Sale Alert! A Counterfeit Heart is only $1.99 right now until September 29th! If you’re a fan of my badasses in bodices and sexy aristocratic heroes, go grab yourself a copy. Part of my ‘Secrets & Spies’ series, this one features Sabine de la Tour, counterfeiter extraordinaire, and Richard Hampden, they cynical spy out to thwart her every move. Hurrah!

P.S It’s a standalone book -you don’t have to have read the other books in he series to enjoy this one, (although a couple of familiar characters do make an appearance!)

Can’t make it to my Antiques Show And Tell talk at The Historical Romance Retreat in Riverside California next week? Here are a few pictures of some of the lovely Regency-era antiques I’ll be discussing, including a beaded reticule, some dashing portrait miniatures, French fashion plates, scent bottles, vesta cases, button hooks, and Vinaigrettes. Oh my!

This month, to celebrate the release of ‘The Devil To Pay’, I’m giving away a SIGNED print copy of ‘The Devil to Pay’, plus a SIGNED copy of Theresa Romain’s Regency historical ‘To Charm a Naughty Countess’ and a copy of Kelly Bowen’s ‘Between The Devil and the Duke’! WOO HOO!

How DO I ENTER, you ask? It’s easy:
1: Post a review for THE DEVIL TO PAY, or any of my other books, on one of the online platforms such as Amazon, B & N, iBooks, Kobo, or Goodreads. (You can use the handy links below)
2: Send me a link to your review as proof, either by direct email: kate@batemans.com or use the ‘contact’ form on this website. That’s it! You’ll be entered into the drawing.

Each review will count as one entry – so if you post on five different sites, you’ll get five chances to win! This giveaway will be open until September 30th, so you have all month to get reading. I’ll post anywhere in the world. Good Luck!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2AMGKSn
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/2vGOq2z
ibooks: https://apple.co/2vpck3l
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2Oe9kxK

Goodreads:http://bit.ly/2OhLp0B

Inspiration for The Devil To Pay – Travel Wanderlust.

The Devil To Pay is set in central Italy, a place I’ve been lucky enough to visit several times in my life. I imagined a fictional Tuscan town near the coast, rather like the real fortified medieval town of San Giminiano, near Siena, but with houses that slope steeply down to the sea, like Positano or Ravello. I celebrated my 14th wedding anniversary last month, and was lucky enough to spend my honeymoon in this amazing 15th century Saracen watchtower on the Amalfi Coast, near Positano. It was originally built as a lookout tower to keep watch for Barbary pirates from North Africa. I’ve been planning a return visit (now with three children in tow!) ever since. Maybe this was where the first seeds of an idea for The Devil To Pay were born?

 San Giminiano

Where’s your favorite place to escape?

I had such fun answering the questions on Harlequin Junkie’s Author Spotlight this week. Check it out here – there’s an exclusive excerpt, plus, enter the GIVEAWAY for a chance to win a signed copy of The Devil To Pay!

http://harlequinjunkie.com/spotlight-giveaway-the-devil-to-pay-by-k-c-bateman/