A Major in Distress, Part 1 Deceptions

Regency Romantic Warriors #2

by C. Hampton Jones

Marguerite's atrocious, old and fat, enormously wealthy husband William Alexander is dead. When she goes back to live in her own house off Piccadilly in London she becomes a victim of her manipulative brother Stephen, who manages to marry her off to his heavily indebted lover Lord Philip Agnew, Viscount Morvern, after he has convinced Marguerite that her childhood admirer Hengist Agnew, brother of Philip, has married during the battles in the Peninsular Wars. Hengist comes 'home' on the night of his brother's and Marguerite's wedding and due to a mistake he is brought to Marguerite's bed. Because he knows that his brother will never touch her, he spends the night with her, setting situations in motion that are hard for him to control.

286 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2015

About the author

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Soon to appear: HEAVENLY EYES : a paranormal spiritual historical fiction novel. Also available in German and Dutch Himmlische Augen, Hemelse Ogen.
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Published 9 Novels of the Regency Romantic Warriors Series, available as e-books and as pocket books. 1. A Lieutenant at Large, 2. A Major in Distress: Deceptions, 3. A Major in Distress: Death's Sting, 4. A Mercenary Major: The Bride, 5. A Mercenary Major: The Blessing of Marriage, 6. A Major's Mistake, 7: About Officers and Gentlemen, 8: Waterloo Warriors, 9. Homecoming.

The French, German and Dutch versions were listed Amazon Kindle TOP 10 International Bestselling list in December 2013 (non-English languages) and Kobo no. 1 Worldwide Historical Illustrated Fiction.
Amazon featured the French versions for 3 months worldwide.

Featured by Alli (Alliance of Independent authord) at the London Book Fair 12-14 April 2016
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For a better reading-and-looking experience for tablets, smartphones and Kindle;illustrations were added to the books.

First book-trailer of novel 1: 'A lieutenant at large' was posted here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZcXV...
All novels were translated in German by Andreas von Pronay. (Press editions button at the English versions.)

Marie Anciano already translated 8 out of the 9 books in French.

When you wish to know more about Constance please go to: http://www.champtonjones.com

Reviews

[Roswitha.golob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nach dem ersten Band möchte man unbedingt auch die Folgebücher kennenlernen. Liebe, Sex, Leidenschaft, die verborgenen und weniger verborgenen Absichten der Protagonisten machen dies Buch zu einer idealen Urlaubslektüre.Interessant die vielfältigen Verbindungen der Hauptpersonen.Der Buchtrailer dazu lässt die Zeit um 1815 noch einmal visuell lebendig werden.

[Linda Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can leave it to C. Hampton Jones to write a controversial Regency Romance novel about her theme of forced marriages in the beginning of the 19th century. This time it is Marguerite, who is widowed of her horrible fat husband William Alexander who has an unexpected fortune thrown in her lap, which attracts the vultures of her times: the penniless rakes. The bad thing is that the penniless rake who wins her hand through the manipulations of her half-brother Stevie is the homosexual Viscount Philip Morvern, heir to a destitute earldom and the brother of the secret love of her heart: Major Hengist Agnew. When Hengist comes home on leave from the war in the Peninsula (1810) he finds Marguerite married to his gay brother, who definitely will not perform his duties in the marital bed. So, Hengist starts a campaign, deceiving everybody around him… also the deceivers who tried to steal Marguerite’s fortune from her.

[Lillian Vale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, an amazing book. I can't wait to read the sequel: Death's Sting which sounds Shakespearean.
This book is treating the taboo on homosexuality in 1810 and is based according to the author on hangings of homosexuals in London in 1809, as C. Hampton Jones describes in the beginning of the book. (It was called the Vere Street hangings.) C. even uses the premises in her book.
The nice part is that the heroine in the book marries the homosexual brother of her childhood sweetheart Hengist. Hengist is yummy, Scottish and wears Highlander gear, as was fashion in books in about 2008. Never mind that, he is an old girl's DREAM. C. is known for her twists and turns in her book, and boyo this one is not different! Read and enjoy!