder. He stretched
those long legs out on the ground and put his arm over the saddle, propping
himself up to look up at me. His long, blond hair seemed to glow in the light.
The nearness of him made my skin tingle and my pulse race.
After a pause in which the night sounds combined into
a symphony, Garrett took a long drag from his cigarette. He looked at me, eyes
raised and moving from my chest to my face. Even with the blanket over me, it
felt as if he could imagine me naked. As he looked at me, he whispered, “What I
want to know, as a man, is why you aren’t wearing a corset and why your breasts
are in some kind of harness.” He exhaled the smoke slowly and continued, “But,
as a gentleman, I’d best not be asking about such things. Why don’t you explain
to me what you do in Atlanta all day?”
The wind whipped around my face and I knew he could
hear my heart pounding in the stillness of the night. What a sexy thing to say.
Is he attracted to me too? I felt the sky going dark before I was able to
respond to his question.
The sensation of Garrett taking my face in his hands
brought me to the surface. “Girl, I can’t let you lose consciousness yet due to
the injury to your head. Stay with me now. We are going to keep you awake by
talking. Don’t you be passing out on me or going to sleep.” He revived me by
patting my face with his hands and massaging my throat with his long fingers.
He removed one hand and inhaled from the cigarette, blowing the smoke directly
at my nose and mouth.
“Why did you do that? That tobacco smells terrible,” I
said.
“It works every time. I knew that it would revive
you.” He laughed.
“Now go on. Tell me about yourself, seeing how we are stuck
out here in the middle of nowhere with not much else to do.”
Deb Hunter writes fiction as Hunter S. Jones. She is a
member of the prestigious Society of Authors founded by Lord Tennyson,
Rivendell Writers Colony, Historical Writers’ Association, Historical Novel
Society and the Atlanta Writer’s Club. Her Tudor History blog, Fear and
Loathing in Tudor England, is a reader’s favorite. Originally from a
Chattanooga, Tennessee, she currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her
Scottish born husband. Her best seller, PHOENIX RISING, a fictional story
of the last hour of Anne Boleyn is available on Amazon.com and at a bookstore
near you.
SECRETS from a DANGEROUS TIME is a
multi-dimensional series set in post-Civil War Reconstruction in Chattanooga,
Tennessee and the north Georgia. This series is an Amazon Exclusive available
via MadeGlobal
Publishing.
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