Tessa's Temptations

I beg to differ. I mean look at Margot Robbie. That is one hot librarian bun. I have illustrated just how sexy a bun can be in the prologue of my new novel The Demon Duchess (out now, excerpt below). The chignon (fancy name for bun) has always been one of my favorite hairstyles. I’m such a fan of the elegant coif that I have built an entire character around it. And I love her almost as much as I love her perfect low-riding knot. Ah, to wear a chignon—to have hair so silky and pale that it shines like platinum—to be an ice queen like my beloved Baroness, with slender proportions and a cool wit. And oh, her fascinating coil. My heroine may have a fascinating coil, but she is also a giant pain in the ass. No one knows this more than her horse trainer, Jack Johnson, who is trying to make love to her. If I had a man like Jack Johnson in my bed, I wouldn’t be so difficult, but then again I’m no baroness. Even though he had just agreed not to touch her, his hand went to her hair...

She upgrades and eventually lives happily ever after.  That is, after she has her frosty organ melted by a plain-spoken cowboy. The ice queen in question is the Baroness we first meet in The Devil Duke and the star of my new book The Demon Duchess (just released). She is not only an ice queen but a villainess, displaying a deceitful nature when her love life is threatened by scrappy waif, Isabel De Luca. The Demon Duchess , (book 2 in the series) is the tale of Abigail Sutton’s redemption and ultimate transformation. I relished the challenge of making such a treacherous she-snake likable enough to be the heroine in one of my stories. Truthfully, she’s not all bad, and after all—all is fair in love and war, right? I hope you end up forgiving the Baroness for her past transgressions. She turned out to be one of the most enjoyable female characters I’ve ever written. She just needed the love of a good man to bring her around. Enter our hero, Jack Johnson, the handsome hor...