I’m super excited aboutย this series … who doesn’t love a sexy Scot, kilted or not?
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Hot for the Scot
Kilted Heroes series
by Janice Maynard
Blurb:
In Janice Maynardโs sweet and sexy new series, three childhood friends with a shared passion for the Outlander novels and TV show decide to travel to Scotland looking for adventureโand their very own Highland heroesโฆ
Itโs a dream come true for schoolteacher Hayley Smith. No homework to grade, no students to corral, no social media, Internet or cell phoneโฆjust a month amid the heather and rolling hills around Inverness. A brawny alpha male in a kilt is probably too much to ask for. But Hayley is in heaven ambling around Loch Ness, gazing and thenโฆfalling into the icy water, before being rescued by a strong, chivalrous local heroโฆ
Retired soccer star Angus Munro, aka Angus the Angler, is a little insulted and a whole lot intrigued when Hayley doesnโt recognize him. How long has it been since anyone saw beyond his wealth and fame? And how long before the macho athlete and his modern-day American damsel in distress act on an attraction that could make even the misty Scottish moors sizzle with heat? Long enough, maybe, for both to figure out if this is an affair to rememberโฆor the start of something everlastingโฆ
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Excerpt:
I had heard the refrain a million times growing up: Those two girls are like sisters to you, Hayley. Donโt ever let them go.
But inevitably, I had. In fourth grade, McKenzieโs well-heeled parents enrolled her in private school. About that same time, Willowโs dad walked out. Willowโs mom couldnโt keep up with the house payments on her own, so she and Willow had been forced to move all the way to the other side of Atlanta to live with relatives.
I was the one left behind to grow up in the neighborhood where we had spent so many happy times.
Then came Facebook. Right off the bat, it was apparent that our lives had taken far different tracks. Ironically, I now taught third grade in the elite private school where McKenzie spent most of her grammar school career.
Willow owned Hair Essentials, a beauty salon located in a nice middle-class suburb of Atlanta. Her approach to money was save, not spend.
McKenzie had completed an Ivy League education and now filled her days doing charity work with a number of Atlanta-area organizations. She was beautiful and sophisticated and had traveled the world. But underneath it all, she was still the little kid who refused to be afraid of dogs or spiders and wanted to be friends with everyone. Iโd always envied her confidence.
Without McKenzie, Willow and I wouldnโt be in Europe at all.
Our plan was to stay together tonight at the hotel adjacent to the train station in Inverness. Then tomorrow morning, we would all three go our separate ways. My mood skittered back and forth between exhilaration and terror.
I tapped the notebook where I had underlined the final piece of our plan. โAnd remember. Every night at nine oโclock, or as close as we can make it, weโll turn on our phones and check for any emergency messages from each other.โ
McKenzie nodded. โI wonโt forget. Willow knows her way around the mean streets, but no offense, Hayley, youโre the one Iโm worried about.โ
Her remark was fair enough, but it stung nevertheless. โIโll be fine, McKenzie,โ I said automatically. The truth was, I had my doubts. I wasnโt an experienced traveler. Still, McKenzieโs offer had been impossible to resist. She paid for all three of our first-class plane tickets and for three train fares as well. All Willow and I had to cover was lodging and food. Immersing myself in this kind of trip was the opportunity of a lifetime.
McKenzie was Willowโs opposite in almost every way. Her family had moneyโฆserious money. Old Georgia wealth that grew even in financial hard times. The impetus for this bucket-list trip was a bequest from McKenzieโs paternal grandmother. Instead of putting her inheritance away for a rainy day, McKenzie decided she wanted to go to Scotland. With us.
I loved Willow, too. At the moment, though, I was ready to murder both of them.
Inverness couldnโt get here soon enoughโฆ
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Author Info:
USA Todayย bestselling authorย Janice Maynardย knew she loved books and writing by the time she was eight years old. But it took multiple rejections and many years of trying before she sold her first three novels. After teaching kindergarten and second grade for a number of years, Janice took a leap of faith and quit her day job. Since then she has written and sold over thirty-five books and novellas.
During a recent trip to Scotland, Janice enjoyed getting to know the โmotherlandโ. Her grandfatherโs parents emigrated from the home of bagpipes, heather, and kilts. Janice lives in east Tennessee with her husband, Charles. They love hiking, traveling, and spending time with family.
Hearing from readers is one of the best perks of the job!
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