TARAH
SCOTT
Award winning author Tarah Scott cut
her teeth on authors such as Georgette Heyer, Zane Grey, and Amanda Quick. Her
favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities, with Gone With the Wind as a close second.
She writes modern classical romance, and paranormal and romantic suspense.
Tarah grew up in Texas and currently resides in Westchester County, New York
with her daughter.
Claimed
Sometimes
the hero must be the villain...
Fourteen months ago,
Lady Rhoslyn lost her husband and infant son to a fever. Now, by order of King
Edward I, she is yanked from the healing tranquility of a convent to marry the
king’s favored bastard knight. Rhoslyn has no intention of returning to the
home where her husband and child died. Neither does she intend to hand over her
fortune to the ‘Dragon’—no matter his sweet promises and warm kisses.
Talbot St. Claire tires
of war. Seventeen years is enough. King Edward will never release him from
service, but the king promises Talbot will find some peace in front of his own
hearth. Talbot expects to find a horse-faced, hostile woman in the Scottish
heiress Edward commands him to marry. Instead, he discovers a fiery Highland
beauty worthy of a man’s respect...and love. Talbot determines to do anything
to win his new bride’s acceptance. Anything except the one thing she demands: betray
his king and embrace his Scottish heritage.
Excerpt—
“You have made yourself comfortable in my
home,” she said.
“My home,” he replied.
Anger knotted her stomach. “King Edward is
not a priest, and our marriage has no’ been officiated or consummated.” Sweet
Jesu, she must sound like a madwoman.
He straightened. “You are right.” He
reached her side in three steps. She was forced to tilt her head back to
maintain eye contact. He grasped her arm, but she pulled free and retreated a
step.
“What are you doing?”
“Do you plan to stay here the night?” he
asked.
She glanced at the chest.
“Never mind the chest,” he said. “We will
lock the door when we leave.”
He didn’t wait for an answer, but grasped
her arm again and drew her toward the door. She wanted to protest, wanted to
return the small chest to its hiding place—more than anything, she wanted to
grab the dagger from the larger chest—but wants would not help her at this
moment.
He stepped into the hallway, then pulled
the door shut and waited.
She lifted her chin. “You must have a key.
Lock the door yourself.”
He shrugged.
Rhoslyn cried out when he pulled her
against his side. “What are ye doing?”
“I have no wish to be conked over the head
or stabbed in the back while I lock the door.” His tone was mild as he opened
his palm to reveal the key he’d been holding.
“For pity’s sake, release me,” she said.
“I dinna’ plan to kill you by stabbing ye in the back.”
His arm tightened around her waist as he
inserted the key and she was suddenly aware of his fingers pressing into her
stomach and her arm wedged against the hard muscle of his chest. Her heart
picked up speed. He turned the key in the lock and his fingers flexed when he
withdrew the key and straightened.
“So you intend to look me in the eye when you
kill me?” he asked.
“Aye,” she replied.
He drew her down the short corridor
without loosening his hold. “I am gratified my wife has some honor.”
“I am no’ your wife.”
“Aye, you are.”
They reached the stairs and he urged her
up ahead of him. In the kitchen, he grasped her arm and led her into the great
hall. Men stood in half a dozen clusters about the room. Rhoslyn caught sight
of a priest sitting with his back to them at the table nearest the hearth.
“Why is Father Crey here?” she demanded,
but knew the answer. Her head whirled. What was she going to do? How could she
stop this? Could she stop this? “Were ye no’ on your way to help my
grandfather?”
“Aye.”
“Then how can we have a wedding?”
He looked down at her. “Even by your
Scottish law we are already wed. I am willing to say the vows simply to please
you.”
Rhoslyn understood. “Ye will help my
grandfather only if I say the vows. Along with being a murderer and kidnapper,
you are an extortionist.”
“You forgot thief,” he said.
“I have forgotten nothing.”
They neared the priest and he rose.
“I will help Seward because he is your
grandfather. Is that not enough?” St. Claire asked.
“And if I do no’ say the vows?”
He shrugged and she wanted to scream.
“Then you can await me in my bedchambers
until I return—or your bedchambers. I imagine there is no secret passageway in
the lady’s room as there is in my chambers. I will bring your grandfather back
with me and then come to you.”
Rhoslyn stared openmouthed.
“Fear not, lady. I am not so uncouth as to
come to your bed straight from the battlefield. I promise to bathe first.”
Suzan Tisdale
Suzan lives in the Midwest with her verra handsome carpenter
husband and the youngest of their four children. Monetary donations are
currently being accepted to help feed their 17-year-old, 6'3",
built-like-a-linebacker son and keep him in shoes. Some people say she is obsessed with writing. Suzan prefers to think of it as a passion. While there is great joy in writing, the biggest joy comes in sharing what you've written with the world. So she writes passionately and shares her work joyfully with the intent of bringing smiles to her readers' faces.
You can visit Suzan at her website: http://www.suzantisdale.com
Caelen's Wife, Book Three: A Breath of Promise
Determined to make Fiona McPherson his wife, Caelen McDunnah is perfectly willing to set aside his own chiefdom in order to marry her. Is Fiona willing to make the same sacrifice?
War is deadly. War is brutal.
When Fiona's brother, William, is kidnapped, the identity of the person responsible for the murders of three innocent people is finally revealed. Clans McPherson and McDunnah must join together to fight against a madman motivated solely by avarice.
An epic tale of love conquering hatred, honor defeating greed, and finding a breath of promise even in your darkest hour.
April Holthaus
She has completed her first series, The MacKinnon Clan and is now working on stand alone novels and a new Scottish Paranormal Romance Series: The Dark Fae Saga.
When not working or writing, April enjoys spending time with her family, reading and being outdoors.
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Legend of the Fae (The Dark Fae Saga Book 1)
The Legend begins…
For centuries, stories of the Fae have been passed down from generation to generation throughout the Scottish Highlands. Over time, the truth of their existence was reduced to nothing more than childhood fairytales. Until now!
To foresee the future, she had to forget her past.
On the eve of war between Good and Evil, Ella of Andor, the Fae Princess of Darkness embarks on a journey that would ensure her kingdom’s victory as prophesied. But in a twist of fate, Ella is led to the mortal world where she soon discovers a mystery about her past that could destroy everything she has ever known.
After returning home from battle against a neighboring clan, Laird Galen Graham stumbles upon an injured woman in desperate need of care and protection. Wanting to return her to her family becomes a difficult task when he discovers the lass cannot speak. While trying to solve the mystery behind who she is, Galen finds himself falling in love with a lass he knows nothing about.
Forced to return to the Fae world, can Ella stop the war threatening to destroy her kingdom, or will she give up her destiny to return to the man she has fallen for in the mortal world? After discovering the truth about the mysterious lass, will Galen be able to let her go?
Follow Ella and Galen’s fantastic journey filled with magic, danger, love, and mystery.
*Contains adult material, not suitable for children.
