Sabrina Darby's Blog
November 9, 2015
Lady of Intrigue releases today!
Lady Jane Langley values logic and reason over passion and emotion. Her intellect has given her value in the eyes of both her father and society. Logic gives way to terrible, icy fear when Jane finds herself in a devastating carriage accident… an accident in which she is helpless to do anything but watch as her aristocratic companion is murdered.
But this was no mere accident. This was an assassination. Spy and grandson of Lord Landsdowne, Gerard Badeau is methodic in his dark, shadowy work, knowing that any display of emotion could get him killed. Something about the mysterious woman and her cool blue eyes stays Gerard’s lethal hand. Now he has both a witness and a hostage. And if he doesn’t kill Lady Jane Langley, he risks a fate that is far, far worse…falling in love with her.
To read an excerpt, visit:
http://www.entangledpublishing.com/lady-of-intrigue/
To buy:
September 14, 2015
September Sale and New Release!
Lord of Regrets is on sale for $0.99 until 9/20/15! This is the first book in the ‘Group of Eight’ Regency series. Book 2 releases in November.
Scandal Before Sunrise, previously only available in last summer’s limited time box set, can now be purchased alone! This is Book 1 in The Weekly Scandal Series. Book 2, The Scandalous Memoirs of Lord Sin will be out in early 2016!
July 16, 2015
Hello, world!
It’s been almost a year since I last posted anything here. I’ve been hard at work. Here are some things you can look forward to during the rest of 2015.
Re-release of Scandal Before Sunrise (Book 1 of The Weekly Scandal series). This novella was previously released as part of the Scandalous Summer Nights box set last summer and has since been expanded. (Late July/Early August 2015)
Release of Lady of Intrigue (the sequel to Lord of Regrets). If you wanted to know what happened to Marcus’s half brother, Gerard, this is the book for you! (November 2015)
Release of The Scandalous Memoirs of Lord Sin (Book 2 of The Weekly Scandal series). (mid December-tentatively)
I’m also part of a box set/ historical series that will be releasing in the new year. I’m very excited about this one and look forward to sharing more about it in October!
You may also have noticed that my website looks a bit different. It’s also missing a bunch of pages, so please be patient if you can’t quite find what you are looking for yet. Feel free to drop me an email or find me on Facebook or Twitter with any questions about my books and future releases!
September 8, 2014
In which I tell you about Lord of Regrets
Over the past few years, one of the most recurring questions I am asked is: When are you going to release a full-length historical romance? Well, guess what??? (Those of you on my mailing list already know the answer to this question! And those of you who aren’t on my mailing list, why aren’t you?) Today my first full-length historical romance releases from Entangled Publishing.
This is one of those books of the heart. And it took a village to bring you all one 335 page book. But I’d like to highlight one person, and that’s the book’s editor, Gwen Hayes, because she’s the reason the book is out in the world.
This book.
I present to you:
Despite the love and sensuous addiction they shared, Lord Marcus Templeton could never marry Natasha Polinoff. Not while he remained under his grandfather’s vise-like control. But when Natasha announces her out-of-wedlock pregnancy – which would destroy his inheritance – Templeton explodes into a rage. One that sends Natasha running into the unforgiving night, never to return…
Now five years have passed, and Lord Templeton has finally found his beloved. And this time, the viscount will have her.
However, Natasha has settled into a new life with her young daughter. Lord Templeton’s arrival fills her with terrible fear… and undeniable longing. He has come to claim her. Yet even as her body still longs for his touch, her anger still burns. She is no mere possession. But Lord Templeton will do whatever it takes to bring her back into his arms and back into his bed. Even if it means resorting to blackmail to make Natasha his wife…
The publisher is placing this book on sale until 9/15 for $.99 (After that, it goes back up to $3.99), so get it now!
June 29, 2014
Scandal Before Sunrise is out today!
Scandal Before Sunrise, Book 1 of the brand new The Weekly Scandal series, releases today as part of the Scandalous Summer Nights box set! For $.99!
Other authors whose series-starter novellas appear in this box set are: Jennifer Haymore, Grace Calloway, Sue London, Sandy Raven, Kate McKinley and Vivienne Westlake.
Join us June 30th on Facebook at the Scandalous Summer Nights Release Party for lots of giveaways and fun!
Scandal Before Sunrise
Abigail Billings is a bad girl. She loves fun and excitement and the sort of wit that flows after a few glasses of wine. And boys, she definitely loves boys. Though three years ago she fled town with scandal on her heels, now she’s back in London. She’s determined to make a respectable and advantageous match before everyone knows that there is nothing behind her father’s title but more scandal. Everything would be going rather well if only The Honorable Elliot Jones weren’t so determined to bring her to ruin.
As the younger son of an earl, Jones did his duty fighting for England and then happily put duty aside. He’s far from ready to settle down. It’s the fast set that draws him in, the one that pairs poetry with wagers and women with gossip––the same gossip that tells him there’s more to the beautiful and painfully straight-laced Abigail than her high neckline suggests.
She’s a contradiction in a pale muslin dress. Behind every modest smile, he sees the sharp gaze, the trapped free spirit. It’s a lark at first to make Abigail crack. But music and moonlight leads to love and romance, and soon Jones wants nothing more than to convince this very scandalous lady to be his most honorable wife.
Want to read an excerpt?
June 12, 2014
Cover Reveal
It’s barely been two weeks since Wed at Leisure released, but I’ve got some news and I cannot wait to share this cover with you!
End of June, I will be releasing a brand new novella as part of a box set with 6 other fabulous historical romance authors. Check them out in the photo!
This new novella, Scandal Before Sunrise, begins a brand new lighthearted Regency-set series: The Weekly Scandal. More on all of that soon!
In the meantime, here is the cover for the box set!
May 27, 2014
Release Day for Wed at Leisure!
It’s release day for Wed at Leisure, and the blog tour is going on for the rest of the week, but first, Woo’d in Haste and Wed at Leisure were mentioned in Sarah MacLean’s June Washington Post column! Here’s a snippet:
MacLean’s column is a now a regular monthly feature and a wonderful resource for lovers of romance.
Want to get your hands on a copy of Wed at Leisure? You can do so at any of these retailers:
and many more!
May 13, 2014
Release Day!
Woo’d in Haste releases today and I’m so happy for this little novella to be out in the world. In two more weeks, its companion novella, Wed at Leisure will join it, and while they stand alone, they definitely work best together.
For those of you who are Shakespeare fans, you’ll recognize these titles as having been co-opted from Katharina’s speech in The Taming of the Shrew:
No shame but mine: I must, forsooth, be forced
To give my hand opposed against my heart
Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of spleen;
Who woo’d in haste and means to wed at leisure.
One interesting effect of keeping the original spelling of wooed, is that from a distance, or at a quick glance, it looks an awful lot like wood. Cue sophomoric jokes.
But it’s a romance, so I can assure you there is wooing a plenty in these novellas. As for the other, I can attest to several leafy, shade and privacy providing trees!
In any event, go forth and enjoy. You can find the book at all the usual booksellers, including: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, All Romance eBooks and Books a Million.
And if you’ve read the stories, please consider leaving a review!
May 12, 2014
Blog tour for The Taming Series!
Woo’d in Haste (5/13) and Wed at Leisure (5/27), the two novellas which comprise The Taming Series, are releasing this month and I’ll be all over the internet sharing snippets from and about them. And bonus, Avon is hosting a tour wide giveaway. Come join me!
May 12th- Forever Book Lover
A Bluestocking’s Place
(And if you happen to live in Southern California, join me at the Gypsy Den Alt Cafe, where I’ll be reading from Woo’d in Haste at the Orange County outpost of Lady Jane’s Salon.)
May 13th- Romancing the Readers
Christine’s Words
May 14th- The Avid Reader
Rookie Romance
May 15th- Buried Under Romance
And on May 15th, join me at the I Love Historical Romance Facebook group for a live discussion at 11 AM Pacific!
May 16th- 3 Partners in Shopping
Manga Maniac Cafe
May 19th- Brit Nanny Reads
May 20th- For the Love of Bookends
Cynthia Gail Blog
May 21st- Romancing the Book
Miriam Smith: Written Love
Love Saves the World
May 22nd- Imagine a World
Book Freak
Danielle-Claude Indie Books Reviews
May 23rd- Girl Meets Books
Deal Sharing Aunt
May 24th- Passionate Encounters
May 26th- Ramblings From This Chick
Clever Girls Read
May 27th- Books Like Breathing
May 28th- Book Liaison
May 29th- Brooke Blogs
The Lusty Literate
Books with Leti Del Mar
May 30th- What I’m Reading
Crystal Blogs Books
May 10, 2014
Happy Mother’s Day!
But I say that with care. The holiday so many of us celebrate each year with cards, flowers and family celebrations can be a time of grief for others, or resentment for still others. Relationships with our mothers (stepmothers, foster mothers, birth mothers and adopted mothers) are weighty things. In my May releases, Woo’d in Haste and Wed at Leisure, two sisters each have vastly different relationships with their mother and then, after she passes, with their stepmother. These disparate relations also affect the way they interact as sisters. The stories are also a study in birth order and perspective, in the way one person’s story can be so different from someone else’s, even in the same family.
But they are also romances, and so they celebrate the hope that each of us finds the right person with whom to share our lives. And while not everyone is a fan of the ubiquitous baby epilogue (no spoilers here about whether Woo’d in Haste and Wed at Leisure have one or not!), it’s the beginning of the next parent/child relationship and the very reason we celebrate anything such as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
So again, Happy Mother’s Day! This is my first year celebrating from the other side of the relationship and I plan to do so by gathering close the ones I love.
