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Location: Barrie, ON, Canada
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I am a stay-at-home mom of four(five-year-old son, 3-year-old daughter, and 9-month-old twin girls). My husband Kevin and I have been married for 7 years. I am a recently published author of a short story "Where the Sea Meets Skye" in Blue Moon Magic (ISBN 0-9746249-4-2), from Highland Press, and will soon be published again in the upcoming Second Time Around anthology. We live in Ontario, Canada,… Read moreI am a stay-at-home mom of four(five-year-old son, 3-year-old daughter, and 9-month-old twin girls). My husband Kevin and I have been married for 7 years. I am a recently published author of a short story "Where the Sea Meets Skye" in Blue Moon Magic (ISBN 0-9746249-4-2), from Highland Press, and will soon be published again in the upcoming Second Time Around anthology. We live in Ontario, Canada, where I keep busy writing during my babies' naps. I am a committed Christian and I dedicate my life and work to Christ, without whom it (or I)wouldn't exist.
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Tessa La Prelle, a scullery maid in 1903 London, dreams of a life better than her own. She finds an object for her fantasies in a local gallery - the work of Regency artist Giles Longworth. His brooding self-portrait is fascinating, but not as intriguing as the scandalously beautiful painting called The Bride of Time.
When a false accusation sends Tessa running, she never dreams that she will flee from the bobbies straight into the carriage of Giles himself. Before she can fully understand what has happened, she is bundled off to Longworth Abbey as governess to Giles' ward, the incorrigible young Master Monty.
Giles Longworth has problems of his own, Master… Read more
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Chris Holmes weaves a bittersweet tale worthy of a clan storyteller against the backdrop of the Highlands of Scotland. The year is 1854 and the economy of the Highlands is shifting -- from tenant crop farming to sheep farming. And sheep need room to graze. Landlords all over Scotland are "clearing" their tenants in place of four-footed clansmen, and the lord of Strath Carron is no different.
Catherine Ross is no stranger to the Clearances. Displaced from her childhood home, she made a life with her husband in the village of Greenyards. Now a widow, she has only her son and her home in the valley of Strath Carron, for generations her family's place.
Ian Macgregor is… Read more
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
Lady Lark Eddington's life seems over when the gates close on the Marshalsea debtor's prison. But when the roguishly handsome Basil Kingston, Earl of Greyshire redeems her from the mire of debt and scandal, she has a second chance. But what cost will "King" demand of her?
Ms. MacTavish's latest regency kept me turning pages, with an intriguing plot, sensual romance, and vibrant characters, set against a vivid backdrop evoking all the elegance of Regency England and the wilderness of the Cornish coast. Add in a pair of sneaky villains, a political entanglement, a gypsy wench, a lost soul, and above all, a devilishly lovable scheming countess, and you have a recipe for a finely… Read more
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