Highlander's Faerie (Highlander Heat Book 5) (13 page)

Inside the hot, steamy recesses of their underground cavern the day following their marriage ceremony, Katherine lay sprawled across John’s chest on the small curve of sandy beach as water lapped her toes. Filled with happiness, more than she’d ever known in her life, she played her fingers through the soft smattering of dark hair on his chest. “I never imagined my death would lead to living my life like this.”

“You’re alive and you must no’ think otherwise.” He smiled, caressed down her bare back and cupped her bottom. “And if I need to prove that to you every day, I shall.”

“Yes, please. Prove away.”

“I love you.” He rolled her over and still joined as one from their recent lovemaking, stroked deeper into her slick heat. “We’ll live a long life, together. I promise you that.”

“I love you too.” Her heart lifted and she clasped the amulet at her neck. “You’re my warrior protector, and I belong right here with you, always and forever.”

“Aye, as you promised me in your vows.” He kissed her, so deeply the heat in her blood surged.

“Make me fly,” she whispered against his lips.

With breathtaking speed, he did just that, until they soared beyond their bodies. Their love transcended both the future and the past, was built from the depths of their souls to the heights of their hearts.

Oh yes, her future was now hers for the taking, and it would be an adventure she’d never let go of.

Her greatest mission was about to begin.

To be bound to her warrior protector, for all time.

Heart, body, and soul.

I hope you enjoyed Highlander’s Faerie. Please feel free to search for the other full-length novels now available in the
Highlander Heat
series.

Highlander Heat Series

Highlander’s Captive, Novella (Short Story)

Highlander’s Castle, Book One

Highlander’s Magic, Book Two

Highlander’s Charm, Book Three

Highlander’s Guardian, Book Four

Highlander’s Faerie, Book Five

Highlander’s Champion, Book Six

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After I wrote Highlander’s Magic featuring Marie and Archie, I longed to write Katherine and John’s story. I’m so glad I finally got the chance to share their tale with you.

The ruins of Dunyvaig Castle holds such history within its crumbled stone walls, along with a past I find completely fascinating. With the rich accounts told of the Highlander clans who lived in the Western Isles, I’m driven to keep what I can of the past alive. So within my
Highlander Heat
series expect history mixed with fantasy and adventure as I weave stories around actual events and people who lived at the time.

For the purposes of this story, I chose to send Katherine MacLean back to the year fifteen-hundred and ninety, because Angus MacDonald, the eighth Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg had been imprisoned by the king due to his feud with the MacLean of Duart, his brother-in-law. The king did in fact induce all those involved in the dispute, being Donald MacDonald of Sleat, Angus MacDonald of Dunnyveg and Lachlan MacLean of Duart, to go to Edinburgh. When they each arrived, they were apprehended and imprisoned.

In the other stand-alone books in this
Highlander Heat
series, you can catch the individual stories of the clans, and discover how the feud began and the ramifications of it as it raged.

Angus MacDonald’s successor was his son James MacDonald, a minor, and with someone needing to lead the clan, I chose John and his brother, Archie.

John MacDonald and Katherine MacLean however are fictional characters.

The faerie circle and the amulet bestowed to Katherine’s sister, along with its passage down through Mary MacDonald’s maternal line were also my addition to the story.

Although the account told by John, of Donald MacDonald and his men seeking shelter on the MacLean’s portion of Jura, as well as James being taken hostage, Angus’s release and his meeting with MacLean at Mullintrea, are as accurate as I could convey them from the historical information on record of this event. Following this tragedy, the feud continued to rage and all within the Western Isles were affected. Ravaging by fire and sword, both MacDonald and MacLean laid waste to huge portions of land.

This story is woven with as much accuracy to the period and locations as possible, but any mistakes made are mine alone.

This book forms part of my
Highlander Heat
series, and each within it are stand-alone.

Please feel free to search for any of my other works. I simply adore strong heroines, and have a ton of fun matching them with their honorable alpha heroes.

I love reading romance, but even more, I love to write it. My characters hound me, demanding their stories are told. I’m happy to oblige, giving them the romance they’re after, provided they can accept a little angst and adventure along the way.

In beautiful New Zealand, I live with my hubby and four energetic children, and adore using the stunning countries of the South Pacific as backdrops in many of my books. One day I hope to travel further afield, to visit the Scottish Highlands, America, and everywhere between.

Currently I have three series underway.
Highlander Heat
, historical Highlander romances, feature strong heroines whose paths collide with their delicious Highland heroes.

Magio-Earth
, is a fast-paced YA fantasy romance line, where across worlds, soul-bound mates battle against both love and land.

And in
Bodyguards
, each heart-pounding story will bring you a bodyguard and the woman he protects.

There is no greater feeling than seeing my characters come to life, so thank you for joining me...where romance meets fantasy and adventure.

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Highlander Heat Series

Highlander’s Captive, Novella (Short Story)

Highlander’s Castle, Book One

Highlander’s Magic, Book Two

Highlander’s Charm, Book Three

Highlander’s Guardian, Book Four

Highlander’s Faerie, Book Five

Highlander’s Champion, Book Six

Magio-Earth Series

Protector, Book One

Warrior, Book Two

Hunter, Novella (Short Story)

Enchanter, Book Three

Bodyguards Series

Witness Pursuit, Book One

Bodyguard Pursuit, Book Two

Amazon Author Page:
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Highlander Heat, #1

Traveling through time…for a Highlander.

Anne MacLeod’s identical ancestor has made a wish on the Fairy Flag at Dunvegan Castle, one which sees the two young women swapping places in time and leaving Anne set to handfast with the very man her ancestor wished to escape. Only Anne sees the possibilities, because now she could change the future and ensure her parents never perished in the inferno which took their lives.

Highland warrior Alex MacDonald has made an agreement to handfast with Anne in order to bring a halt to the feud raging between their clans. The last thing he expects though is a woman claiming to come from the future, a woman who stirs him on a physical and emotional level to protect, and to even believe.

When Anne finds herself in her MacLeod chief’s presence, she chooses to go with him in order to leave a message for her parents. In full pursuit, Alex wages a battle of the heart, and of the very essence of time. Can he defy the odds as Anne is taken from him…to work his own magic and get her back?

Highlander Heat, #2

Traveling through time…for a Highlander.

Wearing the four-hundred-year-old amulet she inherited, Marie MacLean enters a faerie circle near the ruins of Dunyvaig Castle. A veil rises. A warrior from the past makes a wish to win the war against the Chief of MacLean, and as the veil thins, she falls through into his time.

Highland warrior Archie MacDonald has been gifted a faerie who insists she’s from the future and the progeny of both his and his enemy’s clan. The last thing he expects is for her to stir him on a level he’s never experienced before. All he needs is her aid in the war, no matter where she believes she’s from.

Determined to keep history on course, Marie enters the crux of the battle. She must ensure the MacLean chief who has yet to father her paternal line isn’t killed, and all without perishing herself. Can Archie see past his need for revenge before he kills his enemy? If he wishes to save the woman who’s crossed centuries to be by his side, he must.

Highlander Heat, #3

Traveling through time…for a Highlander.

Lila MacIan makes a wish upon a sixteenth century charm gifted to her by her missing grandmother, a wish that sends her traveling back into the past and to a warrior her charm has bound her to. With a vicious feud raging between the clans, she withholds her true identity from him, except he’s seen her grandmother and now she must do whatever it takes to find her.

Highland warrior Calum MacLean is bound to a woman who holds an identical charm to his. Visions assail him, of the two of them intimately together, and as Lila escapes him for the enemy’s land, his soul demands he protect and aid her.

Once Lila is reunited with her grandmother, she discovers she was born in the past to the MacIan laird, Calum’s arch enemy. Can she find a way to save the man her soul cries out for…set her past to rights and remain in her true time?