It’s that time again! As you know I’ve been staying
very busy this year writing The MacLomain Series: Next Generation. The past few
months have been especially interesting as I got to know Grant MacLomain better.
Imprisoned for more than half his life by the evil Keir Hamilton, he finally
gets a chance at freedom. And who’s there to help him through the turbulent
feelings of being out from beneath Keir’s tyranny? None other than Sheila.
I really enjoyed writing about these two and helping
them through their struggles. Of all the couples in this series, I felt they
deserved to find one another the most. So I won’t keep you waiting a minute
longer. Faith of the Highlander is available now!
Blurb
Like her cousins, Sheila wears a Claddagh ring meant
to connect her Broun lineage with the MacLomain clan. Already having witnessed
the strife ravaging the medieval Scottish highlands she’s eager to once more be
thrust back in time…even if it’s into the arms of the enemy.
Imprisoned fourteen winters and now first-in-command of the enemy’s army, Grant
MacLomain must find a way to save all those he cares for. Though under the
watchful eye of his master and chieftain, Keir Hamilton, he unleashes his plan
the moment he connects with a lass from the future.
Through hardship, forgiveness and even acceptance, Grant and Sheila struggle to
push past their abused hearts and the war that divides them in, Faith of the
Highlander.
Excerpt
Sheila started to tremble when he broke free from
the last of whatever or whoever had imprisoned him. A shiver raced through her
and she knew.
Grant had just broken free from Keir Hamilton’s
mental hold over him.
He tore off his tunic and whipped it aside. With
nothing but the Hamilton’s plaid hung low on his waist, he was an impressive
sight. Legs braced, arms by his side, fists clenched, he closed his eyes. Cast
in the soft, flickering glow of a single sputtering torch, sweat slicked
muscles rippled down his long warrior’s body. Was he praying? Long moments
passed. Every one of them a lifetime as her heart thundered. Then, as if
replacing one swift divine moment with another, his eyes snapped open and met
hers.
It felt like a freight train hit her.
“Och, my wee geal,” he whispered.
Wee what?
Sheila made to speak but the words died on her lips
when in two swift strides, he pulled her into his arms. The word ‘wee’ seemed a
massive understatement when up against him. Though she was fairly tall at five
foot seven, he had to be a foot taller. Lord, she felt tiny! What had been but
a tremble became a harsh fiery heat that whiplashed through her body. Emotional
state and sensory awareness in overdrive, she put her hands against his hard
chest.
“Oh, I shouldn’t have done that,” she murmured. But
she didn’t pull her hands away.
No, if anything she pressed tighter and curled her
fingers slightly. It was one thing to meet a man in your mind, another thing
entirely to feel him pressed up against your body. When he tilted up her chin,
her eyes slid shut. Why, she’d never know. She supposed somewhere deep inside
she wasn’t ready to look too closely into his eyes.
But why?
Perhaps she was afraid of what she’d see there. Perhaps
though he seemed so strong she’d see years of mental abuse flicker in his gaze.
Mental abuse inflicted by Keir being twisted within his mind for so long. The
very idea of it made her sick to her stomach.
But none of that mattered when she felt his warm
breath whisper over her lips. Close, so very close. She could all but feel his
mouth hovering over hers. Time slowed as her lips fell open. Sensation
heightened. A slow burn covered her cheeks. An ever so slight throbbing began
first on the sides of her neck as emotion welled. Her heart pounded so strongly
that her lips pulsed, ready for the pressure, the weight of his mouth against
hers.
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