Pamela Clare ~ Fan Group discussion

Morgan MacKinnon and Amalie

Loved this story. So romantic! Morgan was such a sweetie!

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Lady Danielle. I tried to assign each of the MacKinnon brothers a trait so that I wouldn't write the brothers as clones of each other with different names.

I took strength, honor and courage. Iain was strength. Morgan was honor. Connor is courage.

Since writing that book, I've twice been to the places mentioned in the story. I hope I can channel what I saw and touched and felt while there into Connor's book.

I can totally see that thought process, Pamela. That is exactly what I really saw in Morgan! I love Iain and Morgan equally, and I can't wait to read Connor's book!

Wow Pamela, if Iain was strength, Morgan Honor and Connor is courage, now I really can't wait!! I just know I'm going to love Connor's book.

I have to admit that Morgan edged out Iain for the top MacKinnon spot. I could not put this book down. Some moments left me completely breathless.

Loved the popcorn, too. :D

Hi, Lady D — I'm glad that came through in Morgan. Now, let's see what I can do with Connor.

Hi, Quinn — Reckless courage might be a better trait for him. He's had a hard time in these intervening months. He did some things that really haunt him.

I'm glad you liked the popcorn. That almost got cut from the book (parts of it are missing) because of arbitrary page limits imposed by the publisher that shrank between when I started writing the story and when I finished it. I was displeased.

I was totally amazed at how Morgan was able to maintain both his ideals and his integrity, and not get himself killed in the process. It also spoke to the honor of the French leader (whose name I can't recall, I'm sorry) who while he didn't have to, gave Morgan more freedom and treated him like a man, not just a prisoner/animal -- well, not all the time, anyway.

Pamela wrote: "I'm glad you liked the popcorn. That almost got cut from the book (parts of it are missing) because of arbitrary page limits imposed by the publisher that shrank between when I started writing the story and when I finished it. I was displeased."

That would have been a real loss. The description of Amalie's reaction, Morgan watching her, it was absolutely scrumptious (and not just because I'm a popcorn fanatic).

That's very true, Dhestiny.

Dhestiny, his name was Bourlamaque.

Based on what I could find out about him, Bourlamaque was a decent person. I didn't want to write him as a stereotype or as a villain. That would have made the story dumb, I think.

Beanbag, I'm so glad you appreciated that scene. It was fun to write.

Beanbag wrote: "I have to admit that Morgan edged out Iain for the top MacKinnon spot. I could not put this book down. Some moments left me completely breathless.

Loved the popcorn, too. :D"

Me too, Beanbag! I didn't think it was possible considering how much I loved Iain, but Morgan made me fall of the couch in a heaping swoon.

Shawna wrote: "Morgan made me fall of the couch in a heaping swoon. "

I'll bet that was quite a sight!

I am halfway through Surrender and am just blown away. I stayed up late last night and am now tired at work! What a completely engaging and compelling story! I literally CANT PUT IT DOWN. I am all stressed though b/c I can't find the ebook format for Untamed .... does it exist?

Hi, Regina — I'm so glad you're enjoying SURRENDER. The e-book form of UNTAMED is in limbo. I left the publisher that originally put out those books and the rights reverted to me. Then I sold them to Penguin, which hasn't re-released them yet. Probably the best you can do now is a used copy from Amazon or your library. Sorry about that! The alternative was to let them go permanently out of print, and I didn't want that.

I hope you have access to coffee! Enjoy the rest of the story.

Ah, I understand. Thank you for responding! :) I am definitely going to get my hands on a copy, this story is amazing. Darn I need to get to work and open the door to me office!

I hate it when work interrupts a good read. Happens to me all the time. I want the "secret retinal implant reader" so I can read and look like I'm working.

LOL -- now that would be great. :) Usually audio books tide me over while I am doing some mindless tasks, but those only work to keep me occupied if I can put the book I am reading down!

I am so bummed! I wanted to read Untamed TODAY on my Kindle or Ipad, but sad to say, no ebook version availiable :( I had to order a used copy from Amazon. I am so spoiled by the instant gratification of ereaders.

Denise it is worth the wait. :)

Sorry, Denise! The books will be available both as e-books and in new print editions next December and January. It's a long story... Basically, I left the publisher that printed the books and took the rights with me. They're being re-released at the end of next year, to be followed up by Connor's book, which I will be starting next weekend. I've been doing research for it over the holidays.

That said, I hope the book reaches you quickly!

Good to hear! I LOVED Surrender!!! Hopefully the Postal service has wings this week.

I can't wait for Connor's book! I checked Untamed out from my library, but will still be buying it once it is released in ebook format. Great series. I love the idea (and completely new to me, what a great history lesson too), that the Rangers were one of the earlier elite forces.

Thank you Pam and Regina,
@Pam, you have to do what is best for you! Glad to hear they will be re-released! I am looking forward to reading it, and Connor's when it comes out. I love that period in history. I have been doing some genealogical research on my fathers family and have traced them back to pre-revolution in New Jersey. So those books give me an idea of what their way of life was like. Plus your heros are so HOT! lol..

Denise, that's so interesting! Where have you been accessing the records?

My family was here during that period, too. My mother's father's family arrived with the second group of ships to land at Jamestown in 1610. I don't think they ever lived in New England, NY or New Jersey, thought. They were Virginians until they headed to Illinois and then on to Colorado.

I'd love to do real research into who they were and what happened during their lives, but that's a project for the future.

Yes, it is very difficult to get anything on the older records. I got most of my info from ancestry.com, but that is limited. I am waiting for records to be sent to me from NJ, but I may have to do a road trip. I am in NY, so its not a hardship. I can't find anything prior to 1733, so I don't know when or why they came here. I was able to get some interesting debtors records online. Seems my 5th Great Grandfather was in some sort of trouble from a $100 debt. I was able to access the handwritten records. Hard to completely decipher the old English.

Too cool! I imagine $100 was an enormous sum of money during his time. Yes, the writing from that time period is very hard to read. I have the Diary of Jebez Fitch, a ranger who served with Robert Rogers. It's made up of photocopied pages and reading it is a slooooooooooow project. But fun.

I know my family history fairly well a few generations back. One of my great aunts made Mary Todd Lincoln's inaugural gown. It still exists in a museum. It's fun to look at it and think that it was made by someone who shares my blood.

Wow that is awesome! And weird,because speaking of Lincoln and dresses, supposedly, one of my relatives was sitting in the Booth theatre under Lincoln when he was shot and some of his blood was on the dress. The dress was supposed to have been kept by someone in the family, but they lost track of it.

That is amazing Denise! Talk about six degrees of separation...

I really want to delve deeply into my family histories because real life is so much stranger and more astounding than real life.

And this is but one example. :-)