Excerpt Wednesday: Just Wait For Me by Dawn Marie Hamilton

For this week's Excerpt Wednesday, I hope you enjoy the first several paragraph's from the prologue of my latest release, Just Wait For Me, the third novel in the Highland Gardens series...

9 September, 1513

Near the village of Branxton in northern England
 

The king is dead.

Anguish tore from her halfling soul with a fae scream that reverberated over the field of devastation like rolling thunder. Silence ensued. Men frozen in fear.

Caitrina dropped to her knees beside the redheaded warrior and ran gentle fingers along the bloodied curve of his handsome face. Damn Oonagh! Damn the Fae Queen! She’d refused to allow Caitrina to intervene in the politics of the mortals and prevent this tragedy.

Now, the king lay dead, fatally wounded by an arrow and a bill. Be damned the English and their nasty weapon—the bill, a staff mounted with a hooked chopping blade and pointed projections. The Scots hadn’t stood a chance against the onslaught on the slippery, hilly terrain with their cumbersome pikes.

Heartbroken, she cradled the man to her breast. Such greatness lost. Tears spilled unchecked onto his precious face. Too late. Even the magic tears of a Sithichean princess couldn’t revive the king.

 

Just Wait For Me exclusively at Amazon.

 

~Dawn Marie

Excerpt Wednesday: Just Within a Highland Mist (WIP)

I've noticed some authors are posting excerpts on their blogs on Wednesdays to connect with readers. Since I've wanted to get back into blogging, I've decided to add this to my schedule. I'm also posting the occasional snippet from my current WIP (work in progress), Just Within a Highland Mist (A Highland Gardens Novella), over on my Facebook Page. So for today's Excerpt Wednesday we have the first three snippets previously posted on FB.

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Mist snaked over the hills and vales of the Blue Ridge Mountains settling on the Village of Anderson Creek and surrounding woods like a shroud. Emily stumbled through ever-thickening fog, trying to avoid the slap of tree branches obscured by vaporous wisps, fear pressing against a constricted chest. How had she lost the boys?

Malcolm was too bold for a seven-year-old and the year younger Tevin followed his adopted brother into every unfortunate escapade. She’d only turned away for a moment to check her smart phone for a signal—a nonexistent signal—and the boys jumped upon the opportunity to bolt through the woods away from her, brandishing wooden swords more than likely against the beast they claimed to track—an orange dragon.

“Life or death!” The Clan MacLachlan battle cry spat in the distance from the children’s lips hung heavy on the humid air.

Emily raced in the direction she believed the bellow came from and tripped over an aboveground root, losing balance. “#$%&.” She slipped on decaying leaves and banged an elbow on the trunk of an old oak; the jolt of shock lit up her nervous system. “Ouch, ouch, ouch!” She danced around and shook out her tingling arm, then taking a moment to regain composure, leaned her forehead against the rough bark of an old oak and inhaled a deep calming breath. “Please let me find the boys.”

 

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I've created a Pinterest board for Just Within a Highland Mist. I'm adding pins as inspiration strikes. I'd love for you to follow my progress--though it may be slow. 

 

Follow Just Within a Highland Mist on Pinterest.

~Dawn Marie

Dawn Marie Hamilton is featured at the Books, Chocolate and Wine Blog Today

Stop by Ruth A Casie's blog, Books, Chocolate and Wine and learn how I came up with some of the scenes for Just Wait For Me.

Visit Books, Chocolate and Wine

 

~Dawn Marie

Release Day! Just Wait For Me

The third match in the Fae Queen's challenge is in play. Will fae magic change Stephen and Jillian's destiny?

Read for free with Kindle Unlimited or download your Kindle Edition from Amazon.

Some very special author guests will be joining me tonight for a celebration party on FB. Games and giveaways. Come join us!

Join the celebration party on FB from 7:00 to 11:00 EDT!

~Dawn Marie

Just Wait For Me -- Available for Pre-Order at Amazon

Just Wait For Me

Highland Gardens, Book 3
 

Available to Pre-Order at Amazon

for an introductory $2.99 (reg. 3.99)

The third match in the Fae Queen's challenge is in play.

 

Will fae magic change Stephen and Jillian's destiny?

In the chaotic aftermath of the battle of Flodden, an injured Highland warrior makes a vow to a twenty-first century lass cast back in time by a meddling, matchmaking faerie. Stephen MacEwen promises to find a way to send her forward to her own time. But is that an oath he'll want to keep after finding love in Jillian O'Donnell's arms? And after saving Stephen's life, will Jillian want to go?

No matter what the lovers decide, Stephen's wife—a woman who acquired the title through deceit—and an old enemy attempt to destroy the couple's chance for happiness. Only with the help of Fae allies can Stephen and Jillian overcome and earn their reward—everlasting love.

Journey from the woods of West Virginia to the Scottish Highlands of 1513 to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with Just Wait For Me.


~Dawn Marie

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face;

the rains fall soft upon your fields

and until we meet again,

may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

 

~Dawn



New Release: When Love Conquers Time by Ria Cantrell, Nancy Lee Badger, P. A. Crust, and Dawn Marie Hamilton

Available at Amazon

An enticing collection of four full-length novels featuring time travel. Sit back and journey through time and space to the past in search of romance, passion, action and adventure.

Morag's Tears by Ria Cantrell

Love comes in many forms. Step back in time to the beautiful Highlands of Scotland in the 14th century. Come and sit with us by the warm peat fire as Morag tells the story of her life. From a child, gifted in the Ancient Ways, to a beautiful young woman in love, Morag weaves her rich tapestry of tales. She is a mystical Seer, healer, manipulator of time and chatelaine to the clan MacCollum. Share her tears of joy mingled with ones of sadness, as she recounts the triumphs and tribulations of a long life filled with love.

My Reluctant Highlander by Nancy Lee Badger

Skye Gunn could not prevent her husband’s death, and will risk everything to defeat the sorcerer she blames. When he attacks her nephew, she is taken instead. She escapes by plunging into the North Sea, and a spell takes her back to the future, to Jake. The woman who haunted his dreams since she blackmailed him into traveling back in time falls from the sky, beaten and bloody. He must trust her as they return to ancient Scotland. To survive, he and Skye must dare to love in the time they have.


Sea Panther by Dawn Marie Hamilton

Robert MacLachlan sails the Atlantic seeking to reverse the Voodoo he believes turned him into a vampire shifter. One taste of crewmember Kimberly Scot's blood convinces him she is the one woman who can claim the beast's heart and break the curse. But at what price to his honor?



Reflections of Love by P.A. Crust

Antiques dealer, Jason Hobbs, acquires an old dresser with an oval mirror among a shipment of antique pieces from England. That same evening, strange images start to appear, reflected in the old mirror, and the mournful sound of a woman weeping can be heard, echoing through the night air. As he searches for answers to the mysterious events which began the day the dresser came into his possession, the past and present collide, bringing events from World War I crashing to his doorstep. A shocking revelation will rock his world, changing his perception of who he really is.

~Dawn Marie