31 August 2014
Books You'll Love from Books We Love: Now Available: December Heat by Joanie MacNeil
Books You'll Love from Books We Love: Now Available: December Heat by Joanie MacNeil: Following the death of her husband, Nicolette Oliver concentrates on re-establishing her career as a dancer, though sti...
22 August 2014
Tricia's Friday Freebits-More from Mystic Mountains Settlers Book 1
Mystic Mountains available on Kindle--click on cover
Tiger Carstairs is rich, ambitious and English-so is it any wonder she is determined to hate her new master. Tiger dreams of making a new life beyond the aptly named Blue Mountains, so called because of the perpetual haze of blue surrounding them.
Mystic Mountains is a story of courage and persistence-traits that were essential for the settlers who carved out a new life in a raw land where suffering and heartbreak were commonplace.
Isabella and Tiger face tragedy and many hardships in their quest for a new life in this untamed land.
“Tricia McGill has written a sweeping love story of two people fighting for their places in an unfair world among the wild, untamed vistas of Australia. The strong plot reveals much about the early settlement days of the continent of Australia and is a history lesson in itself besides a sizzling romance. A job well done by Ms. McGill.” Lani Roberts 5 stars ***** Affaire de Coeur
Now here's my six (well, I cheated a bit as two of them are mini paragraphs)
"Everything
you do is my business, Bella my girl, and has been from the moment I picked you
out at the wharf. And don't you forget it." Taking the cap from her hand
he plunked it on her head, then pulled her forward with a fist on either side
of it. When her face was level with his shirtfront he lowered his head until
his nose touched hers. "If I had a mind to I could take you right here
beneath my own apple tree. Could slake my body's needs on your scrawny body,
then take you to my bed every night until I tired of you."
"Let me go!"
As she shrieked the order she lifted her
hands to thump his chest and the apples tumbled. He released her cap so he
could clasp her wrists.
"Never!" The word escaped like an
angry curse.
When his mouth
covered hers she went ramrod stiff in his arms. Her heart, and his own, thumped
in unison as they met, chest to chest.
His
tongue probed, and she opened her mouth without resistance. She shivered and he
tasted her. He'd never tasted anything sweeter; she was honey and wine,
ambrosia. Her back arched and he pressed his aroused flesh hard against the softness
of her. Dear God, heat was flooding his loins, a hunger such as he'd never
known filled his vitals. Need filled every part of him, a yearning so potent it
was like a pain constricting his chest. And she was going soft and yielding.
For him. Desire for her, strong and encompassing blanked out all reason. He
heard a soft moan and realized it came from her.
Stunned, he pulled back, his
breathing labored. She almost stumbled as he let her go. Staring at her
astonished face, at her kiss-swollen lips, he could see she was as amazed as
him.
Why the hell had he done that? What a fool!
He'd never intended to touch the chit. He felt as if he'd been stripped bare,
made vulnerable. How could he have let her get to him that way? Always he was
in control of his emotions.
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15 August 2014
Friday Freebits-More from Distant Mountains Settlers Book 2
Even in the prospering colony of New South Wales, it would be
far-fetched to think a convicted man could consider marrying the
daughter of a wealthy property owner.
But Remy has larger problems to contend with than Sara’s bigoted father. Forced to leave the woman he loves behind, Remy faces overwhelming odds and an ordeal that threatens to strip him of everything; his pride, his strength, his health—even his life.
Sara has many struggles of her own and when Remy finally thinks he has a future with Sara within his grasp, he is sent to a place where pain and suffering are everyday occurrences. Will the lovers ever find true happiness?
“I loved this story. It has everything. Happiness, tears, love, hate. I
recommend it highly for all lovers of romantic adventure tales.
But Remy has larger problems to contend with than Sara’s bigoted father. Forced to leave the woman he loves behind, Remy faces overwhelming odds and an ordeal that threatens to strip him of everything; his pride, his strength, his health—even his life.
Sara has many struggles of her own and when Remy finally thinks he has a future with Sara within his grasp, he is sent to a place where pain and suffering are everyday occurrences. Will the lovers ever find true happiness?
Barbara M. Hodges eBook Ecstasy ezine 4 Diamonds ****
“The author has delivered an accurate and compelling story of a convict's life, touching on those of gold miners and the growing town of Sydney. The evocative writing and the increasingly dire straits that Remy and Sara find themselves in, make for an excellent read."
Leanne Shawler for eBook Reviews Weekly
"Tricia McGill takes us to the Australian colonial period in this rather dark saga of Remy and Sara. I love books where the scenery is vivid, there are characters that "live", and the characters are truly to cheer and boo for. This book has all of that and more. It scores high on the "lost in the story" list…
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Now here's my six. Poor Rem is entranced by Sara--he's heading for many setbacks along the path to true love.
“You might be wishing you'd stayed in Sydney, but I
can’t tell you how happy I am you're here.” Rem gave Sara his most beguiling
smile, one nurtured in the past year. Agnes, usually the recipient of such
smiles, tended the children at a smaller table set aside for them. Her
antipathy toward the beauty at Rem’s side was blatant. If looks were daggers,
Sara would have been dead within five minutes of Agnes setting sight on her.
Poor insignificant Agnes.
“I don’t
know which is worse, to be candid. I wished we’d never come out to this country
of savages, but my father was convinced a fortune was waiting to be made.” She
flicked a glance at her father, now boring Tiger with a discourse on trading
practices. Tiger’s expression clearly showed his indifference to her father’s
monologue.
“And has
he made his fortune yet?” Rem didn’t take his eyes from her face. Every move
she made entranced him more and more. He couldn’t give a brass farthing for her
father’s possessions, but anything that got her talking was worth the effort.
“He’s
wealthy, if that’s what you mean. My mother and I are allowed to purchase
whatever we need to make us presentable in society.”
“Society?”
Rem laughed, glancing about. “Hardly that out here.”
She picked sparingly at the food set before her.
“You’re right. We could all walk around in plain clothes and not give a fig for
our appearance, and who would know or care? It really is a land of savages.” The
poignancy of her quiet statement struck him in the heart.
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