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Thanks to all who participated! The winner is: Bev Shriver Marks! Congratulations! * * * It's book release week for the Highlander's Norse Bride, and DD and I would like for you to help us celebrate! Above is a photo of the awesome items in our grand prize pack: A signed print copy of The Highlander's Outlaw Bride (a RONE award winner), a set of floral sticky notes, an engraved whisky class "Scotland with Grace", a dragonfly pot hugger, a purple tartan coin purse, and a sparkly bird bookmark. Oops! Did we forget one? *grin* Of course, we did. To enter for a chance to win, click here to follow Cathy MacRae on BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/cathy-macrae Then, comment below 'Done', and the name/description of the missing prize. Contest will be open March 18-24 (next Saturday), with the winner announced March 26 (Monday). We'll be contacting the winner through email, so if you don't leave your email with us (which we NEVER share), be sure to check back on March 26 to see the winner announcement and learn how to collect your prize. If the winner does not make contact with us within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen at random, and the previous winner will no longer be valid. Winner will be chosen randomly. You can enter every day, but please just once per day. :-) There will be other 'flash' giveaways this week, so follow Cathy MacRae on facebook and/or Twitter (@CMacRaeAuthor) for the exciting announcements! A Tea Party & Books Scavenger Hunt! $1150 in Amazon Cards Feb 16th - March 8th It's time to brew up a pot of tea and go on a book scavenger hunt. No need to get dressed, PJ's are fine. Just have fun and find some awesome books to enjoy. In no time you will be adding books to your list and dreaming of the Amazon cards to be had. Get started now: https://www.nightowlreviews.com/V5/Blog/Articles/Tea-Books-2017 Grand Prize: $100 Amazon eGift Card OVER 100 WINNERS! $50 Amazon eGift Cards (5 Winners) $25 Amazon eGift Cards (5 Winners) $10 Amazon eGift Cards (40 Winners) $5 Amazon eGift Cards (55 Winners) So, click on that link and join the fun! What are you waiting for? Today’s treat is an interview with Gilda Macrory, the heroine in The Highlander’s Tempestuous Bride. I caught her out picking berries, but she has agreed to chat for a bit. CMR: Thank you for letting me interrupt your berry-picking, Gilda! What a lovely name! Gilda: (smiles) I thank ye. It means ‘gift of God’. CMR: Oh, that is very nice. Can you tell me a bit about your life at Scaurness Castle? Gilda: (shrugs) Och, `tis not so much unlike another lass anywhere else. I have chores and two younger brothers to look after, though they plague me sore. And sometimes I care for my wee baby sister. CMR: But a castle is scarcely a crofter’s hut, right? Gilda: I see yer point, though there are many more people who work and live in a castle. It can be difficult to have a bit of privacy, even in such a large place. CMR: I suppose you need privacy from your brothers? Gilda: (fists a hand on one hip) Aye! They are a pair of wee louns! Always pulling pranks on me since our brother Niall left to foster. I am too old for such nonsense. Punishment doesnae work with them for long. CMR: What happens when they get caught? Gilda: They must first apologize, then they usually must clean my horse’s stall for a fortnight. At least it works off a wee bit of their energy for a few days. CMR: Let’s talk about you as a young child. What do you remember about your da, the laird, when he first came to Scaurness? Gilda: He isnae my true da, though he adopted me when he wed my ma. I was four summers at the time. The first time we met, I had disobeyed my Auntie Tavia and waded into the water at the beach looking for sea shells. The tide was coming in and I found myself stranded on a rock, the waves crashing about me. CMR: Oh, my! What happened? Gilda: Like a braw hero, he strode through the water to me and picked me up. I had also lost my shoes, and he tweaked my toes and called me a mermaid. CMR: Thank goodness he saw you. Were you friends after that? Gilda: I was four. He was kind and dinnae scold me. I think I loved him more than ma did at that point. CMR: Why is that? Gilda: Och, she had been told by the king to marry Ranald, but she had known him as a lad and dinnae like him then. But Auntie Tavia says they soon fell in love. They always act as though they like each other. CMR: Do you think you will marry for love? Gilda: (bites her lip) As the laird’s daughter, I shall marry to benefit the clan. I dinnae believe my da would ask me to marry a man I couldnae respect. Love him? I am not entirely certain what that means. CMR: Is there a lad at the castle you like? Or a laird’s son you have an eye for? Gilda: Nae, the lads at the castle are all boys playing at being men. However . . . (she stares off into the distance) CMR: However? Gilda: Och, I am sure it is nothing. Just a lad I met when picking berries yesterday. But, he flustered me. CMR: How? Gilda: He was afeared for me because he saw me cut a wolf loose from a trap and spoke a bit sharpish. Then he was kind when a storm blew up—I have been afeard of storms since I was a bairn. But he vexes me. CMR: (hides a smile) I am sure you will work it out. Do you know who he is? Gilda: Nae, though I was trespassing on Macraig land, so I suppose he is a Macraig. (Frowns) CMR: Oh, is that a problem? Gilda: Aye. The Macraigs and the Macrorys havenae been allied in many years. Though I dinnae know exactly the why of it. CMR: It is getting late. I will let you get back to your chores. Thank you for taking a moment to talk with me. I hope you are able to follow your heart. Gilda: I thank ye. I am duty-bound, but wish with all my heart to fall in love with the man I marry. (waves as she picks up her basket of berries) * * * CMR: To discover who Gilda marries and if she falls in love, pick up your copy of The Highlander’s Tempestuous Bride! Available for pre-order now at Amazon for the introductory price of $2.99 http://www.amzn.com/B00P89UHME Release date: 11/11/14 Leave a comment for a chance to win one of three ebooks (kindle) of The Highlander’s Tempestuous Bride. Winners announced here 11/12/14. |
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