Book Extract: Lady Ludmilla’s Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte

I am so pleased to be welcoming Sofi Laporte and the blog tour for her novel, Lady Ludmilla’s Accidental Letter. 

A resolute spinster. An irresistible rake. One accidental letter… Can love triumph over this hopeless muddle in the middle of the London season?

Lady Ludmilla is mortified. Though the spinster extraordinaire knows it is foolish, she has fallen head-over-heels for the amiable man with whom she’s been secretly corresponding, and that cannot be. When she sets out to uncover his identity, her world shatters. For her best friend Addy turns out to be none other but London’s worst rogue—the man who has ruined her engagement to someone else ten years earlier.

Lord St.Addington is perturbed. The wicked Viscount is developing a marked tendre for a spinster, and that cannot be. She might be mistaking him for someone he is not, or, what is worse, know precisely who he is. As London’s worst hellrake, he has a role to maintain, a charade to play. A depraved heart like his surely can’t be falling in love…least of all with a plain, outspoken spinster.

Determined to discover the truth behind the man she loves, Lu does what she does best: she sits down and writes a letter…

If you crave a humorous romp with witty banter and surprising twists, you will love Sofi Laporte’s charming masquerade.

Sofi has shared an extract today. We hope you enjoy. 

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Excerpt from Lady Ludmilla’s Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte:

When Lady Ludmilla sets out to uncover the identity of the man she loves, her world shatters. For Addy turns out to be none other but London’s worst rakehell, who has already crossed her path and ruined her a long time ago. When she encounters him again, she cannot help but challenge him:

“I dare you.” Lu thought she must be stark raving mad, even as she heard the words herself. “I dare you to kiss the homeliest Windmere woman with your eyes open.” She tilted up her chin defiantly.

His gaze dropped from her eyes to her lips. “Dare accepted.”

Lu held her breath. He bent his head. Her heart fluttered wildly, and her stomach somersaulted. His mouth covered hers hungrily, his firm mouth demanding a response. Her entire body tingled from head to toe.

She did the unthinkable and kissed him back. Then, she opened her eyes, for she had involuntarily closed them.

She drowned in a sea of blue-green.

This, she thought.

This.

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About Sofi Laporte:

Sofi was born in Vienna, grew up in Seoul, studied Comparative Literature in Maryland, U.S.A., and lived in Quito with her Ecuadorian husband. When not writing, she likes to scramble about the countryside exploring medieval castle ruins. 

She currently lives with her husband, 3 trilingual children, a sassy cat and a cheeky dog in Austria.

Sofi writes sweetly simmering Regency Romance with mischievous, witty banter and heart-throbbing happily-ever-after.

Say hello on Facebook, Instagram, Bookbub, Twitter or via Sofi’s website.

Lady Ludmilla’s Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte is part of the ‘Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues’ series and was released in February 2022. Click to buy on Amazon UK, and Amazon US. 

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