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Here's a peek at a few of the novels I'm working on...
(Check back often for updates!)
A QUESTION OF HONOR
Darius MacDuff was at his zenith in the midst of a raging battle. He never expected his home would one day become
his most treacherous battlefield...nor would his most lethal opponent come in the form of a shapely siren. Delicious deception,
her weapon of choice...
Rival Scottish Clans. An ancient relic. One has possession. The other will stop at nothing to obtain it.
The honorable Clan MacDuff has protected the relic for centuries. Clan MacAlpin, bitter rival of the MacDuff,
craves the indestructible power said relic possesses as whispered through the ages.
When the MacAlpin discovers the eldest brother of the MacDuff is to take a wife, their scheming materializes in the form
of deceit as they kidnap Alick MacDuff's betrothed and in her place, send their young sister into the castle of their rival
to find the relic under the pretense of Alick's bride-to-be...
UPDATE: Sequel(s) in the making!
LABYRINTH's SECRET
Murder
isn't always what it seems.
When the N.Y.P.D. deduce Elise Morgan’s sister as just another casualty of the drug war; Elise
leaves Seattle and flies to New York to do a little P.I. work of her own. Armed with two years of law school, an assumed name,
make-over, a slew of puzzling emails and the suspicious boyfriend’s name, she slips into her late sister’s life.
Secretary by day, waitress in a quaint little Celtic pub by night, Elise’s perseverance pays off as clues and life-altering
secrets begin to fall into her path. Though it’s a dark, deadly trail she’s chosen to follow and soon discovers
she may be in over her head. Especially when the extent of involvement with the Irish Mafia is unearthed, and worse, she’s
become entangled with the duel-faced Scot in the heart of it all…a dangerously handsome songster appropriately named,
Labyrinth. Elise learns too late that things aren’t always what they seem. On the run from a killer, she only wishes
she would have paid heed to those three little words of warning via her late sister’s final correspondence. …Trust
no one.
WHITECHAPEL QUILL
An
aspiring female journalist will do anything to get a story on the front page of her father's male dominated
newspaper in 1888 London. Tired of writing about high society fashion and gardening, Samantha Winston longs
for the day when she can prove it doesn't take an all powerful man to earn the coveted headline...even if it
means going undercover to unearth the identity of the deadliest killer to
ever darken Whitechapel's fog-laden alleys. But when she intersects the path of
Adam Hawkins, a beastly, forked-tongue, disarmingly attractive American seemingly hellbent on ending
the elusive killer's reign of blood and terror, Samantha finds herself no longer the huntress, but the hunted...
Mina Chandler is starting over after a failed marriage. Her love of antiques leads her to an estate sale where
an aged, intriguing oil lamp catches her eye...its fiery contents lays claim to her heart...  Wrongfully enslaved by the Master Djinn, Draygan is anything but grateful when he's released from the dark, murky constraints
of his brass prison. His second term of a thousand year sentence is nearing its end. Soon, he'll taste freedom and the sweet
nectar of vengeance--if he can cage his need to annihilate the Master Djinn's henchman, a djinni sent to coerce Draygan into
committing a crime that will see him through another thousand year stretch. But can he resist the voluptuous human that has
summoned him when just the twitch of her lush, strictly forbidden lips is capable of seeing him imprisoned for all
eternity…? There will be a sequel to this entitled, Gift of the Djinn...
SEBASTIAN
Following an electrical storm that sends her computer crashing---along with her most recent work-in-progress---romance
novelist Miranda McLeod is flabbergasted when she sees her current hero sprawled shamelessly along the cover of her sister's
modeling magazine. In fact, there isn't a magazine this side of the Atlantic that doesn't have some breathtaking
picture, some must-read story about the mystical Sebastian that appears to have fallen from the sky...
STOLEN DREAMS
Set a few years into the future, Christofer, a scientist, stumbles upon a way to invent a time machine
with the help of his young apprentice. He grows fond of the young apprentice from the start. The young man is a collector
of antiques and Christofer learns much about history from him. While rummaging through a moldy basement, Christofer is drawn
to an old picture of a woman with sorrowful eyes and a Mona Lisa smile leaning in the dark corner. After a lengthy investigation,
he discovers his apprentice is a direct descendant of the enchanting woman and that she lived in the 1700's. He fires up the
'ol time machine and sets the date to before she married (already seeing the trouble here? lol) and before you know it, he's
in another world...Her world. There is an unforeseen problem, however, the time machine wasn't officially 'road worthy' and
breaks down after the transport, being in 1746, he has no means by which to fix it. Trapped in another time, he meets the
charismatic woman in the photo and finds himself in a battle he knows he can't win on the murky moors of Culloden...
THE PEDDLING PRINCESS
Princess Ann has a secret passion. Peddling. She frequents the village disguised as a commoner, and, until
now, no one has been the wiser. A staged scuffle in the marketplace brings a braw farmer to her aid. The power of their attraction
nearly falls them both. For a few weeks, the Princess and her pauper Prince seem to share an array of stolen moments. Stolen
bliss. But all too soon, the charade is over. A husband has been chosen for the maiden Princess. The entire village has been
invited to share in the celebration. Unable to find her beloved farmer and confess her heart, Ann is left with little choice
but to agree to her father's wishes. A lone whistle climbs the night sky, the thunderous, colorful boom follows the announcement
of the betrothal as Ann looks up and sees her sorrowful farmer amongst the gathering. Her secret is out. But what Ann doesn't
realize is that she isn't the only one with secrets... Is the chivalrous farmer all that he appears, or a mere puppet in an
overall plot to lay claim to her wealth and ultimately, her father's Royal throne?
THE RAVEN CHRONICLES
A vampire series...details coming soon...
Book I- RAVEN MOON
A young woman visits Romania after her grandmother dies and is drawn to the castle of Vlad Trepes,
Dracul. A nasty tumble sends her free falling down the lengthy stairwell, and back to a time when the moon howls warnings
of a black, unspeakable and fatal curse... The heroine comes face to face with Count Dracula, and heart to heart with his
young brother, Prince Radu the Handsome. All is fair in love and war, and the dark princes know she is the woman foretold
to them centuries before...the naive virgin said to arrive solely to break the blood curse set upon their family by a Turkish
gypsy... When the moon radiates its full splendor, the time comes to spill the sweet nectar flowing through her lovely veins...But
can Radu betray his heart to be free of his immortal hell...or will he give his life to save hers?
Other novels in the series include: SCARLET RAVEN, RAVEN PRINCE, RAVEN CASTLE, RAVEN WOLF &
SHADOW OF THE RAVEN...
A Private Affair
An ambitious politician, Beckam, is too
tied up in his own illustrious 'affairs' to concern himself with his much younger, seemingly astrayed wife's whereabouts.
So, when Isabella brings up the 'D' word (divorce) out of the blue, he assumes she is having an affair and hires a
private investigator to follow her...and a hit man to kill him. After all, he can't let her take half of everything he's worked
all his life to earn. If what she knew ever leaked into the press...his dreams, his life would be over. He can't take the
risk. Besides, he's decided he loves her in spite of everything, and would see her die before letting her go. After five years
of marriage, she still possesses the ageless beauty needed to draw-& distract- the attention of a crowd...
Enter Chance, a young-not too young (wink!)- great looking
P.I. He takes the job & follows the man's wife as a cover for a bigger gig. (He's working on frying much larger fish.)
It doesn't take him long to realize the beauty isn't cheating, unlike her husband. Infatuated by Isabella, Chance draws information
from her husband....and Beckam's mistress, Leah.....learning 'Bella's' likes, dislikes, etc. to help him do his job
with greater precision, or so he says.
Isabella is
blown away by this incredible man that whisk into her life as though he stepped straight out of her wildest fantasy. And what
perfect timing. She's known for some time about her husbands infidelity, but only recently had the opportunity to meet with
his pregnant, scheming mistress. Desperate to escape the chaos, it doesn't take her long to fall for the handsome stranger.
The man knows exactly what makes her tick! The thrills are non-stop, especially once the hit man sets his sights on Chance...
All too soon, the dreams of all involved begin to crumble. The dark secrets
are exposed as the web of deceit comes to a deadly head. And when it's all said and done.... someone will die, someone will
fry...and two will walk away with a fortune...
Dream Bride
Discovering Hope
Demon Knights series...click link on navigation bar to read more. Details
coming soon...
The Martinet
...and many, many more!
angela.ashton1@yahoo.com
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