Genre: Western Historical Romance

Publisher: Crimson Romance Publishing

Length: 142 pages

Heat rating: 4-5 on a scale of 5

Tagline: Everything for love ~ nothing for lust.

Blurb:

One Moment’s Pleasure will become a lifetime’s passion when spinster,
Edith Alden, embarks on a search for her missing sister. Pretending to be a rich
bored woman looking for an interlude with an anonymous male Edith enters the San Francisco bordello where
her sister was last seen. She escapes the bordello almost too easily, but she can’t
escape the passion ignited by a stranger’s kiss.

Born and raised in the brothels of the California gold rush, Dutch Trahern worked for
years to erase a childhood spent committing petty crimes and worse in order to survive.
That past comes back to haunt him in the form of a woman he rescues from prostitution.
Now his hard won respectability is threatened by an irresistible desire for a woman
he shouldn’t want.

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What are your main characters’ names, ages, and occupations?

Hero ~ Dutch Trahern
is a business man in the import-export trade based out of San Francisco. He is in his late twenties.

Heroine ~ Edith Marietta
Alden of the Boston Aldens is a spinster because her guardian grandfather doesn’t
believe women should work or participate in any activity outside the home. At approximately
24 years of age Edith is the oldest of the three Alden sisters.

Villainess ~ Madam Cerise
Duval would never reveal her age as she would like all of her clients to believe
her ageless. She owns San Francisco’s
finest bordello and would kill without qualm if it were to her advantage. She is
Dutch Trahern’s nemisis.

Tell us about yourself.

I was born in a hell
on the Barbary Coast. My father, who forced my
mother into prostitution to keep him in gambling money, deserted us when the vigilantes
ran him out of town in 1851. I was too young and didn’t know any other life, so
when my mother died her madam, Cerise Duval offered to let me work for her as her
personal ‘toy.’ I did it to give my brother a place to live, clothes to wear and
food to eat. As I grew older, I understood how wrong it was to allow Cerise to abuse
me, and when I saw her eying my brother, I swore I’d find a way to escape and build
a respectable life for the two of us. I’d almost succeeded before I met Edith Alden.

Tell us about Edith.

She’s the most beautiful
and most exasperating woman on earth, and when we met I believed she was a prostitute.
The type of woman I despise most. I discovered very quickly that she wasn’t, but
it took me a long time to realize what a truly honorable soul she is. She had her
troubles–a misogynistic grandfather and a totally absurd will–and her secrets,
and both of those caused us problems. I’m not certain how, but in the process of
helping her solve those problems, she helped me find the pieces of my heart that
I thought dead as a result of my years on the Barbary Coast.

What do you think is your strongest point?

I don’t quit.

What would Edith say is your strongest point?

I’m stubborn to a fault.

What would Edith say is your biggest weakness?

I’m judgmental and stubborn.

What was it like where you grew up?

It wasn’t very pleasant,
so I’ve already said everything I want to say on the topic of my childhood.

What do you wish was different about your life?

I wish I’d grown up somewhere
else with two loving parents. Of course if I’d gotten that, I would never have been
in Duval’s bordello where I met Edith.

If you were given your fondest wish, what would it be?

That no one–man, woman
or child–should ever have to sell themselves to survive.

Describe a place of perfect refuge.

Edith.

As a child, who was your best friend? Tell us about him/her.

That would be my brother
Trey. We only had each other. As the oldest, I did my best to protect him, which
wasn’t easy. Trey’s got a bit of a wild streak, and I’m certain that’s going to
cause him heartache someday. Right now, he’s turning his wild side to advantage
by pursuing a career as a US
Marshal.

What do you wish I had asked you? Please ask and answer it
now.

Too many personal invasions
as a child has made me a fairly private person, so this entire interview isn’t easy
for me. Let’s just say I wish you’d asked me if I have any bad habits. The answer
is yes, I do. I like chocolate way too much. We never had any treats as children.
I met the Ghirardelli Brothers when they were looking for a firm to import cocoa
beans for their chocolate business. I made them a very good deal, so they discount
their products for me. I’m able to afford all the chocolate I want, which really
isn’t good for me. Thank goodness, I have Edith to tell me when I’m over-indulging.

Author of historical, contemporary, and erotic romances, Rue
Allyn fell in love with happily ever after the day she heard her first story. She
is deliriously married to her sweetheart of many years and loves to hear from readers
about their favorite books and real life adventures. Learn more about Rue at http://RueAllyn.com

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