Welcome
back to Medieval Monday! This is week fourteen, the final week of
the new round of authors, snippets, and fun. Our spring theme is the first
kiss. Today I am hosting Sophia Nye and her terrific story, A Highland
Autumn.
(For easy access to authors taking part in this round of Medieval
Monday tales, visit the Medieval Romance Lovers Facebook page. Authors will
post their blog links there. You can also find us on Twitter at
#MedMonSpring21.)
A murder, a mix-up, and a midnight missive
make for one unforgettable Highland romance… See for yourself.
Excerpt 14
“I’m not marrying for love,” he replied, realizing it still didn’t
explain a thing to her.
“But you are marrying,” she said sadly.
“Aye. I must,” Ronan answered, his resolve growing. He had been
weak, but he would not make the same mistake again. “The kitchen is across the
great hall, through the other door.”
Adelina said nothing, fleeing the room in search of Eby as quickly
as she could without running. Ronan watched her go, unable to ignore the
enticing sway of her hips and the shimmer of that red braid as she walked.
See last week’s snippet on Cathy MacRae’s blog: https://www.cathymacraeauthor.com/bits-n-bobs-author-blog
Follow the excerpt from the very beginning, starting with the
first snippet on Sophia Nye’s blog: https://sophianyewrites.com/blog/
A
Highland Autumn
Seasons
of Scotland Book 1
Sophia Nye
https://sophianyewrites.com/blog/
When a fiery, red-haired Englishwoman falls
for the laird’s charming, off-limits son, their passion ignites a fire that
threatens to engulf the clan.
Ronan Calder, eldest son of Clan Calder's
laird, is going to stay as far away from marriage as he can get. After losing
his mother and beloved sister during childbirth, Ronan knows there is no way he
could ever inflict such a fate upon any woman. Things get a little complicated
when he meets the enchanting new scholar and mistakes her for his future
bride.
Adelina Matheson has every intention of
becoming the first female scholar at Oxford, and the quick wit to prove it. The
only thing she's missing is permission to attend lectures. When the masters
challenge Adelina to serve as advisor to a Highland laird in exchange for
entry, she is left with little choice. She agrees to the challenge - surely she
can manage such a simple task to prove herself.
Except that once Adelina arrives at Calder
Keep, she realizes that nothing about her task is simple. She must battle her
alarming attraction to the laird's handsome son while enduring the laird’s
beastly temper. The only other Englishwoman is also her competition for Ronan's
affection, and the entire clan is under threat of attack at the upcoming
Samhain celebration. Can Ronan and Adelina put aside their personal troubles
and save Clan Calder, or will they doom the entire clan?
Buy link:
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L8PRG18
