THE HEALER
Release Date - October 8th, 2014
Curb your Outlander cravings with Allison Butler’s
seriously sexy Scottish novel about an English woman, a Scottish Laird, a case
of mistaken identity, and a love that will surpass all barriers.
Book Description:
An
outcast in her own home for as long as she can remember, Lynelle Fenwick
will do anything to earn her father’s approval. Including exaggerating her
healing skills, and setting off alone to rescue her step-brother from a band of
raiding Scots.
Living
under a curse that has haunted the Closeburn Clan for years, Laird William Kirkpatrick,
will do anything to save his sole surviving brother. He may not believe
in curses, but his clan does, and the growing number of graves seems to support
their side. Having banished all healers from the clan for trickery, he has no
choice but to allow an Englishwoman, claiming to be a skilled healer, into his
home and into the room of his wounded brother.
Enemies
by birth and circumstance, they can only succeed together. But blood runs deep,
and tensions high. What matters the desires of a heart?
Excerpt:
With hesitant steps the English lad’s saviour moved into the
hall. Not a wisp of hair or flesh showed of the darkly clad form. William’s
curiosity lifted a notch. What kind of woman dared to enter an enemy’s domain
alone to rescue a boy?
She is either a fool, or foolishly brave.
The woman stopped an arm’s length from the laird’s
table and William absently measured her height compared to his. The top of her
head would barely reach his shoulder.
'Tell me your name and why you have come at such an ungodly
hour,' Lachlan said in his best laird’s voice.
William saw the cloaked figure start. Small, pale
hands emerged from the confining cloak and pushed back the hood to reveal the
woman.
'I am Lynelle,' she said in a tremulous voice. 'I have
come for Thomas, Lord Fenwick’s heir.'
The glowing light from the torches fell on the woman’s
hair, turning it red-gold. Recognition hit William like a blow to his gut.
Anger swelled inside him.
He surged forward, away from
the wall. For the first time in his twenty-six years, William Kirkpatrick was
furious without actually knowing why.
Author Bio:
Allison
Butler is an author of Scottish historical romance. She spent her early years
in country New South Wales building pretend castles with hay bales and leaping
white posts with her army of two older sisters and a younger brother. Many
years later, with her mother's influence, she discovered a passion for words
and history, read her first historical romance and was inspired to create her
own. She writes by day and cares for the elderly by night. Her love of travel
has given her the gift of many amazing sights but none more heart-stirring than
the rugged beauty of Scotland. Allison lives in a small town in New South Wales,
Australia, with her very own Scottish hero, two beautiful daughters and a Jack
Russell named Wallace. She loves travelling, dancing like no-one's watching and
seeing the sights from the back of her husband's motorcycle.
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Dear Vision and Verse,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for previewing my upcoming release on your fabulous blog.
Best wishes,
Allison Butler