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.
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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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