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$25 #Giveaway The Captive King by Susan Copperfield @XpressoTours Ends 9.23

September 13, 2020 By Mary



The Captive King
Susan Copperfield
(Royal States #3)
Publication date: February 12th 2018
Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy

In the Royal States of America, magic rules all, but life—and love—always finds a way.

At the Texas Charity Auction, money can buy anything, and Summer Cassidy is under orders to take advantage of the opportunity. While she believes the marital collar once worn by an Aztec queen belongs in a museum, it’s up to her to sell the priceless treasure to one of the elite in attendance.

Meeting Bachelor #103, a man who finds her descriptions of human sacrifice charming rather than appalling, hadn’t been part of her plans. Buying his company for a quarter hadn’t been part of her plans, either.

One coffee date, a dinner, and a curse later, Summer’s catapulted across the Royal States on an adventure that will forever change her life, alter the course of an entire kingdom, and give her a chance to earn a love capable of defying even death.

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EXCERPT:

How had I gotten saddled with attending the Texas charity auction? I wanted to return to my tent in Mexico and hide, but no. Someone from the Nahua dig team at Joya de Ballesteros had to convince some overly wealthy, braindead elite to part with his money, and by virtue of being the only intern with tits, I’d gotten the job.

Hell, I was the only woman at Site C, and most of the team wasn’t sure what to think about that. The ones who weren’t busy trying to get into my pants blamed me for each and every disruption.

After the first time I’d buried a would-be assaulter neck deep in dirt, they’d kept their harassment verbal so history wouldn’t repeat itself.

If I wanted my doctorate, I needed to shut the hell up, sell the damned jade Nahua marital collar for top dollar, and deal with the humiliation of being the only unmasked attendee at a bloody masquerade ball.

I wished I was wearing something other than muddy cargo pants with pockets full of digging tools.

A little warning would’ve been nice.

“The last time a woman attended an auction looking like she’d just come in from the fields, she charmed herself a king,” a man murmured behind me.

The last thing I needed was to be compared to the talk of the entire auction, the future wife of Montana’s king. I scowled, clutching the polished wooden box containing the jade necklace to my chest. “I was at a temple, not a field.”

A field would’ve been a lot nicer; in some ways, I appreciated the respite from the smothering jungle humidity and the incessant attention of thirsty mosquitos.

“A temple? Were they having a mud-wrestling competition?”

I bit the bullet and turned to face him. He wore a suit like every other man present at the auction, although his was navy rather than the standard black. Unlike everyone else, he wore a plain black mask, just enough to cover his face so he couldn’t be readily identified. I found his lack of feathers, gemstones, and trappings reassuring.

He was either like me—a goose stuck among swans—or he was an elite with no fucks left to give about what anyone thought of him.

Author Bio:

Susan Copperfield is the royal romance, urban fantasy loving alter ego of award-winning & USA Today bestselling novelist RJ Blain.

Under the super not-so-secret identity of Susan, the Royal States of America is explored, where the work of sixteen founding royal families preserved the United States from destruction and civil war when magic swept over the world.

In the Royal States, life, love, and magic always finds a way.

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Comments

  1. Angelica C Dimeo says

    September 13, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    what a cool cover

  2. BookLady says

    September 13, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    What a fascinating book! Great cover and excerpt. Thanks for sharing.

  3. Lisa says

    September 13, 2020 at 7:42 pm

    Sounds really cool!

  4. Nancy says

    September 14, 2020 at 12:15 am

    The cover of this book is colorful and has lots of details.

  5. Judy Thomas says

    September 14, 2020 at 1:05 am

    I love the cover, it’s very eye catching!

  6. Cathy French says

    September 14, 2020 at 6:27 am

    This has a really nice cover and love the description for this magical read

  7. Molli Taylor says

    September 14, 2020 at 7:07 am

    this looks like a great read!

  8. booklover_8 says

    September 14, 2020 at 8:53 am

    Great cover. This sounds like a good book

  9. shannon zeidan says

    September 14, 2020 at 8:55 am

    Im really excited to read this!

  10. wendy hutton says

    September 14, 2020 at 8:55 am

    sounds like a great book

  11. MARCY MEYER says

    September 14, 2020 at 9:28 am

    The cover looks really good. Thanks for sharing.

  12. Carol Knudtson says

    September 14, 2020 at 11:46 am

    Thank you for the nice article about this book.

  13. April Morin says

    September 14, 2020 at 12:37 pm

    The cover is eye-catching. I especially like the copper colors and the author’s last name.

  14. heather says

    September 14, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    This so sounds like my kind of read and I love the cover too.

  15. heather says

    September 14, 2020 at 1:04 pm

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  16. Paula says

    September 14, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    The cover art seems appropriate for the book. Good job.

  17. Dianne Casey says

    September 14, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    Sounds like a great book. Looking forward to reading it.

  18. Julie Waldron says

    September 14, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    Neat cover, so striking!

  19. Bea LaRocca says

    September 14, 2020 at 5:38 pm

    A gorgeous cover and an intriguing synopsis and excerpt, this sounds like an exciting read. Thank you for sharing the book and author details

  20. bn100 says

    September 14, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    nice cover

  21. Maria says

    September 15, 2020 at 6:18 am

    This looks very good

  22. Beth t. says

    September 15, 2020 at 1:31 pm

    “Life, love, and magic always finds a way”. Now may be the perfect time for a book with an optimistic theme like this running through it. Congratulations on this book’s arrival in the world!

  23. Cali W. says

    September 15, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    Great excerpt and giveaway. 🙂

  24. Karen H says

    September 15, 2020 at 5:43 pm

    Sounds like a good story. Love the cover too

  25. Karen H says

    September 15, 2020 at 5:45 pm

    Beautiful cover

  26. wen budro says

    September 16, 2020 at 11:05 am

    This sounds like a great read. The book excerpt sounds intriguing.

  27. clynsg says

    September 17, 2020 at 9:51 am

    I am always interested in learning about books that I may want to read.

  28. Cindy Merrill says

    September 18, 2020 at 6:21 am

    Oh my. Not an average plot line, is it? A tough girl meets a tough guy and sparks fly. Please tell me this isn’t a predictable one.

  29. Merry says

    September 18, 2020 at 8:46 pm

    This sounds like a good read

  30. Rajee Pandi says

    September 19, 2020 at 12:42 am

    Love the book cover

  31. Peggy Nunn says

    September 20, 2020 at 3:31 am

    I like the colors you chose for the cover. They are so nice and the image is good too.

  32. Sandra Dufoe says

    September 20, 2020 at 4:09 am

    Sounds like a great read and love the cover amazing.

  33. Angela Smith says

    September 20, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    nice cover,it grabs your attention..book sounds good

  34. shelly peterson says

    September 21, 2020 at 9:36 am

    I love the cover.

  35. Cheryl C. says

    September 22, 2020 at 7:59 am

    This is a new-to-me author.

  36. Jolanda says

    September 23, 2020 at 2:10 am

    Congratulations

  37. Amber Terry says

    September 23, 2020 at 10:30 am

    Lovely cover and really interesting synopsis of the story 🙂

  38. tiffany dayton says

    September 23, 2020 at 12:42 pm

    Looks like a good book to curl up and read.

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