A Crimson Frost (38 page)

Saphyre gasped
,
her heart pounding with
remembered
fear. She sat up
, screaming
at
the first sight her waking
eyes beheld! At first she
thought she was yet dreaming,
still lost in the nightmare with the huntsman. Quickly
,
however
,
she realized she was
fully
awake
—
though another nightmar
e was upon her then. T
here
,
crouching before her
,
was a man—at least
a thing
that
had once been a man. The beast before her glared at
her through blue eyes—chilling blue eyes. Yet
it was not his eyes
that held captive
Saphyre
’
s attention. It was not his eyes
that
caused her to cry out in terror. Rather it was the
immense
deformity on his face. The
blue-eyed man glaring at her owned only hollows where his nose should have been…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marcia Lynn McClure’s intoxicating succession of novels, novellas, and e-books—including
The Visions of Ransom Lake
,
A Crimson Frost
,
The Pirate Ruse
, and most recently
The Chimney Sweep Charm
—has established her as one of the most favored and engaging authors of true romance. Her unprecedented forte in weaving captivating stories of western, medieval, regency, and contemporary amour void of brusque intimacy has earned her the title “The Queen of Kissing.”

             
Marcia, who was born in
Albuquerque
,
New Mexico
, has spent her life intrigued with people, history, love, and romance. A wife, mother, grandmother, family historian, poet, and author, Marcia Lynn McClure spins her tales of splendor for the sake of offering respite through the beauty, mirth, and delight of a worthwhile and wonderful story.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beneath the Honeysuckle Vine

A Better Reason to Fall in Love

Born for Thorton’s Sake

The Chimney Sweep Charm

A Crimson Frost

Daydreams

Desert Fire

Divine Deception

Dusty Britches

The Fra
grance of her Name

The Haunting of
Autumn
Lake

The Heavenly Surrender

T
he Highwayman of Tanglewood

Kiss in the Dark

Kissing Cousins

Th
e Light of the Lovers’ Moon

Love Me

An Old-Fashioned Romance

The Pirate
Ruse

The Prairie Prince

The Rogue Knight

Romantic Vignettes—The Anthology of Premiere Novellas

Saphyre Snow

Shackles of Honor

Sudden Storms

Sweet Cherry Ray

Take a
Walk With Me

The Tide of the Mermaid Tears

The Time of
Aspen
Falls

To Echo the Past

The Touch of Sage

The Trove of the Passion Room

The Visions of
Ransom
Lake

Weathered Too Young

The Whispered Kiss

The Windswep
t Flame

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