WICKED WEDNESDAY
Please welcome Kryssie Fortune to Wicked
Wednesday. There's something about those bad boys of the Regency Era, don't you
think?
Did you know that Horatio Nelson
scandalized Regency London? Like most readers, I love a bad boy.
He came to fame at the Battle of St
Vincent. Breaking ranks, he led the boarding party on the San
Nicolas. His battle cry was “Westminster Abbey or Glory.” As
the battle progressed, he captured a second ship, the San Josef.
Rather than reprimand him, the admiralty
made him rear admiral of the blue.
He was as tough as he was self-confident.
He lost sight in his left eye while fighting the French. Four years later, a
musket ball shattered his right arm. His crew rowed him back to his ship, but
he refused to let them help him board. “Leave me alone,” he cried. “I
have got my legs left and one arm.”
The ships
surgeon amputated his arm. Rather than argue, Nelson insisted, “The sooner the
better.”
Within half an hour, he was giving orders
to the crew.
This man tops the hero list, but he had a
wicked side.
Everything changed when he met Emma, Lady
Hamilton. A blacksmith’s daughter, she wed her lover’s uncle, Sir William
Hamilton. In 1791 she threw a ball for Nelson. All 1740 guests
commented on how much Nelson loved her. Thus began one of history’s most
notorious ménage à trois.
Emma and Sir William sailed for England. Nelson traveled with
them and bought them a home in Merton Place, London. Society gasped when he
moved in too. Ten months later, Emma gave birth to his daughter, Horatia.
His wife, Fanny, demanded he choose between her and Emma.
Nelson response must have horrified her. “I love you sincerely but I
cannot forget my obligations to Lady Hamilton or speak of her otherwise than
with affection and admiration.”
The two never lived together again.Nelson died during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Before the
battle, he sent his famous message, England expects every man to do
their duty.He never got his grave in Westminster abbey his battle cry
demanded. Instead, the ships surgeon preserved his body in a vat of Brandy.
Once back in England, Nelson was given a hero’s grave in St Paul’s Cathedral,
London.
The hero of my latest books is another Regency bad boy. He lost
his lower left leg at Waterloo. His father disinherited him, leaving him
penniless. Desperate, he turned the home he’d inherited from his grandparents
into a “House of Fun.” The ton visit there with their lovers. My story starts
when his father finally summons him home.
THE VISCOUNT'S PET
When her brother tries to force her into a marriage with a
detestable baron, Julianna Halstead flees the family estate she has helped
manage since the death of her parents. But as she makes her escape late at
night, Juliana's carelessness nearly results in her being trampled by a
galloping horse, and the steed's handsome rider takes it upon himself to
correct her right then and there.
Though having her bottom bared and soundly spanked on the side of the road leaves Juliana blushing crimson, the punishment arouses her intensely and her body's helpless response cannot be hidden. To make matters worse, the gentleman over whose lap she was so firmly chastised turns out to be none other than Viscount Stonehurst, someone she has known since childhood.
When Stonehurst learns of Juliana's predicament, he decides to make her his bride. She will be no ordinary wife, however. She will be something much more shameful. But even as she is leashed, collared, and put on display in a cage wearing only a tail, then brought out to be used in ways no proper lady should enjoy, will Juliana come to love her new life as the viscount's pet?
Publisher's Note: The Viscount's Pet is a stand-alone novel which shares the Regency-era setting of Wickedly Used and His Innocent Bride. It includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
Get your copy of Kryssie's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Viscounts-Pet-Kryssie-Fortune-ebook/dp/B07YQWN83W
See all of Kryssie Fortune's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Kryssie-Fortune/e/B00J5AQOBU/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Thank you for letting me drop by.
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasure having you, Kryssie. Please come back!
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