Free (nook/Kindle/Kobo/iTunes) Before the Kiss [Regency Book Club Historical Romance]

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Before the Kiss by Jayne Fresina is a prequel tie-in novella to her Book Club Belles Society series of f/m historical Regency romances, starring the members of the eponymous Austen-admiring reading group, this installment giving the first encounter between the hero and heroine of the 1st novel, free courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks' Casablanca imprint.

I must say I admire the brazenly naked commercialism at the end of the blurb.

Currently free on a long-term introductory basis @ B&N, Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), Kobo & iTunes (both available to Canadians), and might possibly be obtainable directly @ the publisher's Discover A New Love bookclub before they shut down later this month (DRM-free ePub/Mobi/PDF bundle available worldwide; it looks as if new membership signups are possible, even if you can't "purchase" anything besides $0.00 titles).

Description
An original prequel introducing Jayne Fresina’s charming, delightfully naughty new Regency Romance series.

In the sleepy village of Hawcombe Prior, the five young ladies of the Book Club Belles Society are looking for their own leading men.

When handsome, mysterious Darius Wainwright strolls into town, the Book Club Belles are instantly smitten with his brooding good looks and prideful demeanor. It’s as if he walked out of the pages of their favorite new novel, a scandalous romance called Pride and Prejudice.

But Miss Justina Penny has a secret – she’s met this arrogant, brooding bachelor before. In Bath. The town, not the tub. Although, she was naked…

This playful short gives you the true story of how Justina and Darius meet—to find out what happens to this mis-matched pair purchase Once Upon a Kiss.