Flamboyant History
Fact-Based Adventures of Historic Muse Delivers Bodacious
Fun
"Whip Smart is a sexy, adventurous and intelligent
tale that I would dare name a bodice ripper for the literary mind!"
-- Marisa Lancione,
NOW, Montreal
"A fun and sexy romp! I can’t wait for the sequel!"
-- Gwyn Cready, RITA Award winning author of Seducing Mr. Darcy, A Novel Seduction and Timeless Desire: An Outlander Love Story
A wild and sexy romp through History based on the real-life
adventures of the audacious Lola Montez—the “Sensation of Europe.”
Astor + Blue Editions is proud to present, Whip Smart: Lola Montez Conquers
the Spaniards (ISBN: 978-1-938231-47-6; Trade Paperback; Romance,
Historical, Women’s Fiction; US $14.95 CAN $14.95; February, 2013), the
rollicking first installment of a new series by debut author, Kit Brennan. The Whip
Smart series begins during the historic week that marks the actual birthdate
of Lola Montez. (February 17).
It is
1842, London, and the gorgeous, ever-capricious twenty-two-year-old Eliza
Gilbert, (a.k.a. Lola Montez) is in deep trouble and seeks escape from a divorce
trial. Desperate, Lola accepts an alluring offer of a paid trip to Spain,
provided she fulfill a few clandestine tasks for Juan de Grimaldi—a Spanish
theatre impresario who is also a government agent and spy for the exiled
Spanish queen.
Lola
soon finds herself in Madrid, undercover as a performer in a musical play. But
when she falls dangerously in love with the target, General Diego de
Léon—the “perfect Spanish soldier, lover and horseman”—Lola becomes a double
agent and the two hatch a plot of their own. Disaster strikes when the plot is
exposed and Lola is forced to flee on horseback to France, with a
dangerous group of Loyalists in hot pursuit. Will Lola’s reckless daring,
feminine whiles, and signature whip be enough to save her life, her lover and
her cause? She will have to be more whip
smart than ever before.
Written
with zest and a passionate, fiery fervor by debut author Kit Brennan, Whip
Smart irresistibly whisks readers into a vivid journey through 19th
Century France, England and Spain, riding sidesaddle with Eliza Gilbert, the young,
hot-headed Irish girl destined to transform into Dona Maria Dolores de Porris y
Montez—a.k.a. Lola Montez, The Sensation
of Europe!
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Kit
Brennan is a nationally produced, award-winning playwright, and teaches writing
and storytelling at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
The
Victorian era and its personalities have always been of major interest to
Brennan. Her play Tiger’s Heart
explores the life of Dr. James Barry, who was actually a woman living a double
life disguised as a man in order to practice medicine, which was not an option
open to women at the time.
Kit
divides her time between the vibrant city of Montreal and the quiet lake
wilderness of Ontario alongside her husband, Andrew, and a variety of animal
friends. Whip Smart: Lola Montez Conquers
the Spaniards is her debut novel.
Visit
her online at www.kitbrennan.com.
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Where To Buy:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/SnFGTj
B&N: http://bit.ly/UCKNP6
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MEDIA
CONTACT
Tony
Viardo
(773)
697-9580
GENERAL
INFO:
Whip
Smart: Lola Montez Conquers the Spaniards
ISBN: 978-1-938231-47-6
(Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-938231-45-2
(E-book)
Historical Romance; Women’s Fiction
247 Pages
February 14, 2013
Coming Soon from Kit Brennan and Astor + Blue Editions:
Whip
Smart: Lola Montez and the Poisoned Nom de Plume
