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January 4, 2022
Laird of the Mist
Friends, great news! Laird of the Mist is now available on audio!
MacGregors despite them!
Laird of the Mist
MacGregors despite them!
Laird of the Mist
Laird of the Mist
Friends, great news! Laird of the Mist is now available on audio!
MacGregors despite them!
Laird of the Mist
MacGregors despite them!
Laird of the Mist
September 11, 2021
Echoes of Abandon!
Book 2, ECHOES OF ABANDON is now up for preorder, releasing 10.07.21 I'm so so excited about this one and can't wait for you all to read it~
I've put up Chapter One
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Echoes of Abandon
I've put up Chapter One
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Echoes of Abandon
May 17, 2021
Echo of Roses is here!
Well, tomorrow Echo of Roses releases. Nicholas is finally getting his own story. It's so nice for me to think about. Caleb from The Harvest King waited a long time as well, so I am especially happy and proud of these two.
About the cover-
It's funny, I've posted on here before about this photo and how it brought Nicholas to life for me. I never showed it to my cover designer, Dar Albert, and she gave me this cover. She read my mind. Thank you, Dar. It's one of my favorite covers EVER. Besides...The Harvest King. Oh my goodness, I described things I wanted and again, she read my mind. I flipped when I saw them. I will treasure my print copies forever. 🙂
Anyway, Nicholas will "step out into the world". I hope you all love him as much as I do. ❤ There's also a mysterious sub-plot going on that I absolutely love and is taking on a life of its own. I think some characters will need their own book.
I hope NO ONE POSTS SPOILERS, PLEASE.
Here's an excerpt from Echo of Roses for your reading pleasure. Get to know Nicholas and the modern woman who will change England's history.
Excerpt:
“I don’t belong here,” she sobbed.
He opened his eyes and set them on her. “But here is where you are.”
“No! No. I don’t want to be here because, you see, I know how crappy medieval times were. There’s…there’s no Advil. No antibiotics. My phone—” She looked at him with a whole new horror in her eyes. “My father, my friends.” She began to walk.
He kept his horse at a slow pace beside her. “Are you certain you were not hit over the head, Miss? Your family might not be gone. They might be close by.”
“Look—”
He did, expecting that she might be about to show him how she had done it. How she’d come from the air.
“I know this is difficult to believe. I can’t believe it and it’s happening to me. But I…I got some letter in the mail this morning from a law firm telling me to go to their office in midtown. I got there and it was all very sketchy, but, you know, I went in…”
What in the name of all that was holy was she saying? It couldn’t be a different language. Some words were familiar to him. Some were not. Mail? Office? Sketchy? What did it all mean?
“…and it changed and looked brand new all of a sudden. The air seemed to sparkle and then I was here…on the battlefield.”
Sparkle? What was she saying?
She started up crying again. What was he to do with her? He couldn’t leave her. She was very pleasing to the eyes. Her odd, blue trousers fit her long legs and shapely derriere quite nicely. She wouldn’t last the night with all these Lancasters about. She’d be raped before morning.
“Come on, then, Miss,” he grumbled. He held his hand down to her. She refused it. Very well then. He flicked his reins and rode away.
He was glad she didn’t want to go with him. He’d saved her life on the battlefield. He’d done enough for her.
Still, he couldn’t stop his thoughts from returning to her while he rode. The smell of her, her fear, her sweat, and…a hint of floral. The sight of her sprawled across his lap shook him to his knees. Nothing ever had before. He was glad he was sitting. She was long limbed but weighed little in his arms. Her skin was pale against his tanned fingers. Her hair was dark brown with traces of red. It fell loose around her face, cascading over her shoulders. She wore no adornments or knots and braids. He liked it. He thought of touching it. Her lashes left shadows on her cheeks. Her hose were thick blue fabric with some kind of metal button and a line of tiny silver connecting pieces from her groin to beneath her belly. Curious.
Where had she come from? How was what he saw possible? He didn’t catch her from a side view. He hadn’t blinked. He happened to be looking straight ahead—in her direction when the air changed, and she appeared. He saw her come to being.
He shook his head. Time travel? It was impossible. Laughable. She was mad.
And what were Advil and antibiotics anyway? What did her words mean?
Check out my interview at Uncaged Book reviews, see the photo that inspired Nicholas, and learn more about the book and the series.
http://uncagedbooks.com/
Get your copy! https://tinyurl.com/6p4d6a9y
Echo of Roses
About the cover-
It's funny, I've posted on here before about this photo and how it brought Nicholas to life for me. I never showed it to my cover designer, Dar Albert, and she gave me this cover. She read my mind. Thank you, Dar. It's one of my favorite covers EVER. Besides...The Harvest King. Oh my goodness, I described things I wanted and again, she read my mind. I flipped when I saw them. I will treasure my print copies forever. 🙂
Anyway, Nicholas will "step out into the world". I hope you all love him as much as I do. ❤ There's also a mysterious sub-plot going on that I absolutely love and is taking on a life of its own. I think some characters will need their own book.
I hope NO ONE POSTS SPOILERS, PLEASE.
Here's an excerpt from Echo of Roses for your reading pleasure. Get to know Nicholas and the modern woman who will change England's history.
Excerpt:
“I don’t belong here,” she sobbed.
He opened his eyes and set them on her. “But here is where you are.”
“No! No. I don’t want to be here because, you see, I know how crappy medieval times were. There’s…there’s no Advil. No antibiotics. My phone—” She looked at him with a whole new horror in her eyes. “My father, my friends.” She began to walk.
He kept his horse at a slow pace beside her. “Are you certain you were not hit over the head, Miss? Your family might not be gone. They might be close by.”
“Look—”
He did, expecting that she might be about to show him how she had done it. How she’d come from the air.
“I know this is difficult to believe. I can’t believe it and it’s happening to me. But I…I got some letter in the mail this morning from a law firm telling me to go to their office in midtown. I got there and it was all very sketchy, but, you know, I went in…”
What in the name of all that was holy was she saying? It couldn’t be a different language. Some words were familiar to him. Some were not. Mail? Office? Sketchy? What did it all mean?
“…and it changed and looked brand new all of a sudden. The air seemed to sparkle and then I was here…on the battlefield.”
Sparkle? What was she saying?
She started up crying again. What was he to do with her? He couldn’t leave her. She was very pleasing to the eyes. Her odd, blue trousers fit her long legs and shapely derriere quite nicely. She wouldn’t last the night with all these Lancasters about. She’d be raped before morning.
“Come on, then, Miss,” he grumbled. He held his hand down to her. She refused it. Very well then. He flicked his reins and rode away.
He was glad she didn’t want to go with him. He’d saved her life on the battlefield. He’d done enough for her.
Still, he couldn’t stop his thoughts from returning to her while he rode. The smell of her, her fear, her sweat, and…a hint of floral. The sight of her sprawled across his lap shook him to his knees. Nothing ever had before. He was glad he was sitting. She was long limbed but weighed little in his arms. Her skin was pale against his tanned fingers. Her hair was dark brown with traces of red. It fell loose around her face, cascading over her shoulders. She wore no adornments or knots and braids. He liked it. He thought of touching it. Her lashes left shadows on her cheeks. Her hose were thick blue fabric with some kind of metal button and a line of tiny silver connecting pieces from her groin to beneath her belly. Curious.
Where had she come from? How was what he saw possible? He didn’t catch her from a side view. He hadn’t blinked. He happened to be looking straight ahead—in her direction when the air changed, and she appeared. He saw her come to being.
He shook his head. Time travel? It was impossible. Laughable. She was mad.
And what were Advil and antibiotics anyway? What did her words mean?
Check out my interview at Uncaged Book reviews, see the photo that inspired Nicholas, and learn more about the book and the series.
http://uncagedbooks.com/
Get your copy! https://tinyurl.com/6p4d6a9y
Echo of Roses
November 19, 2020
Forbidden Heart PREORDER!
PREORDER IS UP!!!
Friends FORBIDDEN HEART is up for preorder! Show some love for my latest $.99cent book and preorder yours!
Galeren MacPherson never met a lass who wasn’t willing to offer herself up to him. But he doesn’t want that life. In fact, he swore a soon to end six-year vow of chastity to help him dedicate his life to one thing. Battle.
As captain of John Stewart, High Steward of Scotland’s army, Galeren is the only man trusted to bring the high steward’s niece to Scotland. The last thing Galeren wants to be is an escort to a novice from a nunnery. Especially when he sees her in the early morning dawn weeping on the cliffs. Throughout his life, he has felt the urge to flee from things, on the field and off. But he never fled. He conquered the urge and faced whatever it was, head on. But he never faced a force like the one placed in his path.
Novice Silene Sparrow is on her way to Scotland, where she will speak to the church council on her uncle’s behalf so that one day he may gain their support, being next in line for the throne.
Raised in the priory and groomed to give her life to the Lord, she rarely leaves the church’s land in Bamburgh, so she is unprepared for her rough and rowdy Highland escorts. Their leader is a tall, broad, golden warrior who vows to protect her, and does. He is a savage and she does everything to resist him. But how does one resist a man with a kitten cuddled in the crook of his neck? No matter what he has trained to be, he is patient and gentle with her. He begins to get into her blood, her bones. When he kisses her, slowly, passionately, eager for more, he makes her question her future vows.
But Silene’s heart is forbidden. If she lets Captain MacPherson have it, her uncle will lose the church’s support and they likely won’t live a day before he has them hunted down and possibly killed.
How much will Galeren and Silene risk for love?
https://bit.ly/ForbiddenHeart
Friends FORBIDDEN HEART is up for preorder! Show some love for my latest $.99cent book and preorder yours!
Galeren MacPherson never met a lass who wasn’t willing to offer herself up to him. But he doesn’t want that life. In fact, he swore a soon to end six-year vow of chastity to help him dedicate his life to one thing. Battle.
As captain of John Stewart, High Steward of Scotland’s army, Galeren is the only man trusted to bring the high steward’s niece to Scotland. The last thing Galeren wants to be is an escort to a novice from a nunnery. Especially when he sees her in the early morning dawn weeping on the cliffs. Throughout his life, he has felt the urge to flee from things, on the field and off. But he never fled. He conquered the urge and faced whatever it was, head on. But he never faced a force like the one placed in his path.
Novice Silene Sparrow is on her way to Scotland, where she will speak to the church council on her uncle’s behalf so that one day he may gain their support, being next in line for the throne.
Raised in the priory and groomed to give her life to the Lord, she rarely leaves the church’s land in Bamburgh, so she is unprepared for her rough and rowdy Highland escorts. Their leader is a tall, broad, golden warrior who vows to protect her, and does. He is a savage and she does everything to resist him. But how does one resist a man with a kitten cuddled in the crook of his neck? No matter what he has trained to be, he is patient and gentle with her. He begins to get into her blood, her bones. When he kisses her, slowly, passionately, eager for more, he makes her question her future vows.
But Silene’s heart is forbidden. If she lets Captain MacPherson have it, her uncle will lose the church’s support and they likely won’t live a day before he has them hunted down and possibly killed.
How much will Galeren and Silene risk for love?
https://bit.ly/ForbiddenHeart
August 31, 2020
Great Dragonblade Bundle
Wow, some of your favorite Dragonblade authors (including me) have come together with our wonderful series starters! You get 7 books for just .99cents!
The Age of Knights and Highlanders: A Series Starter Collection
The Age of Knights and Highlanders: A Series Starter Collection
June 17, 2020
Tempest Heart!
Friends, Tempest Heart, book 5 in my Hearts of the Highlands series is now available for preorder on Amazon! I'd love for you to meet Tristan and Rose and travel with them on an adventure filled with romance and twists!
Blurb:
Tristan MacPherson is a killer for hire. He is elemental, primal, savage, and determined to uphold his reputation that if he agrees to kill a man, the man will surely die. He has seen so much death both on the field and off that he has grown detached to its effects. Until he finds a lass on the brink of death, about to be set aflame as one infected with the terrible sickness, and his heart begins to beat again.
After losing six years of her life protected from a fire-breathing madman outside the walls of her father’s castle, Lady Rose Callanach is allowed the freedom to spend the winter with her cousin. When she is infected with the plague on the way and left in a village to die, she is saved by a beautiful masked man. A man infamous for showing no mercy, and yet, it is the very first thing he gives her. She will never forget it. She will forgive him anything because of it.
But can she forgive him when she learns that he has been hired to kill her father?
And can Tristan save her when the fiery monster finally returns for her and sets her world up in flames?
Tempest Heart
Blurb:
Tristan MacPherson is a killer for hire. He is elemental, primal, savage, and determined to uphold his reputation that if he agrees to kill a man, the man will surely die. He has seen so much death both on the field and off that he has grown detached to its effects. Until he finds a lass on the brink of death, about to be set aflame as one infected with the terrible sickness, and his heart begins to beat again.
After losing six years of her life protected from a fire-breathing madman outside the walls of her father’s castle, Lady Rose Callanach is allowed the freedom to spend the winter with her cousin. When she is infected with the plague on the way and left in a village to die, she is saved by a beautiful masked man. A man infamous for showing no mercy, and yet, it is the very first thing he gives her. She will never forget it. She will forgive him anything because of it.
But can she forgive him when she learns that he has been hired to kill her father?
And can Tristan save her when the fiery monster finally returns for her and sets her world up in flames?
Tempest Heart
January 28, 2020
LION HEART!!!
Hi friends, my latest LION HEART, book #4 in my Hearts of the Highlands series is live for PREORDER!
Get your Kleenex ready! I can't wait for you all to meet Elias and Lily. They quickly became one of my favorite couples. This is one of my most romantic books yet! Spread the word! Preorder your copy today! JUST $.99!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0849KVQKF/...
Get your Kleenex ready! I can't wait for you all to meet Elias and Lily. They quickly became one of my favorite couples. This is one of my most romantic books yet! Spread the word! Preorder your copy today! JUST $.99!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0849KVQKF/...
December 10, 2019
More MacPhersons!
If you’ve read my Hearts of the Highlands series, you’ll be happy to know an epilogue to the MacPherson’s story will be included in Dragonblade’s STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING available now. HEART OF THANKS will give you a look at the brothers and their families one Christmastide in 1339. It stars Elysande MacPherson, daughter of Cain and Aleysia.
‘Tis the season of miracles, and when Elysande MacPherson begins falling in love with the son of her father's worst enemy, she's going to need one. A very big one.
You’ll also get a little peak at Elias, Nicholas’ son from HEART OF STONE and latest hero in my next book in the series, LION HEART.
Stars are Brightly Shining: A Magical Holiday Collection
‘Tis the season of miracles, and when Elysande MacPherson begins falling in love with the son of her father's worst enemy, she's going to need one. A very big one.
You’ll also get a little peak at Elias, Nicholas’ son from HEART OF STONE and latest hero in my next book in the series, LION HEART.
Stars are Brightly Shining: A Magical Holiday Collection
September 3, 2019
Games and Giveaways!
Friends and Lovelies, join me tomorrow night at 8pmEST over at Collette Cameron's Author page for some fun and giveaways! I hope to see you there!
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