THE WRONG BRIDE
Highland Weddings #1
Gayle Callen
Releasing Oct 27th, 2015
Avon Romance
The first in a wonderfully engaging
series set in the Scottish Highlands, USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen
creates an unforgettable story of mistaken identity and irresistible
attraction.
Shaken from sleep during the night,
bundled off to the Highlands by a burly Scot, Riona is at first terrified, then
livid. Hugh McCallum insists they were promised to each other as children to
ensure peace between their clans. The stubborn laird refuses to believe he’s
kidnapped the wrong Catriona Duff. Instead, he embarks on a campaign of
slow-burning seduction…
At first, Hugh cares only what their
marriage can do for his people. Now he’s starting to crave Riona for her own
sake. But her true identity jeopardizes his clan’s contract. And unless she
chooses to risk all to be his bride, he’ll lose the only thing he prizes more
than the lands he’s fought so hard to save-the passionate marriage they could
have together.
From Gayle: A first kiss is always
such a fun scene to write. They’re usually filled with conflict and chemistry
and confusion—the three Cs!
Riona
shivered, but it wasn’t from the bathwater’s chill. It was from the frightening
realization that there was something powerful between them, something that
called to her, that made the risks Hugh had taken to have her for himself seem
arousing, not just self-serving. There was a place inside her she’d never
sensed before, surely a recklessness, a weakness.
“Ye’re
strangely quiet, lass,” he murmured.
His
gaze lazily moved over her face, dipping to her breasts, where the upper curves
were displayed above the soapy water. Her skin felt … prickly, sensitive, even
inflamed.
“I’m
not done fighting you,” she said at last, almost wincing at how breathless she
sounded.
A
slow grin curved his mouth, even as he reached his hand to cup her face and
tilt it toward him. The shock of his warm palm settling so gently on her skin
made her tense, but she didn’t pull away, as if that would show that she’d
given up, that she was afraid of what he could do to her … what he could make
her feel.
He
leaned over the tub and kissed her, his palm guiding her head. She wanted to
show him he didn’t move her, that this display meant nothing to her. But his
lips were warm, and glided over hers with purpose, parted gently as if he
wanted to taste her. She’d never been kissed … She felt her head swim at
the sensation that seemed to travel down her body, to her breasts, to the pit
of her stomach and between her thighs as if he’d touched her in her most
secretive places.
When
his tongue traced her lower lip, she jerked back in surprise. He didn’t laugh,
just studied her with those gray eyes that were considerably warmer. He kept
his hand on her face, and his thumb caressed her cheek over and over.
“Our
first kiss bodes well for the future,” he said.
He
glanced down to her breasts again, and she stiffened. With a faint smile, he
let her go and stood up.
“Dry
off,” he said, back to ordering her around. “We have things we need to
discuss.”
Not
the topics she wanted to discuss,
apparently, but she didn’t argue. He turned his back and went to the window,
while she hastily dried herself and pulled on a dressing gown Mrs. Wallace had
laid out for her, trying to forget the feel of his mouth on hers, and how
instead of being afraid or disgusted, she’d felt … aroused. Her cousin Cat had
told her one could feel overwhelmed when in intimate situations with a man, and
Riona hadn’t been able to understand what she meant. She did now, and felt a
new kind of fear—fear of her own reaction and response to this compelling
persuasion of his.
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After a detour through fitness
instructing and computer programming, GAYLE CALLEN found the life she’d always
dreamed of as a romance writer. This USA Today bestselling author has written
more than twenty historical romances for Avon Books, and her novels have won
the Holt Medallion, the Laurel Wreath Award, the Booksellers’ Best Award, and
been translated into eleven different languages. The mother of three grown
children, an avid crafter, singer, and outdoor enthusiast, Gayle lives in
Central New York with her dog Uma and her husband, Jim the Romance Hero. She
also writes contemporary romances as Emma Cane. Visit her website at
www.gaylecallen.com.
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Thanks for spotlighting my book!
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Crystal, Tasty Book Tours
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