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An American in Scotland
MacIain #3
Karen Ranney
Releasing February 23rd, 2016
Avon Books
New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney returns with the third heart-stirring novel in her latest series, a tale of deceit, desperate measures, and delirious desire
Rose MacIain is a beautiful woman with a secret. Desperate and at her wits' end, she crafts a fake identity for herself, one that Duncan MacIain will be unable to resist. But she doesn't realize that posing as the widow of the handsome Scotsman's cousin is more dangerous than she knew. And when a simmering attraction rises up between them, she begins to regret the whole charade.
Duncan is determined to resist the tempting Rose, no matter how much he admires her arresting beauty and headstrong spirit. When he agrees to accompany her on her quest, their desire for each other only burns hotter. The journey tests his resolve as their close quarters fuel the fire that crackles between them.
When the truth comes to light, these two stubborn people must put away their pride and along the way discover that their dreams of love are all they need.
“Yes?”
The woman who opened the door was a
matronly sort, dressed in a somber blue that nevertheless was a pleasant color
for her complexion. Her smile was an easy one, as if she had long practice at
being pleasant.
“May I help you?” she asked. “If
you’re a friend of the missus, she’s dining with her family now. Like as not
it’ll go on for a few hours. Do you need to see her?”
The smell of food wafted out of the
house. Rose was so hungry she could define each separate scent: fish stew,
freshly baked rolls, roast beef, and something that smelled like fruit cake.
Her stomach growled, as if she needed
reminding she hadn’t eaten a real meal in two days.
“Mr. MacIain,” she said, pushing
aside both her hunger and her fatigue. “Is he here? I need to see him.”
“You’ve business with Mr. Duncan?
Well, he mostly transacts his business at the mill, miss. Wouldn’t it be better
to call on him there?”
She didn’t know where the MacIain
Mill was. She’d taken his home address from the letters he’d written Bruce.
“I’ve come from America,” she began,
and had no more said those words than she was dragged into the house by her
sleeve.
“Well, why didn’t you say so from the
very first? From America? All that way? And here I let you stand on the
doorstep. Is that your valise? And your carriage? We’ll take care of both right
away.”
The woman, matronly only a moment
ago, had turned into a whirlwind.
Rose found herself being led through
the house, following the scent of food until she thought her stomach would
cramp. In moments she found herself standing in the doorway of a small dining
room.
Dozens of people, it seemed from her
first glance, were seated at the table, all of them attractive and well
dressed. Some of them were smiling as they looked up.
“Duncan? This lady came all the way
from America to see you.”
She couldn’t think for the hunger.
She couldn’t even speak.
A man stood, and she thought that hunger
must surely have made her hallucinate. Tall, brown-haired, with the most
beautiful blue eyes she’d ever seen. He smiled so sweetly at her, so perfectly
handsome and kind, that she wondered if he was real.
He was broad-shouldered, with a face
that no doubt captured the attention of women on the street. They’d stop to
marvel at that strong jaw, that mouth that looked as if it could be curved into
a smile or just as easily thinned in derision.
She hadn’t expected him to be so
arresting a figure. No doubt that’s why she wavered a little on her feet.
“Yes?” he said, coming around the
table toward her.
“Mr. MacIain? Duncan MacIain?”
He regarded her with a direct stare
so forceful she felt as if her will were being drawn out of her with that
glance.
She reached out one gloved hand
toward him. Suddenly everything changed. The air around her grayed. The floor
rushed up to greet her instead of him. Yet he somehow caught her when she fell.
As he did so, she had the strangest thought, one that troubled her even as darkness
enveloped her.
This was why
she’d come all this way.
USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Karen Ranney began writing when she was five. Her first published work was The Maple Leaf, read over the school intercom when she was in the first grade. In addition to wanting to be a violinist (her parents had a special violin crafted for her when she was seven), she wanted to be a lawyer, a teacher, and, most of all, a writer. Though the violin was discarded early, she still admits to a fascination with the law, and she volunteers as a teacher whenever needed. Writing, however, has remained the overwhelming love of her life.
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