Bound by Wish and Mistletoe (Highlands Legends #1.5), holiday novella by Kat Bastion, is here! See the guest post, enter the giveaway, and don't forget to check out Forged in Dreams and Magick (Highlands Legends, #1) novel. It is also an Amazon Top 10 Time Travel Bestseller!
(Highlands Legend, #1.5)
Release: November 5, 2013
Paranormal Romance / Highlander Romance / Holiday novella
Desperate to honor a life-long promise, Susanna MacEalan escapes her abusive clan with the fierce determination of never falling under the power of a man. Ever.
Aggravated by shallow-hearted pursuing lasses, Robert Brodie, commander of his clan’s elite guard, has foresworn scheming women. Forever.
When magick transforms Brodie Castle into a Christmas wonderland, the two despondent souls find solace in a most unexpected place . . . each other’s arms.
Amid a whirlwind of escalating events, Susanna’s traumatic past threatens Robert’s ability to protect the one woman meant for him. In a harrowing moment, as her fears and demons coalesce, will hope, faith, and love be enough to save them?
Aggravated by shallow-hearted pursuing lasses, Robert Brodie, commander of his clan’s elite guard, has foresworn scheming women. Forever.
When magick transforms Brodie Castle into a Christmas wonderland, the two despondent souls find solace in a most unexpected place . . . each other’s arms.
Amid a whirlwind of escalating events, Susanna’s traumatic past threatens Robert’s ability to protect the one woman meant for him. In a harrowing moment, as her fears and demons coalesce, will hope, faith, and love be enough to save them?
Creating Chemistry
by Kat Bastion
When teasing out the essence of characters, an exquisite chemistry between a hero and heroine begins with strong emotional tension. The best stories launch in the fragile moments when one or both are rocked to the core—by interior or exterior conflict—and our delicious adventure is their journey to stable ground.
By delving deep into raw feelings, fear, desire, love, lust, hope, and faith all become proving grounds for plot exploration and character development. With great emotional pulling, shoving, entangling, and unraveling, an author exposes their darkest selves and brightest aspirations.
In Bound by Wish and Mistletoe, the determined Susanna escapes her tormenting past and explodes into the scene, nearly trampling the commanding Robert.
But it’s in the moments and days to come, as her bold defiance clashes with his absolute dominance, that sparks fly and passion erupts.
Elusive and intangible, chemistry builds with each successive event filled with mindless reaction and inexplicable attraction, igniting the very oxygen between our hero and heroine into flame. Drawing them ever closer.
Luring us into their story.
When teasing out the essence of characters, an exquisite chemistry between a hero and heroine begins with strong emotional tension. The best stories launch in the fragile moments when one or both are rocked to the core—by interior or exterior conflict—and our delicious adventure is their journey to stable ground.
By delving deep into raw feelings, fear, desire, love, lust, hope, and faith all become proving grounds for plot exploration and character development. With great emotional pulling, shoving, entangling, and unraveling, an author exposes their darkest selves and brightest aspirations.
In Bound by Wish and Mistletoe, the determined Susanna escapes her tormenting past and explodes into the scene, nearly trampling the commanding Robert.
But it’s in the moments and days to come, as her bold defiance clashes with his absolute dominance, that sparks fly and passion erupts.
Elusive and intangible, chemistry builds with each successive event filled with mindless reaction and inexplicable attraction, igniting the very oxygen between our hero and heroine into flame. Drawing them ever closer.
Luring us into their story.
Excerpt from Bound by Wish and Mistletoe
His silken hair brushed against her cheek as his lips pressed down on the top of her head. “You needn’t fight me, Susanna. Nothin’ will happen between us.”
His statement surprised her. “Nothin’ will happen?”
He dropped his head, soft lips barely touching the top of her ear. Hot breath fanned down across her ear and neck, and its heat flowed straight into her veins, settling down between her legs. She shifted at the sudden discomfort, but the sensation only intensified with her movement.
“I’ve never taken from a woman what she didn’t offer. I’ll not start now.” He dipped his head further and placed a kiss beneath her ear that set her skin on fire. “Anythin’ you want me to have, you’ll offer. If I have my way, you will beg me to take it.”
She couldn’t catch her breath. A throbbing pulse pounded between her thighs, and some wild part of her wanted to offer, wanted to beg. She had no idea what to beg for, but everything about the man holding her close—touching her more intimately than she’d ever imagined a man doing—made her want.
An ingrained resolve shattered the bone-melting sensual haze. Her survival depended on her keeping a clear head. “I’ll do neither,” she scoffed.
His rich laughter boomed out, wrapping itself around her like a warm embrace. “Aye, lass. I think you’ll do both. Soon . . . and often. I’m verra fond of the fight in you though.”
Robert loosened his hold, as if making good on his promise. She relaxed on a slow sigh, but the panicked pressure in her head eased faster than the disconcerting throb in the most intimate of places.
The quiet minutes unnerved her as she stood within his embrace, his hold so slight she had to shift to feel his arms. His dark eyes remained steadfastly focused on the horizon beyond the trees, his gaze shifting back and forth as he scanned their surroundings.
A snowflake danced before her face. Another flew by. The wind kicked up as the snowfall increased, sending swirls of white spinning amid the dark greenery of the forest. She stuck her tongue out, catching a few on the tip.
Robert chuckled.
“What? You doona ever have fun?” she asked.
Robert pulled his arms away, and she turned around. He settled against the tree’s scarred bark once again, folding his hands behind his lower back and propping the heel of a boot flat on the trunk. His gaze drifted beyond her and out of focus. “Aye, I have a bit of fun when time allows.”
“What do you do for fun?” she asked.
Robert dropped a smoldering gaze to her. “Besides takin’ what pleasures women offer me?” An unreadable emotion flashed across his face after the scandalous intimation, but then instantly disappeared, his eyes narrowing.
Her cheeks flushed hot. “Aye, besides that.”
“Weel . . . I do love to hunt,” he said.
“You’re not huntin’ now. ’Tis because I’m here?” she asked.
He tilted his head, the corners of his mouth twitching. “Not all prey are four-legged.”
Isobel MacInnes wakes up in present-day California, lunches in medieval Scotland, and by ten days’ end, falls in love with a man and his country, only to lose them in a heart-wrenching twist of fate . . .
Found in the arms of her second soul mate . . .
Forced to balance the delicate strands of time between two millennia . . .
Shocked by revelations rewriting the very foundations of history . . . of everything.
Isobel, a rising-star archaeology student, is dropped into two ancient worlds without warning . . . or her permission. Her fiery spirit resists the dependency thrust upon her. Amid frustration at her lack of control, she helplessly falls in love. Twice.
She struggles to adjust to the unimaginable demands of two leaders of men—a laird in the thirteenth-century Highlands and a Pict chieftain in a more ancient Scotland. Isobel transforms from an academic, hell-bent on obtaining archaeological recognition, to a woman striving to care for those she loves, and ultimately . . . into a fearless warrior risking everything to protect them.
About the Author
Kat Bastion is an award-winning paranormal romance writer, poetic warrior, and eternal optimist who loves getting lost in the beauty of nature.
On a never-ending, wondrous path of self-discovery, Kat throws her characters into incredible situations with the hope that readers join her in learning more about the meaning of life and love.
Her first published work, Utterly Loved, was shared with the world to benefit others. All proceeds from Utterly Loved, and a portion of the proceeds of all her other books, support charities who help those lost in this world.
Kat lives with her husband amid the beautiful Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
Visit her blog at www.talktotheshoe.com, her website at www.katbastion.com, and her Twitter account at https://twitter.com/KatBastion for more information.
About the Author
Kat Bastion is an award-winning paranormal romance writer, poetic warrior, and eternal optimist who loves getting lost in the beauty of nature.
On a never-ending, wondrous path of self-discovery, Kat throws her characters into incredible situations with the hope that readers join her in learning more about the meaning of life and love.
Her first published work, Utterly Loved, was shared with the world to benefit others. All proceeds from Utterly Loved, and a portion of the proceeds of all her other books, support charities who help those lost in this world.
Kat lives with her husband amid the beautiful Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Visit her blog at www.talktotheshoe.com, her website at www.katbastion.com, and her Twitter account at https://twitter.com/KatBastion for more information.
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Thank you for participating in the release event, Pavlina! I hope you and your readers enjoy the Christmas romance in Bound by Wish and Mistletoe.
ReplyDeleteHappy Highland Holidays!
~ Kat