Hello all! It’s time for
more Highlanders! The last book in The MacLomain Series: A New Beginning has
finally arrived. As usual, when I finish writing the last book in a series, I
got teary. It’s never easy saying goodbye. Nevertheless, it was awesome
spending time with all the characters one last time and of course, following
Bryce and Jessie’s journey. Naturally, they took me on a whirlwind adventure
full of twists and turns I won’t soon forget.
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About
the Book
Laird Bryce MacLeod will
do anything to see Scotland’s history saved. Even if it means chasing down
Jessie, a twenty-first century lass who might very well be his enemy. What he
discovers when he catches her, however, is someone with deep, dark secrets and
unanticipated intentions. Hidden truths so remarkable a whirlwind adventure
through time begins.
First, they find
themselves in league with Angus Óg MacDomhnaill, Lord of the Isles, a noble
Scottish captain rumored in some circles to be a pirate. Danger and intrigue
abound as they help the Scots capture three English supply ships and deliver
their cargo to the Scottish army. As they do and more mysteries are unveiled,
attraction ignites and roars to life.
Caught in the throes of
newfound passion, they finally join King Robert the Bruce and face off with the
English once more at the Battle of Byland Moor. Yet there’s another enemy as
well. An evil whose sole purpose is meant to test their hearts in a way neither
saw coming. An enemy determined to rip Jessie away from Bryce forever. Will the
power of love be strong enough in the end? Or will the curse that threatens
Scotland be too much to overcome? Find out in Avenged by a Highland Laird,
the epic conclusion of The MacLomain Series: A New Beginning.
Excerpt
She didn’t miss the flash of disappointment in
his eyes before he managed a small nod and held out his hand. “Aye then, lass,
step around me…Ma would want me to work with you for the sake of our country.”
Jessie clenched her teeth, disappointed that
the small bridge they had built was so swiftly knocked down. That he was so
quick to dislike her again. But that wasn’t to be worried about right now.
Well aware time was running out, she carefully
turned, so she was facing the wall, took
his hand, and began moving. Step by step, she made her way along the ledge to the point where they would have to share a
space.
She met his pale golden eyes and tried to ignore the flustered way they made her feel. “Are
you ready for me to pass?”
“I am,” he lied.
She could tell by his guarded expression he was nowhere near
ready. Not because he was a coward but because he was aware of his effect on
her. More so, how much he liked it. His wariness had nothing to do with
plummeting to their death but allowing her close enough that she could pass. Close
enough that he would feel the heat of her skin.
So a bridge might have been knocked down, but something else was taking its place. She worked to steady her breathing at the quickly escalating attraction between them.
Now was most certainly not the time.
Yet she had known this would likely happen,
didn’t she? That it would be unavoidable. At least for her. How else could it
be considering the secrets she still kept? Secrets she was foolish enough to
have thought she could keep from him for his own safety. But then she had very
little real-life practice when it came to attraction. Especially the sort she
felt being so close to Bryce. He was the real thing and far more than she
anticipated.
However, now definitely wasn’t the time for a
chat about deep dark secrets that would only upset him further.
They needed to keep moving.
Though tempted to close her eyes so she didn’t drown in those piercing golden
orbs of his again, she kept them open and
made her move. With her hand braced on the left side of his waist, she began
moving along the front of him. She was halfway across and directly in front of
him when he touched the side of her waist, lowered his lips close to her ear
and whispered, “Dinnae move, lass.”
His words floated through her mind. “There is a
stranger standing across the way.”
“I feel
him,” she responded as her eyes rose to his. “He doesn’t see us yet.”
Though she thought it was her breath that
caught when they’re eyes met, it might
have been his. Alarmed by the impact of being this close, she nearly teetered
back, but his arm slipped around and
pulled her even closer.
Unable to breathe at all now, she didn’t look away. She couldn’t if she
wanted to. “Let me go, and I’ll hide us
without him knowing.”
Unmistakable heat gathered in his eyes. Heat
and lust he warred to contain, but she saw it…then she felt it as his arm
tightened. The pale gold flecks in his thickly lashed eyes only grew brighter
with curiosity. While she could tell herself that he simply wondered how she
would get them out of this, she knew better. His curiosity was entirely focused
on the strong chemistry between them.
Despite the waterfall’s intense spray and the
fact an enemy could very well be staring at them right now, she was human
enough to get caught up in what was happening between them. How erotic it felt
to finally be pressed against his long, hard body.
To finally lay her hands on the physical form
of someone she had known for so long.
“No,” she whispered, suddenly frightened as
heat swept through her and pooled below. “Not now. Not yet.” She swallowed hard
and shook her head, suddenly lost in memories. No matter how real this might
be, she had long trained herself that she couldn’t trust lustful feelings when
it came to him. That she should not indulge in them. “Let me go. Please.”
Though her response could simply be that of a
woman choosing to reject what flared between them, he seemed to sense there was
more to it. His arousal turned to protectiveness as his brow furrowed in
determination and his grip tightened ever-so-slightly. She couldn’t help but
wonder if he was inherently responding to her past. To those moments he was so
much a part of without ever knowing.
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