Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 2 Clare London



Welcome and Merry Christmas to Clare London...


Hi

I’d like to offer a $20 / £15 voucher at Amazon or All Romance ebooks.

Could there be more different men than a gruff bear of a mountaineer and a quiet, graceful and creative playwright? Romancing the Wrong Twin takes the Opposites Attract theme and torments poor Aidan and Dominic with it until their whole lives are mixed up – and the only hope of rescue is to find the path forward together!

Excerpt

 “How many times have you been to Nepal?” Aidan was particularly fascinated with H-G’s recent climbs. “I’d love to see that part of the world. How did it feel to be thousands of meters above sea level?”

“Eight point two,” H-G murmured.

“To take pictures of that as a beautiful, forever memory of the climb? To see the whole country laid out below you,” Aidan continued excitedly, “rather than be down on the ground with everyone else?”

H-G looked bemused, and Aidan wondered if he’d said something wrong, but H-G answered his question. “It’s brilliant. Almost indescribable. The scene is magical—if I believed in that stuff. To see the two snowcapped subsidiary peaks, the knife-edge ridges stretching across the range. It’s the closest I’ve ever got to spirituality.” H-G’s gaze searched Aidan’s face. He still looked confused.

“It must feel almost like you never wanted to come back down.”

“Exactly like that,” H-G said so softly that Aidan barely heard it.

Silence fell for a long moment.

Aidan stared back at H-G, seeking the truth behind the man’s words. It was there, in H-G’s bright eyes and suspiciously damp lashes, in the momentary disappearance of his habitual scowl, and in the catch of his breath, for his broad chest was barely moving. Aidan’s own chest twisted uncomfortably and his heartbeat sped up.

“But that wasn’t going to happen.” H-G broke the spell with a more familiar gruff comment. “Got a call from the bloody bank. Amazing they can track you down in the middle of the bloody Himalayas, isn’t it? The trip had run out of money, and I was summoned home to renegotiate the loan. Had to borrow most of the fare home from a mate. And so—” He lifted his free hand in a gesture of frustration, brushing right across Aidan’s hip on its way. “—here I am today.”

So the question is…

What’s the mountain that Dominic Hartington-George needs funds to climb in his next expedition?

The Book

How tangled can a romantic web get?

When gruff mountaineer Dominic Hartington-George seeks sponsorship for his latest expedition, his London PA insists on a more media-friendly profile—like dating celebrity supermodel Zeb Z.

Zeb can’t make the date, so he asks his identical twin, Aidan, to stand in for just one evening. Aidan, a struggling playwright, shuns the limelight to the extent people don’t even know Zeb has a sibling, but he reluctantly agrees.

When the deception has to continue beyond the first date, Aidan fights to keep up the pretense. Dominic likes his sassy, intelligent companion, and Aidan starts falling for the forthright explorer. But how long can Aidan’s conscience cope as confusion abounds? Will coming clean as “the other twin” destroy the trust they’ve built?


Author Bio

Clare London took her pen name from the city where she lives, loves, and writes. A lone, brave female in a frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home, she juggles her writing with her other day job as an accountant.

She’s written in many genres and across many settings, with award-winning novels and short stories published both online and in print. She says she likes variety in her writing while friends say she’s just fickle, but as long as both theories spawn good fiction, she’s happy. Most of her work features male/male romance and drama with a healthy serving of physical passion, as she enjoys both reading and writing about strong, sympathetic, and sexy characters.

Clare currently has several novels sulking at that tricky chapter three stage and plenty of other projects in mind... she just has to find out where she left them in that frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home.

Clare loves to hear from readers, and you can contact her here:

Website: http://www.clarelondon.com
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25 comments

  1. WOw, I have this book and he wants to climb the Eiger
    debby236 AT GMaIL DOT COM

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  2. The eiger... as the final part of the Hartington Hike.

    I really loved this book! Such a unique topic and great read.

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  3. That must be the Eiger. Not an easy feat.
    tankie44 at gmail dot com

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  4. Eiger. I could still feel the frustrations Dominic felt on finding sponsorship for that final hike. *pulling his hair* emoticon always pops out in my head everytime I remember him. Poor guy. :|

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  5. Awesome! He needs funds to climb the Mt. Eiger. Thanks for the chance!
    jczlapin@gmail.com

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  6. Mt. Eiger. Thank you for the excerpt and giveaway.

    natalija(dot)shkomare(at)gmail(dot)com

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  7. I've got the book in my TBR pile, Dominic Hartington-George needs funds to climb the Eiger.

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  8. Mt. Eiger :)

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  9. Mount Eiger.
    susanaperez7140(at)Gmail(dot)com

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  10. The Eiger not something I could do.

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  11. Eiger
    Thanks for the excerpt and the chance at the giveaway!
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  12. It was named the Eiger expedition so Eiger.
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  13. AHPG
    Thanks for this post and for the giveaway chance.
    The answer is The Eiger.
    ahpg(at)ziggo(dot)nl

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  14. I love Dreamspun Desires, their stories are very cute.
    serena91291@gmail.com

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  15. I haven't read the book (but have added this to my ever expanding TBR) but I peek a little and he needs fund to climb Mt. Eiger of the Himalayan Mountains.
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  16. The Eiger - I do admire people who attempt these difficult climbs.

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  17. Not read this one yet Clare, but lots of great reviews. So finally found the answer - Eiger

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  18. I've read so many good reviews! I'll say the answer is "Eiger" because
    that's what everyone else said...but where does it say? I've read the excerpt
    half a dozen times but I don't see it. It's late and I'm tired so I guess I'm
    just overlooking it. :-)
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  19. He wants funding to climb The Eiger Mountain

    jennysmum2000 at yahoo dot co dot uk

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  20. Mt. Eiger and this sounds like another great book

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  21. I really liked Romancing the Wrong Twin...Aidan was my favorite character in that story <3

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  22. Eiger. The views must be breathtaking there. I did keep thinking I missed reading the name in the excerpt so I went searching! Thanks for sharing. This one's on my reading list. peachescon(at)gmail(dot)com

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  23. I think it's Mt. Eiger of the Himalayan Mountains :)

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