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    Confessions Of Love 
    Title Confessions Of Love
    Genre Regency Historical Romance
    Author Melissa Blue
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    London,
    1817
    Lieutenant Jonathan Rycroft is intoxicating. His hands know just
    where to touch her, his lips know just how to trip her pulse, and his body knows
    just how to bring about every forbidden desire Lindsay Dunsfield has ever felt.
    He’s the one man that’s owned her heart… and he shattered it two years ago.
    Returned to London
    on assignment with the War Office, Jonathan’s mission is hindered by a love he cannot
    forget. One scorching kiss reignites the flames of their passion, but he inadvertently
    drags Lindsay into a mire of murder and deception that hits closer to home than
    she ever would have dreamed.
    In a world where Lindsay can trust no one, will she find renewed
    faith in the last place she expected to look?

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    Interview with Lieutenant Jonathan Rycroft

    Tell us about yourself,
    please.
    Oh, my, where do I start? My name is Jonathan Rycroft and I’m
    a Lieutenant in His Majesty’s Royal Navy, and I am currently on special assignment
    with the War Office. I joined the navy in part to spite my father, but mostly to
    earn a respectable living to marry the girl I love.
    What is it that you want,
    but cannot have? Authors call this the conflict of the story.
    I want Lindsay Dunsfield. We were childhood sweethearts, you
    see, but now she blames me for the death of her brother. Andrew Dunsfield was my
    best friend and I will do anything to solve his murder and prove myself to Lindsay.
    What’s your internal limitation?
    Meaning, what is it about you that makes it so you cannot do what it is you need
    to do during this story?
    For one, I am a bastard. The illegitimate son of the Earl of
    Wayford to be exact. I grew up with my father berating me for my worthlessness whenever
    he got drunk, and I never really knew my mother. She killed herself because she
    couldn’t bear up to the shame of having me. With history like that, it is difficult
    not to believe I’m nothing more than a mistake.
    What’s your external complication?
    In the story world your author created, explain what it is you fear most.
    My investigation with the War Office hinges on finding key documents
    which would prove a very important member of the aristocracy, Lord Harold Grimsby,
    guilty of treason. As a matter of self-defense, I shot and wounded Lord Harold.
    Now I’m in hiding, and unless I find the documents to prove he’s a traitor I’ll
    be hanged or forced to flee the country. Either way I’ll lose Lindsay.
    Tell us about your significant
    other, that person who makes living worthwhile.
    Lindsay is amazing. Beautiful and kind. She is easily the most
    giving person I’ve ever met, and that is probably her best quality as well as her
    greatest downfall.
    What would that person
    say about you?
    I’d like to think she’d say I’m the love of her life, and honorable
    despite every reason not to be.
    What is your family like?
    Despite the horror I already spoke of with my parents, my family
    is not so terrible. I have a half-sister, Felicity, whom I adore, and my step-mother,
    Sarah, was a wonderful woman. She raised me as her own, and I owe any upstanding
    qualities I possess to her.
    What special skills do
    you rely on?
    I am a good fighter. In the navy I was trained to fight in close
    combat situations and am skilled with a knife and saber.
    If someone from your past
    showed up, who would you NOT want it to be, and why?
    My father. He’d probably threaten to have me shipped to America
    once he learned I’d shot a nobleman.
    Are you happy with the
    way your story ended? Why or why not?
    I am very pleased. I have Lindsay at my side, and I solved the
    murder of my best friend. I also have the satisfaction of brining a traitor to justice.

    About the Writer

    You have the length of
    a tweet (140 characters) to describe yourself as a writer. Let’s see what you can
    do.
    Author of fast paced, beautifully written historical romance
    weaved with mystery and suspense.
    Why did you choose to
    write about this character?
    This character actually started out as a secondary character
    in a story I am yet to finish. Jonathan quite literally stole the show and I wound
    up writing him a story instead!
    Was there anything you
    discovered about this character that was a surprise to you?
    My characters never fail to surprise me, and what surprised me
    with Jonathan is how steadfast he was. A man with as much emotional baggage as he’s
    written with would have every right to be closed off and hard-nosed, but I just
    wasn’t able to write him about as anything but kind, open, and honorable.
    Why do you write? And
    how did you get started writing?
    I love history and I love books! I’ve had my own story ideas
    rumbling around in my head for as long as I can remember, and I’ve always had a
    knack for creative writing. My dad as well as several school teachers encouraged
    me to study writing in college, but I chose to pursue nursing in large part for
    it’s practicality. In college at Western
    Michigan University
    a literature professor also encouraged me to write. It wasn’t until my husband bought
    me a laptop computer for Christmas about six years ago that I started putting my
    own stories down in earnest. It is a wonderful escape.
    What do you want to write
    next?
    Currently I am working on another Regency Romance titled SIREN.
    Hopefully my agent will see that by the end of summer! But with four kids at home
    and my job as a nurse it just isn’t that easy to juggle time.
    What other character from
    this book do you want to write about? Care to tell us why?
    The story I never finished, which featured Jonathan as a secondary
    character, was started for his half-sister, Felicity. One of these days I’d like
    to get back to that book.
    Are any sequels planned
    for this book?
    Lindsay has three very entertaining sisters. Sequels are a distinct
    possibility.
    Is there anything you’d
    like to say to your readers?
    Happy Reading!

    Author Bio

    A Registered Nurse by night, Melissa battles the stresses of
    life and illness by enjoying uplifting tales of love and romance. A firm believer
    in true love united with an enduring fascination with history has prompted her pursuit
    of romance writing. She lives in beautiful Big Sky Country Montana with her husband
    and children.

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    Website www.melissalynneblue.com

    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Lynne-Blue/e/B008I6IYOC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0