The Wicked House of Rohan–FREE!
Jul12010
Krissie (aka the Fabulous Anne Stuart) has a new historical series coming out–Ruthless, August 1, Reckless, Sept. 1, and Breathless, Oct. 1–and she’s written a free prequel just for you. As she explains:
Miss Kathleen Strong is a governess who’s stranded in Venice, ready to eat pigeons raw (or fight them for the breadcrumbs). She’s been unfairly dismissed from her job, she’s penniless, and a slimy little vermin of an aristocrat offers her a job. Alistair Rohan, a decadent, delicious rake, and his cohorts have come up with the idea of The Heavenly Host (a fictional version of the Hellfire Club) and decide to begin festivities with the ritual deflowering of a virgin, and the slimy vermin thinks Kathleen will fill the bill. Alistair recognizes her as the little sister of a friend and decides to save her by making her unsuitable for the ritual.
All in 10k words. Sin, redemption, sex, humor. Lots of good stuff and all for free.
And three full novels to come after that. It’s an Anne Stuart extravaganza! Go here to download The Wicked House of Rohan.
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26 Comments to 'The Wicked House of Rohan–FREE!'
On July 1, 2010 at 5:31 pm kyrathered said...
awesomeness :0)
On July 1, 2010 at 6:33 pm Kaetrin said...
Thank you for the heads up Jenny! I’ve just downloaded it. I’ve read the first 2 books in this series and I’m now a confirmed Anne Stuart fan. If anyone is interested (and, I hope this is okay to do) I review Ruthless (with a kind of mini review of Reckless) on my little blog. @ Anne Stuart – thank you for these wonderful books and can I have Frances Rohan when you’ve finished with him?
On July 2, 2010 at 3:25 pm Krissie said...
Thanks so much, Kaetrin. You’ve made my day! Wait till you get to BREATHLESS. One of the best closing lines ever!
On July 1, 2010 at 11:11 pm Vicki said...
I remain convinced that publishers are too stupid to survive. This lovely free tidbit is not available in a format readable by the Kindle, either from eHarliquin or from Amazon.
And St. Martins is even dumber than Harlequin. Those lovely new editions of Jenny’s first single titles, aka the books that weren’t available as ebooks? They still aren’t available as ebooks.
On July 2, 2010 at 10:45 am Gilda said...
I agree. I’m barely computer literate enough to work my Kindle. I don’t understand all the other formats.
On July 2, 2010 at 3:27 pm Krissie said...
St. Martins doesn’t have Jenny in ebook format? Jeesh! As for the free download at Amazon, apparently they’re slow about these things. It takes them a day or two to update, but it will, eventually, be free at Amazon in Kindle format.
On July 1, 2010 at 11:16 pm Rachel said...
Thanks Jenny! Does anyone know if this format can be printed?
On July 2, 2010 at 3:28 pm Krissie said...
I’m sure it can, some way or other. You can print PDF files, and that’s one of the ways to download it, so I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
On July 2, 2010 at 12:46 am Inkgrrl said...
Huzzah and YAY more Krissie!!!!
On July 2, 2010 at 1:05 am Jeanette said...
I fell in love with Chrissy when I came to a signing for Dogs and Goddesses. I’m so bummed that my computer seems to be technologically challenged and refuses to open the file. I bet it’s amazing!
On July 2, 2010 at 3:30 pm Krissie said...
Smooch! Find a helpful teenager — I bet he can figure out how to download it.
On July 2, 2010 at 5:14 pm Gina said...
Hi Jeanette, what is the error message? Do you have the latest adobe reader version?
On July 2, 2010 at 7:10 am BJ said...
I read that Apple does not let Safari download the files, so if you have a Mac, try with something else, like Firefox
On July 2, 2010 at 5:09 pm Gina said...
I have Safari and I downloaded the file fine. Can’t wait for Ruthless.
On July 2, 2010 at 10:17 am Mary Stella said...
Krissie is a goddess. I love that she’s created another decadent rake. Who else would think to save a virgin from a ritual deflowering by plucking her first?
On July 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm Krissie said...
I was just born bad, Mary.
On July 2, 2010 at 10:36 am robena grant said...
Wow! I love Krissie’s storytelling. So looking forward to the books, the series sounds awesome.
On July 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm Krissie said...
Thanks, Robena!
On July 2, 2010 at 5:25 pm Bethany (Betty Clawed) said...
Really enjoyed it. I think I need to find more Anne Stuart’s to read. All the ones at my library looked a bit, um, scary (I’m a wimp! sorry:( ) so even though I loved D&G I was too afraid of nightmares to try the others. This was great though and not terror-inducing. Any suggestions for non terror inducing ones? I’m just now realizing I probably only saw a small sample size and didn’t research fully enough.
On July 13, 2010 at 9:45 am Krissie said...
Jumping back in again (I was finishing my book). It depends what scares you. Supernatural stuff and serial killers scare me, and I don’t tend to do either (thought SILVER FALLS has a serial killer). mostly they’re violent spies. If those scare you go with historicals.
On July 2, 2010 at 6:46 pm Molly said...
Thank you Krissie, for feeding us historical fans again. Very excited.
BTW– thanks to whoever pointed me to Gaffney’s Lily. It’s lush and surprising– despite the classic romance hallmarks (gothic hero, heroine posing as maid to escape from horrid guardian, etc). Gaffney’s writing makes me forget that I’m reading– I simply fall into her stories and wake up after that final page, dazed, blinking, and wishing I was still lost in her story world.
On July 3, 2010 at 6:57 pm Pat G. said...
Well, that made my day. Thank you, Miss Molly!
On July 2, 2010 at 6:55 pm robena grant said...
Krissie! What are you doing over here? : )
Bethany, I loved Krissie’s stories with the Japanese hero’s. Yum. They seemed scary but really weren’t. That was the Ice series, Ice Blue, Ice Storm, etc. I’m a big wuss when it comes to reading scary stuff because I don’t want to put the lights out and awaken to every creaking floor board, etc. There was a re-edition of Krissie’s Tangled Lies, which I got at National, I think it was last year. That story isn’t scary at all but it’s a fabulous example of how she can weave an interesting, intriguing plot. It was originally printed in 1984. But honestly, it could stand up against anything written today.
On July 12, 2010 at 3:10 pm LilyC said...
I know, it’s a little late, but I wanted to say thanks to Krissie and I can’t comment on her blog. It’s a great read, and I will be rushing out to buy more!
And I drive past the actual Hellfire Caves everyday on my way to work, but they have changed a little. There’s now a sign outside saying, ‘Hellfire Caves and Tea Room’. I guess the needs of the clientele have moved on…
On July 13, 2010 at 9:47 am Krissie said...
That has got to be the funniest thing ever! Hellfire Caves and Tearoom? Made my day?
I wanted to get ot Medmenham (sp?) Abbey but was unable to get to England this time around. Very cool that you’re nearby. They were really just a spoiled bunch of aristocrats.
On July 13, 2010 at 4:35 pm LilyC said...
Well, you know we Brits – after all that wild debauchery, there’s nothing like a nice sit down with a cup of tea…
Hope you get to come back one day – it is a lovely area, and although they were spoiled, they had great architecture!