Seduced by Destiny (34 page)
Dear Reader,
Have you ever wondered how far you would go to protect someone you loved? What would you do if the person you loved was in
danger?
Love can make people do wild, desperate things… and love can certainly push people to cross the thin line between good and
evil.
When I wrote DEADLY LIES, I created characters who would be forced to blur the lines between good and evil. Desperate times
can call for desperate measures.
The heroine of this book is a familiar face if you’ve read the other DEADLY books. Samantha “Sam” Kennedy was first introduced
in DEADLY FEAR. Sam lived through hell, and she’s now fighting to put her life back on track. She knows what evil looks like,
and she knows that evil can hide behind the most innocent of faces. So when Sam is assigned to work on a serial kidnapping
case, she understands that she has to be on her guard at all times.
But when the kidnapper hits too close to home and her lover’s stepbrother is abducted, the rules of the game change. Soon
Sam fully understands just how “desperate” the victims are feeling, and she vows to do anything in her power to help Max Ridgeway
find his brother.
Anything. Yes, desperation can even push an FBI agent to the edge of the law. Lucky for Sam, she’ll have back-up ready to
help her out—all of the other SSD agents are back to help track the kidnappers, and they won’t stop until the case is closed.
I’ve had such a wonderful time re-visiting my SSD Agents in this book. And I hope you enjoying catching up with the characters
too!
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Happy reading!
Dear Reader,
There have always been certain things that fascinate me—the heinous crimes of Jack the Ripper; why cats get up, turn around,
then settle back into the exact position they were just in; people who can eat only one Oreo cookie; and the ancient legend
of the Loch Ness monster. Recorded sightings of the creature date all the way
back to the 7th century, and not all of these sightings have been water-based—there are those who claim to have seen the monster
walking on land.
Regardless of what you believe, it’s interesting to think that there just might be some prehistoric animal hiding in a loch
in the Highlands. It was this interest that compelled me to write TREASURE ME.
Another interesting tidbit about this book is that it was actually the first romance novel I ever wrote. Okay, that’s not
entirely true, but the concept of a couple who fall in love near Loch Ness, centered around adventure and action and danger,
well, that was all in that first book—even the characters’ names stayed the same. But I didn’t keep anything else. When it
came to the third book in my Legend Hunters trilogy, I took my basic concept and started from scratch.
If you’ve read SEDUCE ME and DESIRE ME (the first two books in the series), then you might remember meeting Graeme, the big,
brooding Scotsman who looks and sounds remarkably like Gerard Butler. Graeme has been after the authentic Stone of Destiny
for years, because he believes the one sitting in Westminster is a counterfeit. He’s gone back to his family’s home in the
Highlands to do some research, and meets with trouble in the form of a delectable, self-proclaimed paleontologist named Vanessa.
She’s just run away from her own wedding and is determined to make a name for herself as a legitimate scientist.
Add in a marriage of convenience, a deadly nemesis,
and some buried treasure and you’ve got yourself a rollicking adventure full of intrigue and seduction that will leave you
as breathless as the characters.
Dare to love a Legend Hunter…
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Enjoy!
Dear Reader,
It’s easy to write about a match made in heaven. Cinderella meets Prince Charming, they fall in love at first sight, and live
happily ever after.
But for my latest book, SEDUCED BY DESTINY, I wanted to take on the challenge of star-crossed lovers, characters like Romeo
and Juliet—a man and a woman cursed by fate and thrown together by chance, who have to overcome their tragic history to find
true love.
In SEDUCED BY DESTINY, set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots, Josselin Ancrum and Andrew Armstrong each have a dark secret
in their past and deadly peril looming in their future. They have little in common. They should avoid each other like the
plague.
She’s Scots. He’s English.
She likes to stir up trouble. He likes to fly under the radar.
She’s a tavern wench who loves to play with swords. He’s an expert swordsman who’d rather play golf.
Her mother was killed in battle.
His father was the one who killed her.
Talk about Fortune’s foe…
All this would be fine if only they hadn’t started falling in love. If they hadn’t felt that initial spark of attraction…
if they hadn’t begun to enjoy one another’s company… if they hadn’t succumbed to that first kiss… their story might be a simple
tale of revenge.
But Drew and Jossy, unaware of the fateful ties between them, are drawn to one another like iron to a magnet. And by the time
they discover they’ve fallen in love with their mortal enemy, it’s too late. Their hearts are already tangled in a hopeless
knot.
This is where it gets even more interesting.
To make matters worse, outside forces are working to drive them apart. What began as a personal mission of vengeance now involves
their friends, their families, and ultimately their queens. Suspected of treason, hunted by spies, they become targets for
royal assassins.
The uneasy truce between Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary is mirrored in the fragile relationship between Drew and Jossy. The
lovers are swept into a raging battle bigger than the both of them—a battle that shakes the foundation of their union and
threatens their very lives.
Only the strength of their fateful bond and the power of their love can save them now.
Of course, unlike Romeo and Juliet, Drew and Jossy will triumph. Nobody wants to read a historical romance with an unhappy
ending! But just how they manage to overcome all odds, when their stars are crossed and the cards are stacked against them,
is the stuff of nail-biting high adventure and a story that I hope will keep you up all night.
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Happy adventures!
Rave Reviews of Kira Morgan’s Debut Novel, Captured by Desire
LSO BY
K
IRA
M
ORGAN
Captured by Desire
DEBUT NOVEL,
CAPTURED BY DESIRE
“A finely crafted tale… a satisfying read.”
—Jennifer Ashley,
USA Today
bestselling author of
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
“A seductive blend of romance, excitement, and intrigue with a dose of humor thrown in. With interesting characters that grab
the reader’s attention and a story line that demands each page eagerly be turned, this is a must-read for fans of historical
romance. Robin Hood move over, Rane MacAllister is the new archer in town.”