Magnus and a Love Beyond Words

by Knightley, Diana

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  I also asked, “If Zach and Emma had to move somewhere safe where would they pick?”

  Courtney Wilson picked Austin, Texas. That one felt right to me, unfortunately they didn’t make it.

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  And finally, “If Magnus and Kaitlyn were to celebrate Christmas in 2018, what would Magnus give Kaitlyn as a present? Also how would he wrap it, present it? Also what would Kaitlyn give Magnus?”

  Magnus and Kaitlyn don’t exactly make it back for Christmas, but they do discuss what they would give each other. Thank you for the ideas!

  Magnus would give her a baby - Cynthia Tyler

  Kaitlyn would give him a horse (or learning to ride a horse with him.) - Denagh Lyn McBean

  But there were so many wonderful suggestions, thank you everyone! Michelle Lisgaris, Gloria Michaels-Brown, Julie Napp, Jessica Martin, David Sutton, Liza Griggers, Holley Jewell, Rachael Temaat, Libera Illiano, Riley Walker, Gail Bissett, Diana Toles, Kristen Schoenmann De Haan, Lyn Fox, Denagh Lynn McBean, Tonya Morgan, and Kayla Foster

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  And thank you to Dianna Schmidt for telling me about the Scottish tradition of throwing a man over the side of the boat to bring a good haul of fish. I like Magnus’s memory of that day.

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  And thank you to the artist, Nikita TV, for the photos of this amazing model through shuttterstock.com. He is a perfect Magnus and I’m grateful for him…

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  Thank you to Kevin Dowdee for being my support, my guidance, and my inspiration for these stories. I appreciate you so much. And thank you for listening to me as I fleshed out my theory of time travel. That was a big help.

  Thank you to my kids, Ean, Gwynnie, Fiona, and Isobel, for listening to me go on and on about these characters, advising me whenever you can, and accepting them as real parts of our lives. I love you.

  About me, Diana Knightley

  I live in Los Angeles where we have a lot of apocalyptic tendencies that we overcome by wishful thinking. Also great beaches. I maintain a lot of people in a small house, too many pets, and a to-do list that is longer than it should be, because my main rule is: Art, play, fun, before housework. My kids say I am a cool mom because I try to be kind. I’m married to a guy who is like a water god: he surfs, he paddle boards, he built a boat. I’m a huge fan.

  I write about heroes and tragedies and magical whisperings and always forever happily ever afters. I love that scene where the two are desperate to be together but can’t because of war or apocalyptic-stuff or (scientifically sound!) time-jumping and he is begging the universe with a plead in his heart and she is distraught (yet still strong) and somehow, through kisses and steamy more and hope and heaps and piles of true love, they manage to come out on the other side.

  I like a man in a kilt, especially if he looks like a Hemsworth, doesn’t matter, Liam or Chris.

  My couples so far include Beckett and Luna (from the trilogy, Luna’s Story) who battle their fear to find each other during an apocalypse of rising waters. And Magnus and Kaitlyn (from the series Kaitlyn and the Highlander). Who find themselves traveling through time to be together.

  I write under two pen names, this one here, Diana Knightley, and another one, H. D. Knightley, where I write books for Young Adults (They are still romantic and fun and sometimes steamy though, because love is grand at any age.)

  DianaKnightley.com

  Diana@dianaknightley.com

  Also by H. D. Knightley (My YA pen name)

  Bright (Book One of The Estelle Series)

  Beyond (Book Two of The Estelle Series)

  Belief (Book Three of The Estelle Series)

  Fly; The Light Princess Retold

  Violet’s Mountain

  Sid and Teddy