Honora, a duke's daughter, knows better than to expect her marriage to be a love match, but her uncles' choice of a vain, greedy widower won't do either. She has her welfare and the future of her sisters to think of. "I'd rather marry the devil himself," she tells them, and then she meets... Brec McCloud, the mysterious new Laird of the Isle of Myst. He seeks a lady for his castle for his own dark reasons, and he is willing to give up much to win Lady Honora's hand in marriage. One suitor rejected and war on the horizon, Honora is forced to accept his magical courtship and passionate attentions. Ultimately she accepts his proposal of marriage which sets her on a journey to the western isles and world of healers, pirates, and sinister superstitions. At the Laird's ancestral home where she reigns as the lady of the castle, she discovers a kelpie, a fairy flag, a tale of murder and cruel betrayal. With a woman's special strength, she fights for her Laird as an enemy's lies threaten to tear them apart...before they can speak of love.
Linda Madl's work includes historical romance novels, novellas, short stories, book reviews, and nonfiction articles. The settings of her books are as far ranging as her travels. She has visited England, the Isle of Sky, the Rocky Mountains, and the Ozarks, all settings for her stories.
Her current releases, TRESPASSING TIME and "Serafina", fulfill a life-long desire to write what she loves to read, stories about ghosts and the paranormal.
She loves chocolate, crisp October days, piano music, and a good ghost story.
Madl's nonfiction work includes feature stories and book reviews for newspapers, magazines, and newsletters.
She is active in professional writing organizations including the St. Louis Writers Guild, Romance Writers of America, KS Writers, Inc., and Novelists, Inc. She has presented programs and workshops at numerous meetings including RWA regional and national conferences and at the UFM Adult Learning Center.
Madl is a graduate of Paola High School and Baker University. Currently, she resides with her husband in the Kansas Flint Hills. She fills her non-writing hours with family, friends, and travel.
