{"id":5972,"date":"2016-03-21T01:05:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T05:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=5972"},"modified":"2016-03-03T01:21:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:21:04","slug":"blog-tour-her-trusted-highlander-the-mackalls-of-dunnet-head-book-one-by-jennae-vale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=5972","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Her Trusted Highlander, The Mackalls of Dunnet Head: Book One by Jennae Vale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Her Trusted Highlander, The Mackalls of Dunnet Head: Book One<\/p>\n

Author:<\/strong>\u00a0Jennae Vale<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Historical Romance<\/p>\n

Katriona Hughes has no idea how she\u2019s managed to find herself in 16th century Scotland, but she\u2019s beginning to think the gigantic emerald gem she picked up on an archeological site may have had something to do with it. \u00a0Wanting nothing more than to return to her own time, Kat is betrayed by the first person she meets and forced into a marriage with a loathsome stranger. Now running for her life, Kat meets the one man who deserves her trust, but can she give it to him.<\/p>\n

Nick Mackall is happy to finally be back in his beloved Scotland after accidentally being transported to twenty first century San Francisco and spending the last two years of his life there. \u00a0His home and family are calling to him, but things are not about to go smoothly for the handsome highlander as he meets a young woman fleeing her husband and an old foe returns from the dead. \u00a0Two things are certain \u2013 he must gain the woman\u2019s trust in order to save her and he must stop his foe from unleashing the power of an imprisoned sorcerer.<\/p>\n

Author Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennae Vale is the author of romance with a touch of magic. Her Scottish Medieval time travel series The Thistle & Hive, Books One through Four, is available in print and ebook versions from Amazon. The first book in her new series, The Mackalls of Dunnet Head has been released, with more to come throughout 2016.<\/p>\n

Jennae started life in Massachusetts as part of a large extended Irish and Italian family of imaginative story tellers, but now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, her dog, two cats and four chickens. She also has a horse, but since there\u2019s no room in her backyard, he lives at a nearby stable. Storytelling is her passion, but Jennae is also an avid quilter, who loves to cook, read and craft in her spare time.<\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Pageflex<\/a>Excerpt from Her Trusted Highlander<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kat stared at him through narrow, suspicious eyes.\u00a0\u00a0She wanted to trust him, but she didn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t know if she\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d ever be able to trust anyone again after what she\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d just been through.\u00a0\u00a0He had a gentle look to him and a ready smile.\u00a0\u00a0He was a charmer and quite handsome as well.\u00a0\u00a0At about six foot four, with tousled brown locks and those unbelievable tawny eyes, he was definitely her type, but not here.\u00a0\u00a0Not now.\u00a0\u00a0She still couldn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t understand how she found herself in this place and time.\u00a0\u00a0How was it possible that she was examining medieval artifacts in the Scottish highlands as part of her work for billionaire Malcolm Granger, when she suddenly and very inexplicably fell through time to find herself in sixteenth-century Scotland, alone and unprepared for what was to come next?<\/p>\n

Glancing around the camp, she noted where everything was located, including Nick\u00a0\u2019\u00a0s horse.\u00a0\u00a0If it was at all possible, she would escape tonight.\u00a0\u00a0Her only thought was to get to civilization.\u00a0Perhaps if she got to Edinburgh, she could figure out a way to get back home to her own century and at the very least she thought she\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d be safe from Bearach Calhoun.\u00a0\u00a0Kat didn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t have time to waste traveling through the highlands with this man and then living with his family.\u00a0\u00a0How could that be any better than the situation she\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d just left?\u00a0\u00a0She was a prisoner, no matter how she looked at it, unless she could take matters into her own hands.\u00a0\u00a0It wouldn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t be easy, but she\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d wait for her chance and then seize it.\u00a0\u00a0She\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d, of course, be leaving Nick alone in the woods without transportation, but that couldn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t be helped.<\/p>\n

\u201cYer giving me the evil eye, lass.\u00a0\u00a0What is it that yer thinking?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He smiled warmly at her, but she was unable to return his smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0\u2019\u00a0m debating about whether or not I should trust you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0She tipped her head to examine him more closely.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd yer conclusion?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Nick tipped his own head to match her and eyed her with a teasing glint in his eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u00a0\u2019re quite charming, Mr. Mackall, but I\u2019\u00a0ve learned a valuable lesson these past several days.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0She fussed with the cape and averted her gaze.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that is?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Nick was obviously aware of her discomfort and was doing his best to win her over.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that is, not to trust someone until they give you a reason to trust them.\u00a0\u00a0You haven\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t given me a good enough reason yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTime will give ye yer proof, Katriona.\u00a0\u00a0I dinnae doubt ye\u00a0\u2019\u00a0ll trust me before verra long.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He smiled confidently at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe jury\u00a0\u2019\u00a0s still out on that one, mister.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0She continued eating the food he\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d given her.\u00a0\u00a0It was either very good, or she was very hungry.\u00a0\u00a0Probably the latter she thought.\u00a0\u00a0She practically bit her tongue when she realized she may have just used language that would call attention to her true origins.\u00a0\u00a0He was gazing at her with a curious expression, or perhaps she was just being paranoid.<\/p>\n

Nick made himself comfortable next to her in the tiny shelter, readjusting the cape and covering them both.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust what do you think you\u00a0\u2019re doing?\u00a0\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He wasn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t thinking of sleeping with her, was he?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis may nae be to yer liking, lass, but I\u00a0\u2019\u00a0m going to sleep in here with ye tonight.\u00a0\u00a0We\u00a0\u2019\u00a0ll need each other\u00a0\u2019\u00a0s body heat so we dinnae freeze.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He continued making himself comfortable next to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what would you be doing if I wasn\u00a0\u2019\u00a0t with you?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Now I see what he<\/em>\u00a0\u2019<\/em>\u00a0s up to.\u00a0\u00a0He<\/em>\u00a0\u2019<\/em>\u00a0s got me here alone in the middle of nowhere and he thinks he can just have his way with me.\u00a0Well he<\/em>\u00a0\u2019<\/em>\u00a0s got another thing coming.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0\u2019\u00a0d have my cape and that blanket to keep me warm.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He gestured with his hands towards both items.<\/p>\n

He had her there.\u00a0\u00a0She could force him to sleep by the fire, but that hardly seemed right.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFine, but keep your hands and other body parts to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs ye wish, m\u00a0\u2019\u00a0lady.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He leaned back against the tree, arms folded across his chest and closed his eyes.
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