Book
Title: The Devil Take You
Author:
H K Carlton
Release
Date: May 31st, 2013
Genre:
Historical Romance Scottish/British
Publisher:
MuseItUp Publishing
ONE LINER
I believe
your stay in purgatory has only just begun…
Blurb The Devil Take You:
Scotland—1307—During the Scottish Wars of Independence
Gard Marschand will stop at nothing in his pursuit
to regain what is lost. Concealing his true identity, he will associate with
his enemies, kill his own countrymen, even sell his soul to the devil if all
else fails. He will lie, cheat, steal, rape and siege his way across two
countries gaining power and reputation in his malevolent wake. His
determination all consuming, until King Edward commands Gard to lay siege on
Ross-shire holding, where Braelynn Galbraith obliterates his single-minded
purpose.
Braelynn
Galbraith wants peace for her beloved Scotland, marriage to her childhood
sweetheart, Callum, and a house full of children. In that order. But evil
incarnate in the form of Gard Marschand, turns her life inside out and destroys
all hope of a decent marriage.
Can Gard abandon
his deep-seated need of revenge for a love that might just save his soul, or
will he succumb to the demons that hound him and surrender to the devil within?
Excerpt from The Devil Take You
Brae smelled smoke. Looking toward the village she saw a black plume
rising over the burm into the sky. Dropping the bouquet she had been
fashioning she ran toward the edge of the moor. She could hear the commotion,
the screaming of the town folk as they scurried to assemble a fire brigade. What,
she thought belatedly, if they were screaming for another reason? She
did not hear the horses from behind until they were upon her.
Some unknown assailant grabbed Brae by the hair, plucking her from the
ground. The pace of the destrier did not even slow as they neared the
village. Her breath rushed from her lungs at the force, and she bunched her
hand into his enormous black cloak for fear she would fall.
As she struggled to force breath back into her lungs, his large black
leather clad hand wrapped shockingly around her backside, firmly but not
roughly.
“This one be mine!” The sound of his deep voice chilled her. He was
English!
She closed her eyes and remembered what Callum and her father said to
her only a few days ago. Had her own father’s words cursed her? Was she to
learn the lesson the hard way?
She was afraid to open her eyes but knew by the smell stinging her nose
that
they were close to the source of the acrid smoke.
The horses came to a sudden stop and she was dragged by the ankles as
another attacker attempted to tear her
from her captor’s lap. Her skirt rode high but the one who held her stayed her
arms and she could not reach to pull it back down into place. “She be mine,” he
growled at the other man.
“And I changed me mind, I want her!” said the other voice as his hands
moved
over her bare legs.
Brae looked up in horror at the raider holding her, as the one who
sounded like he was one of her own slid his rough hands ever higher. Her captor
leaned in the saddle, placed his large booted foot into the chest of the other
man and heaved. Her legs dropped as he fell backward from the blow. Her arms
pulled taut and stretched painfully as they supported her weight. He let go and
she slid down the horse’s side, falling to the ground in a tangle of voluminous
skirts. She did not wait to untangle herself but took the opportunity that
presented itself. She leapt to her feet and ran. But the horseman was faster.
He grabbed her by the hair yet again, circling it around his hand as he reeled
her in.
“Not so fast, Caileag,” he sneered the last as if ’twas a nasty
word. “You and I
have some business to attend to.”
The Devil
Take You © 2013 by H K Carlton
Book
Links The Devil Take You:
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Author Bio:
H K Carlton is a multi-published Canadian
author of historical, erotic and contemporary romance. She lives in Ontario
with her hard working husband and lovely teenage daughter. She also has two grown
sons.
Author Links:
H K’s Blog http://pickagenrealready.blogspot.ca
Facebook www.facebook.com/authorhk.carlton
Manic Readers http://www.manicreaders.com/HKCarlton/
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