A Hundred Kisses...another Romantasy is here!
Another glow-up! I promised you, my dear readers (okay, now I sound like Lady Whistledown…) four re-releases this year and 2 more {new books} next year! So here is the third of four books coming out in 2024.
Another beautiful cover by talented Angela Westerman. https://www.instagram.com/akoagraphicdesign/ !!
I am so excited to be re-releasing this book. What’s different, you ask? Same story and content, but with a fabulous new cover and the inside is spruced up just a wee bit (this was my first book put out in 2017, so it needed just a smidgen more polish from the editing Jeannie).
Where you can find it online: HERE.
1296, Scotland
Two wedding nights. Two dead husbands. Deirdre MacCoinneach wishes to understand her unusual ability to sense others' lifeblood energies…and vows to discover if her gift killed the men she married. Her father's search for a new and unsuspecting suitor for Deirdre becomes complicated when rumors of witchcraft abound.
Under the façade of a trader, Alasdair Montgomerie travels to Uist with pivotal information for a Claimant seeking the Scottish throne. A ruthless baron hunts him and a dark past haunts him, leaving little room for alliances with a Highland laird or his tempting daughter.
Awestruck when she realizes that her unlikely travel companion is the man from her visions, a man whose thickly veiled emotions are buried beneath his burning lifeblood, Deirdre wonders if he, too, will die in her bed if she follows her father's orders. Amidst magic, superstition, and ghosts of the past, Alasdair and Deirdre find themselves falling together in a web of secrets and the curse of a hundred kisses…
A Hundred Lies will be out in the fall 2024!
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A Hundred Lies will be out in the fall 2024! 〰️
A Hundred Breaths: Blog Tour!
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WINNER OF AMAZON/B&N GIFT CARD ANNOUNCED:
~~~~ Congratulations, Christina L.R.! ~~~~
Come with me on my Goddess Fish Blog Tour adventure! Each stop will have an opportunity to enter an Amazon/Barnes and Noble giveaway, you’ll read excerpts from A Hundred Breaths, and learn more about me, my writing process, and facts about the book!
Vikings ~ Mystical Isles Folk ~ Enchanting Abbey and Castle ~ A Vengeful Scotsman ~ An Incredible Journey
Healing his heart…with her last breath.
1263, Scotland
Simon MacCoinneach’s vengeance runs deep. The blade is the only way to end the blood-thirsty Nordmen’s reign upon Scottish soil. His soul might be lost, but the mystical Healer he kidnaps from the isles could be the answer for his ailing mother…and his heart.
Isles-born Gwyn reluctantly agrees to a marriage alliance with this heathen Scot in return for the sanctuary of her younger brother from her abusive Norse father. Her brother’s condition is beyond the scope of her Ancient power, for larger healings steal breaths of life from her own body.
As Simon and Gwyn fight to outwit her madman father and a resentful Norse betrothed, Gwyn softens Simon’s heart with each merciful touch. Gwyn’s Seer sister foresees a bloody battle—and an end to the Nordmen—but Simon will also die. Will Gwyn save Simon on the battlefield even if it means losing her last breath?
The stops:
February 18: BooksChatter
February 18: Our Town Book Reviews
February 25: Edgar's Books
March 4: Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
March 4: Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
March 11: Romance Novel Giveaways
March 11: Hearts and Scribbles
March 11: Christine Young
March 18: Mythical Books
March 18: So Many Books
March 25: Fabulous and Brunette
March 25: Readeropolis
April 1: Kit 'N Kabookle
April 8: The Reading Addict
Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter along the tour to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble giftcard!
Find A Hundred Breaths:
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A whirlwind tour of Scotland: isles, castles, abbeys, lochs, moors, oh my!, and a visit to the Draken Harald Hårfagre while it was harbored in Connecticut.
Introducing: A Hundred Breaths...cover reveal! Releases Feb 18, 2019
I can’t hold in the excitement. My eagerly awaited (well, okay, eagerly awaited by me! I’m not sure about readers) prequel to A Hundred Kisses is set to release on February 18, 2019. Just 7 weeks from now. (insert screams of delight). How about I share that cover art and blurb with you, aye?
Why the prequel and not a sequel?
When I wrote A Hundred Kisses it was set to be a standalone book. In fact, I had been writing stories set in 12th century Scotland for over a decade. After three practice novels, and much learning of the craft and business, I decided to leap forward to the 13th century and sprinkle in paranormal/mystical elements. Therein I found the magic! From that exploration arose Deirdre and Alasdair’s story: a ruthless baron, a dark past, a curse, deep secrets, and the mystical power of the Ancients. Not bad for a first book! ((A little plug for Rosalind Ashford who narrated the audio book — her voice swept me away.)).
I felt compelled to dig deeper into the mystical Silver Veil because Deirdre’s mother, Gwyn, also had a story to tell. And it so happened to be a pivotal time period for the [end of the] Norse (Viking) reign. The stars aligned and what came forth was a story about a merciful Healer, a scarred man hellbent on vengeance, and several unrelenting Nordmen.
What next? I’m writing the final book in the trilogy (hint: it’s about Deirdre and Alasdair’s child). Each story in my “hundred” series explores the powers of the Ancients: Healing (water), Feeling (fire), Seeing (Wind), and the grounding force of Earth. Each book is steeped in Scottish-Norse-English history.
I hope you enjoy this latest one. It’s set to release on February 18th (a great day-early birthday present for me!). It will be available as an e-book and print, with audio forthcoming.
And like any novel, I take my research serious! A Hundred Breaths delves into the Norse culture and I was fortunate to tour an actual Viking ship, the Draken Harald Hårfagre, last year. Gwyn and Simon’s journey also takes them to Dryburgh Abbey (I visited this abbey on my trip to Scotland in 2008).
No book announcement could be complete without an excerpt! I enjoyed writing this book, especially the villain. My best bad guy yet!
“I’m your wife, and still I am guarded?”
Simon shrugged though she couldn’t see. He’d given up on excuses. “What must I do to prove I won’t flee? I signed your marriage contract. I said my vows.” Her voice broke on those words.
Was she crying? He laid the tray of food on her table and approached. He didn’t touch her, as much as he wanted to link his arm within hers as they’d done during their walks. He reached inside his ganache and withdrew her small, simple dagger. Unadorned with jewels or carvings, it possessed a bone hilt and a blade worn from use. Likely from tree limbs, flowers, and household use. His smith had sharpened it and cleaned the hilt.
“Here,” he said, placing it in her lap. Gildy had retrieved the sheath from Gwyn’s laundered gown.
Gwyn stared at it, her fingertips dancing butterfly wings hovering over the hilt. After a moment, she drew her hand around it and pulled it from its leather sheath. She rose and whirled on him, the dagger pointed out before her, barely pressing into his chest.
He didn’t retreat as he met her fiery, misty gaze.
She made no move to remove the dagger’s tip.
“A smidge to the center, Gwyn, and you’ll be square over my blackened heart.” He held her glower. The heat blazed in her entrancing blue eyes like the devil. He fought a smile.