The Highlander's Pirate Lass (Brothers of Wolf Isle)
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As if breaking free from ice, Beck pushed through the small crowd. The crease between his brows smoothed when he stopped before her. His gaze was intense as he looked down into her face. “I will never let go of ye, Eliza Wentworth Pritchert. The answer to your proposal is aye.”
A smile grew on Eliza’s mouth, and she laughed as a tear broke from her eye. She wiped it with a finger, and Beck pulled her into him. “I love ye now and forever,” he said.
“I love you, too, Beck.” Her eyes closed as he lowered his face to hers. His lips were warm and met hers with equal pressure. With their arms encircling each other, Eliza hardly noticed the Macquaries shouting “Huzzah!” and the children laughing around them. All thoughts melted into one simple truth. She loved and was loved. Freely and completely.
And neither of them would ever let go.
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Continue the Macquarie brothers’ quest to break the curse and rebuild their clan in the third BROTHERS OF WOLF ISLE book.
When Callum Macquarie volunteers to escort Anna Montgomerie up to Wolf Isle, he expects to meet a sweet lass who will bake him her famous tarts. But as the two of them dodge English royalty and a French pirate bent on revenge, Callum realizes that Anna has a wild side and some secrets that may jeopardize everything.
Acknowledgments
Thank you for reading the second book in my Brothers of Wolf Isle series! The Macquarie Clan is growing, and I love being a part of it. And sharing it with you all is a dream come true.
Thank you to my fabulous Highlander husband, Braden, who always supports me. And to my children who have come home through this pandemic. We’ve been living on top of each other, but we’ve made it work!
Thank you to my cool-as-a-cucumber agent, Kevan Lyon, and my publisher, the fabulous Liz Pelletier at Entangled Publishing. To Alethea Spiridon, my talented editor, I love working with you! And cyber hugs go to my publishing team at Entangled and all the book reviewers and book bloggers. It takes a village to get a book out. I couldn’t do it without you all!
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A word about Eliza’s favorite curse word, which popped up frequently in the book. I tried to talk Eliza out of using the F-word, but she just rolled her eyes at me and called me an easily offended milksop who shouldn’t be writing about pirates if I couldn’t handle their wicked words. I even tried to have Beck curb her tongue! So I left it in for authenticity, but wrote it phonetically with the characters’ accents as fok, to hopefully be less offensive to modern readers. Eliza didn’t seem to have a problem with that.
The actual word, meaning sexual intercourse, is ancient, recently having been found in a 1310 court document. It became taboo through the centuries and was not in any dictionary between 1795 and 1965. It was outlawed in print in England (Obscene Publications Act, 1857) and the U.S. (Comstock Act, 1873), but was still widely spoken. In WWI, generals used it so much that soldiers knew that if their general did not use it, things were deadly serious. For more information about English word origins and history, check out https://www.etymonline.com/.
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Also…
At the end of each of my books, I ask that you, my awesome readers, please remind yourselves of the whispered symptoms of ovarian cancer. I am now a nine-year survivor, one of the lucky ones. Please don’t rely on luck. If you experience any of these symptoms consistently for three weeks or more, go see your GYN.
· Bloating
· Eating less and feeling full faster
· Abdominal pain
· Trouble with your bladder
Other symptoms may include: indigestion, back pain, pain with intercourse, constipation, fatigue, and menstrual irregularities.
About the Author
Heather McCollum is an award-winning historical romance writer. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood of Golden Heart finalists. She has over twenty romance novels published and is a Readers’ Crown winner and Amazon Best Seller in Historical Romance.
When she is not creating vibrant characters and magical adventures on the page, she is roaring her own battle cry in the war against ovarian cancer. Ms. McCollum slew the cancer beast and resides with her very own Highland hero, a rescued golden retriever, and three kids in the wilds of suburbia on the mid-Atlantic coast. For more information about Ms. McCollum, please visit www.HeatherMcCollum.com.
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