Salon Co-Founder, Hope Tarr. Photo by BizUrban.com.

I’m so excited to be reading The Tutor, my latest Harlequin Blaze release at the July 5th Lady Jane’s Salon.

Set in Victorian Scotland–corsets and kilts, oh my!–The Tutor picks up where Untamed, the finale to my Men of Roxbury House trilogy, left off. Lady Bea Lindsey, Kate’s “bratty” baby sister, is all grown up, a “modern” young woman who knows her own mind. Alas, Bea has gotten herself engaged to a very nice but very dull gentleman. A dry run of the wedding night has shown that if she wants any pleasure in her marriage bed, she’s going to have to take the reins. But first she needs a tutor, someone sufficiently trustworthy, knowledgeable, and yes, sensual to instruct her in the loving arts.

Enter Ralph Sylvester, a former East London street rogue turned semi-respectable private secretary. Ralph and Bea have been friends for nine months but so far the sexual tension simmering between them has remained buried beneath the surface. Bea is an earl’s daughter as well as Ralph’s best friend’s sister-in-law. But when she shows up at his bedchamber door post-midnight wearing a red velvet cape and nothing beneath, Ralph knows that, lady or not, she means business. If he had any doubts, her bold request cinches it.

“I wish for you to tutor me in…sex.”

Having lusted after Bea for nine long months, no way is Ralph going to turn her down. Repeat: no way. Only instead of agreeing to tutor her for one paltry night, he insists on a full week of very private lessons. For seven sexy days and nights, no pleasure will be forbidden, no desire too shocking.

It’s every man’s fantasy…until the student surpasses the teacher.

The July 5th Lady Jane’s promises to be a jam-packed evening of fun. Along with Yours Truly, we have three great guest authors: Toni McGee Causey, Dianna Love (returning to the Salon), and Colby Hodge AKA Cindy Holby . Otherwise, same time, same place: 7-9 PM at Madame X. Admission is $5 or one gently-used paperback romance novel with net proceeds supporting an end-of-year donation to a New York City women’s charity.

As always, we’ll have the authors books available for purchase and signing on site, including Maya Rodale’s late June release, A Groom of One’s Own.

Happy Independence Day,

Hope

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