Welcome to Medieval Monday. Here you’ll find Vikings, Pirates,
Knights, Magicians, you can fall in love with. Each week a different author
will be featured here with a “themed excerpt.” This month, all the excerpts
will be about the hero and heroine’s first kiss. Today’s guest is Lane
McFarland and her story is all about feuding Highlanders and an abducted
daughter. This kiss will be searing! Enjoy!
Knights, Magicians, you can fall in love with. Each week a different author
will be featured here with a “themed excerpt.” This month, all the excerpts
will be about the hero and heroine’s first kiss. Today’s guest is Lane
McFarland and her story is all about feuding Highlanders and an abducted
daughter. This kiss will be searing! Enjoy!
Excerpt from CAMERON
Robert gently set Cameron on the ground,
and she turned to face him. A bit dazed, she ran trembling fingers down the
front of her gown. His hands lingered at her waist, and when he didn’t step
back, she looked up to find him smiling.
and she turned to face him. A bit dazed, she ran trembling fingers down the
front of her gown. His hands lingered at her waist, and when he didn’t step
back, she looked up to find him smiling.
“I believe ye owe me yer thanks, Mistress
Cameron.”
Cameron.”
At his mention of her name, she searched
his face. “How do ye know me?”
his face. “How do ye know me?”
He chuckled, his deep voice rumbling
throughout his thick chest. “I make it my business to know all the bonnie
lasses in the area.”
throughout his thick chest. “I make it my business to know all the bonnie
lasses in the area.”
The men behind him laughed.
Her stomach tightened. She was no beauty.
He obviously mocked her—in front of his men. Prickly heat tingled across her
cheeks.
He obviously mocked her—in front of his men. Prickly heat tingled across her
cheeks.
“I’ll catch up to ye,” Robert called over
his shoulder.
his shoulder.
“Oh, aye. Once ye’ve taken care of
business,” one man asserted.
business,” one man asserted.
“Important business to be sure,” the other
bantered.
bantered.
The men chuckled as they nudged their
mounts, then trotted down the path and out of sight.
mounts, then trotted down the path and out of sight.
Robert’s gaze lingered on her mouth before
he raised it to her eyes. “I believe it’s customary to thank someone when
they’ve helped ye.”
he raised it to her eyes. “I believe it’s customary to thank someone when
they’ve helped ye.”
Cameron cleared her throat. “Aye, I do
thank ye.”
thank ye.”
He studied her lips again. “I had
something more in mind. Ye know ye’d still be stuck in that tree if I hadn’t
come along, so ye owe me.”
something more in mind. Ye know ye’d still be stuck in that tree if I hadn’t
come along, so ye owe me.”
His warm breath caressed her face. He bent
and placed his mouth on hers. His arms pulled her close, his muscular frame
molding her body against his. Stubble scratched her skin, and she inhaled his
male scent of leather, and aye, of horse.
and placed his mouth on hers. His arms pulled her close, his muscular frame
molding her body against his. Stubble scratched her skin, and she inhaled his
male scent of leather, and aye, of horse.
She should be horrified at his advances.
What was she thinking, allowing a Graham to kiss her so…so wickedly and
deliciously? She should push him away and demand he step back, but somehow, she
loathed the idea. Indeed, she reveled in the feel of his hard body pressed against
hers.
What was she thinking, allowing a Graham to kiss her so…so wickedly and
deliciously? She should push him away and demand he step back, but somehow, she
loathed the idea. Indeed, she reveled in the feel of his hard body pressed against
hers.
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Back Cover Copy:
Determined to band Scots together against
English tyranny, Laird Robert Graham seals a truce with his feuding neighbor,
the MacDougalls. But after his brother is nearly killed in a treacherous
attack, Graham kidnaps the laird’s daughter in an act of revenge.
English tyranny, Laird Robert Graham seals a truce with his feuding neighbor,
the MacDougalls. But after his brother is nearly killed in a treacherous
attack, Graham kidnaps the laird’s daughter in an act of revenge.
Cameron MacDougall has
devoted her life to the healing arts. She’s long rebelled against her father’s
feuding ways, but when Robert Graham abducts her, she’s finds herself at the
center of the dispute between their families. She expects the anger she feels,
not the simmering attraction to the powerful warrior, or the love she develops
for his clan.
devoted her life to the healing arts. She’s long rebelled against her father’s
feuding ways, but when Robert Graham abducts her, she’s finds herself at the
center of the dispute between their families. She expects the anger she feels,
not the simmering attraction to the powerful warrior, or the love she develops
for his clan.
Can she stop further violence between the clans
with her escape? Or will she find her surrender leads to a lasting peace and
her own heart’s desire?
with her escape? Or will she find her surrender leads to a lasting peace and
her own heart’s desire?
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Thank you so much for having me and sharing CAMERON'S first kiss, Ruth!
What a great excerpt from a terrific book! Love all the Daughters.
Thank you, Barbara!
Lane,
It's my pleasure to host you today. I LOVE your excerpt!