Book Blast and Giveaway: The Sins of a Few by Sarah Ballance

The book blast for Sarah Ballance's historical romance, The Sins of a Few, the concluding installment of her Sins of Salem series is taking place today. Find a complete promo and an excerpt for your enjoyment. Don't forget to comment to increase your chance of winning!

If you're interested, my ARC review of The Sins of a Few can be found HERE.

Sarah Ballance will be awarding a $25 Amazon or BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour

The Sins of a Few

Sarah Ballance

(Sins of Salem #3)

Published: October 13, 2014 by Entangled Scandalous

Salem, 1692

The moment he steps off the boat and into his hometown of Salem, Nathanial Abbot knows the rumors about Salem are indeed true. For in the two years since he's left Salem—disowned by his family and seeking a fortune of his own—the town has changed. It is dark with discord and suspicion... and accusations of witchcraft. Now all that remains for him is the woman he's never forgotten.

   

But Faith Downing isn't happy to see Nathanial. In his absence, his younger sisters have ignited the chain of hysteria that resulted in twenty deaths—including Faith's aunt, to whom Nathanial owed his life. Yet through her acrimony, Faith can't prevent herself from responding to the man Nathanial has become, handsome and kind. A man who kindles something in her that speaks of sin.

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The Sins of a Few by Sarah Ballance

The Sins of a Few
Sins of Salem #3

Sarah Ballance
Historical Romance
Pub date: Oct 13, 2014 (ARC review)

H/h - Nathaniel Abbott/Faith Downing
Setting: Salem, 1692.

Read in October, 2014.

My rating:

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Sarah Ballance’s Sins of Salem series has gotten better by the installment. As usual, I loved the setting and the story telling in The Sins of a Few. If only not for the h, Faith, I think I’d have a grand time cruising through the story.

The Sins of Salem series is set at the backdrop of the disgraceful Salem Witch Trial and aftermaths that the inhabitants of Salem were left to endure. In all that chaos, love and the slow building of trust, became parts of the entire healing process for these people. I’ve heard of the witch trial before but it was only after I started this series that I was inspired to read and find out more about it; the trial, why it all begin, how people were executed without any option to defend themselves... even the supposed, more recent, haunting of the Salem Witch House. Entertaining when you watch those paranormal shows but no less sad when you think of those people who suffered so much.

Week Blitz and Giveaway: The Marriage Agenda by Sarah Ballance

The week blitz for Sarah Ballance's contemporary romance, The Marriage Agenda, is starting today. I'm sharing this promo spotlight on the book as a part of it. The giveaway includes a $25 Amazon/B&N GC (winner's choice), don't forget via rafflecopter below!

 

The Marriage Agenda

Sarah Ballance

Published: August 18, 2014 by Entangled Indulgence

There's a scandal brewing in Washington... 

Knox Hamilton wants his father’s recently vacated Senate seat, but the only way his conservative constituents are going to vote for Knox is if he loses his playboy reputation. Which means Knox needs a wife. There’s only one woman with whom he's willing to share his life, but after the way he broke things off with her, will she give him another chance?

Chloe Lochlan's job is on the line. If she doesn't grab a big headline, she'll be ousted from her gig at the major newspaper where she works as a reporter. Knox's offer of marriage chills her to the bone. He already crushed her heart once and she has no intention of letting it happen again. But being with him gives her the kind of access to top tier social events rarely granted to media, access that could land her the story of a lifetime. When the truth she uncovers threatens to destroy the man she still loves, will she bury the story...or his career?

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An Unexpected Sin by Sarah Ballance

An Unexpected Sin
Sins of Salem #2

Sarah Ballance
Historical Romance 
Pub date: April 14, 2014 (ARC review)

H/h - Josiah Cromwell/Anne Scudder
Setting: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.

Read in April, 2014.

My rating:

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Sarah Ballance’s An Unexpected Sin, book 2 of Sins of Salem was a delightful read. I enjoyed it much more than book 1, Her Wicked Sin. The storytelling was flowing; I was hooked from the first page. Reading about a young couple, known to each-other since childhood and already harboring deep emotions, IMO, was a plus point of this story.

An Unexpected Sin, though set in the dark backdrop of Salem’s witch trial, is not directly involved in it. There are instances where one or more of the characters are said to have some kinda connection to this horrid event one way or the other but the story itself is all about Anne and Josiah’s love for each-other.

Her Wicked Sin by Sarah Ballance

Her Wicked Sin
Sins of Salem #1

Sarah Ballance
Historical Romance
Published in 2013

H/h - Henry Dunham/Lydia Colson
Setting: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.

Read in April, 2014.

My rating:

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Sarah Balance’s Her Wicked Sin, book 1 of Sins of Salem, had a very interesting backdrop; the dark and superstitious Salem, Massachusetts laden with the frenzy of the disgraceful witch-hunting. I don’t recall reading a romance novel set in that time-frame, so I found the notion rather refreshing. However, there were things that bugged me too. I’ll try to explain in my review.

Lydia, the young h of our story, has been living in Salem for the past year under a false surname and has been working as a physician and a mid-wife. No one has ever seen her husband, whom Lydia claims to have been out at the sea. That she’s waiting for his return. But no one knows of the dark past that still haunts Lydia. Even though she’s found a rather good life in Salem and has come to know some good neighbors, Lydia is running because she murdered her drunk and abusive husband in the dead of the night, right after his beating that led her to miscarry their child. Other than that brute, she didn’t have a family, losing them in a fire at once. She thought her husband would be her lifeline because they met right after she lost her family. But that was not to be. Lydia is beautiful, a fact that made her husband suspicious and illogically mean towards her. Nothing good came from that marriage, and though Lydia thinks she’s rid of him for good, she can’t rest easy, always in fear that her little secret would be out one day and she’d be punished.