Friday, February 12, 2021

Book Tour & Giveaway ~ Indigo by Paula Berinstein

 

 


Indigo
by Paula Berinstein
Genre: Time Travel Romance, Adventure



What would you do if you suddenly found yourself mistress of an 18th-century plantation?

Esther Rubens is looking forward to getting to know her new community in South Carolina and repairing her troubled marriage. But as soon as she arrives in Charleston her life begins to diverge from the idyllic picture in her mind. Her physicist husband, Melvin, is arrested for driving while black, she inherits a strange English property from a cousin she didn't know existed, and she learns that her great-grandmother Sophie, a brilliant scientist kidnapped by the Nazis, discovered the secret of time travel of all things.

Intrigued by Sophie's cryptic journal Melvin begins to experiment with time travel, but his anger at the police makes him careless. The process backfires, killing him and throwing Esther back to 1750. Attacked by an unknown assailant the moment she arrives, she seeks protection at an indigo plantation belonging to a dashing planter with a dangerous secret, negotiating a deal that guarantees her safety. But she soon realizes she's made a terrible mistake. What she discovers on the plantation is far more horrific than anything she could have imagined.

Overwhelmed, she attempts to flee just as the planter's mysterious, handsome brother arrives from England seeking refuge-and offering an opportunity that's too compelling to turn down. But can he be trusted? And are the two of them strong enough to vanquish the evil that's pervading the lowlands? Only time will tell.

The first title in the Indigo series.




Indigo Excerpt: Esther Meets Jesse

 

The next day I was eating breakfast when a tall, rather disheveled dark-haired man barged into the dining room, just like that. There was something in his eyes that looked desperate and dangerous and made me nervous. If Daniel hadn’t been there I think I might have run, especially since as soon as the newcomer caught sight of me he stared in the most peculiar way. But then Daniel got up and embraced him, and I knew that somehow it must be all right. I still felt nervous though because as he held Daniel the visitor was still looking at me over his shoulder.

“Jesse!” Daniel said as he clapped the big man on the back.

“Daniel!” the man returned with a hug and a smile. They were obviously keen to see each other.

Surely this wasn’t one of my fiancé’s lovers. He was handsome enough, that was for sure, but I knew that Daniel was trying to hide his proclivities, and this was hardly the way to go about that.

“Esther, my betrothed,” Daniel beamed. “Meet my brother, Dr. Jesse Peacock, fresh from England.” He sniffed and made a face. “Perhaps not so fresh after all.”

That explained that. Of course. Now I could see the resemblance, and I could also see that Jesse was extraordinarily good looking, much more so than Daniel. Both brothers had beautifully sculpted jaws, Roman noses, and thick, flowing eyebrows, but where Daniel was all gold and light, Jesse was dark and mysterious, with light olive skin that gave him a distinctly Spanish appearance. His eyes were as black as Pixy’s skin, while Daniel’s were a light shade of brown that was more like tortoise shell. Jesse was taller too—maybe six three or four to Daniel’s six foot one or two. I knew from what Daniel had told me that Jesse was the youngest of the four Peacock siblings and was about my age, twenty-seven. That he had made it all the way from England exactly in time for our wedding was nothing less than astonishing. Obviously he had left before Daniel and I had even met. Other than that I knew absolutely nothing about him. For all I knew he was as uncouth as Daniel.

Jesse took my hand and kissed it, but I could see the surprise in his eyes. “My brother has good taste,” he said diplomatically. He was still staring at me though, and I was beginning to feel nervous.



Paula Berinstein (Paula B) is the author of the Amanda Lester, Detective middle-grade/YA series, which features a descendant of the Sherlock Holmes character Inspector Lestrade and is set in the English Lake District.

She is also the author of a new time travel series for adults, Indigo.

From 2005 to 2012, Paula produced and hosted the popular podcast The Writing Show (http://www.writingshow.com). She holds degrees in English literature and librarianship from UCLA.





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$25 Amazon giftcard– 2 winners!
 

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