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Eilean Donan in a Fantasy World--Sale on Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas!

A picture of Eilean Donan in a fantasy world. I added cliffs reflecting in the water on the Isle of Skye (just love how glassy the water can be and the beautiful reflections that can be captured in Scotland!)…so that it looks like the fairy mushrooms are now a long distance from the castle, and the castle is no longer floating in the sky. I love both, but this just gives a different story.

Here is a picture of a snow leopard I captured in a shot at the Omaha Zoo. In Loving the White Bear, a polar bear shifter story set in Alaska, three brother snow leopards also live, and this is Simon. He and his brothers are on vacation in a nice fantasy spot. It appears he is grooming himself after he went fishing. Do you think the koi will catch the dragonfly? Nope! He makes a narrow escape. And that’s my story!


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Girl in fairy forest
Witches and warlocks hide their true identities from the rest of the human population, while three teens with demon heritage living with human families, become unlikely companions in a race against time to deal with a demon threat to humankind in their own quirky way.Alana Fainot, a witch and half Kubiteron demon, witnesses a Matusa murder his summoner, and she knows he’ll target her next. Raised by her mother, she has no idea who her demon father is. But when she’s pulled to a demon portal, she meets Hunter Ross, half Matusa, half human, who returns demons to their world, but who’s been poisoned by a Matusa and is more dead than alive. His human mother gave him up for adoption, and he doesn’t know who either of his birth parents are. His friend Jared Kensington, full blooded Elantus demon, less powerful than the Kubiteron, is a whiz at electronics and helps Hunter track demons in the city, but was abandoned by his parents on Earth world for reasons unknown. He’s determined to find help to save Hunter. Alana knows aiding any Matusa is a mistake, but when she learns Hunter is half human, she makes a deal—he protects her against the Matusa who will come for her, and she helps find his dad in the demon world to save Hunter’s life.
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Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas
Oct 2017
Tangling with a White Wolf―Best Christmas Ever, or Real Trouble?
Romance writer Candice Mayfair never missed a deadline in her life―until an accidental bite from a werewolf puppy turns her into an Arctic wolf shifter. She’s forced to isolate herself in the wilderness to cope with her unpredictable shifting while she works on her deadlines. After all, for Candice, Christmas is just another day.
Enter private investigator Owen Nottingham, a wolf shifter hired to find Candice so she can collect her inheritance. They have a real problem: she must arrive home in human form, and that’s not happening during the full moon. Besides, Owen has a new mission: to convince the pretty she-wolf her best move is to join his pack in time for Christmas…and to prove he’s the only wolf for her.
White Wolf series:
Legend of the White Wolf
Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas (Book 1)
Flight of the White Wolf (Book 2)



Have a wonderfully, fantastic day!!!


Terry
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Guest: Sherrie Hansen - Kilts, Castles, and Hairy Coo

Twenty-four years ago, Sherrie Hansen rescued a dilapidated Victorian house from the bulldozer’s grips and turned it into a B&B and tea house, the Blue Belle Inn. Sherrie and her husband, Mark, who is a pastor, divide their time between two different houses, 85 miles apart. Sherrie writes murder mysteries and novels whenever she’s not working at her B&B or trying to be a good pastor’s wife. Her contemporary romantic suspense novels include Night and Day, Love Notes, and Thistle Down, Wild Rose, Blue Belle, Shy Violet and Sweet William, her Wildflowers of Scotland novels.




Kilts, Castles, and Hairy Coo by Sherrie Hansen

On our recent trip to Scotland, my husband and I laughed about the various touring signs we saw for Castle Trails, Whiskey Trails, Victorian Heritage Trails, Coastal Paths, and even an Art and Eats Trail (which suited us perfectly) along Loch Carrann and the Isle of Skye.



Although we never spotted an official Wildflowers of Scotland Trail, they dotted the hills and valleys in abundance while we were traveling.


Although the wildflowers made everything we saw more beautiful…

If I could choose a personalized designation for our trip, it would have to be the Kilts, Castle and Coo Trail. A close second would be the Walled Gardens, Pretty Little Lambs and Millionaire Bars Tour (envision a trail of chocolate, caramel and shortbread crumbs winding through flowery secret gardens pathways and laburnum and wisteria arches with a trail of baby lambs frolicking behind). You’ve got the general idea.


Our first stop was on the Isle of Arran, where we saw Brodick Castle. The locals call Arran “Scotland in Miniature” and claim you can see it all on their tiny but enchanting island. Although we missed seeing Tobermory and my favorite place in all of Scotland, the Isle of Mull, where my book, Blue Belle, is set, it was fun to start our trip by exploring a new island.  

After a quick stop at St. Conan’s Kirk, on Loch Awe, where Wild Rose is set, we moved on to Perthshire for the Atholl Highlander’s Parade and Highland Games at Blair Castle, where we saw castles and kilts galore. Be still my heart!



We enjoyed sweeping views of the sea from Dunnottar Castle.




The walled garden of Drum Castle captured our imaginations for hours.





We found the forests of Aberdeenshire so rich with castles that we barely knew where to begin.


We reveled in the bluebell and rhododendron lined pathways in the walled gardens at Castle Fraser and Leith Hall before climbing round and round on hundreds of tiny, uneven stairs to the very top of Craiglevar Castle’s lookout tower.


A spooky legend about a fall from a fourth floor window has already found its way into my next book.


 We toured Fyvie Castle where the ghost of The Green Lady and an ancient curse helped to cement my new plotline.   

As we headed north to the seaside towns of Crovie and Banff, we stopped at Brodie Castle, and toured Cawdor Castle’s magnificent gardens and laburnum arches.


  


We met up with a Scottish friend in a small village by the sea north of Inverness before we headed south toward Loch Carran for the last, most beautiful part of our journey.   

My love affair with Eilean Donan Castle, the setting of Shy Violet and parts of Sweet William, was only intensified by our second visit.

Eilean Donan

Dunvegan, on the Isle of Skye, was the last castle on our list. 



As it turned out, we were so enamored of Skye’s fairy glen and pools, little lambs and hairy coos, lighthouses, coral beaches, and magnificent views that we never even got around to visiting the castle.  


People have been asking me for years why I started writing books set in Scotland. Although my new release, Sweet William, journeys across the pond from Scotland to my home state of Minnesota (with cows being the unifying factor), I think the castles and kilts in the photos of our journey very eloquently explain why I love books set in Scotland.



If you haven’t caught the fever yet, I hope you’ll come on the Wildflowers of Scotland tour with me and experience Scotland through the eyes of Ian and Rose, Michael and Isabelle, Nathan and Violet, and William and Lyndsie.



I think you’ll agree that there’s no better backdrop for a book, and no place in the world more beautiful.    

Sherrie’s new release is Sweet William. https://amzn.com/B01H2TUD3U



He’s a real sweetheart. She’s a wee bit tart. When Minnesota farm boy, William McKnight, and sassy Scot, Lyndsie Morris, are forced to work together in the kitchen of Rabbit Hill Lodge, the atmosphere is as charged as an episode of Chopped. Will someone get cut, or will they find a recipe that works? Things just start to get spicy when an angry bull butts his way into the picture, and Lyndsie has to decide if she loves William more than everyone and everything she holds dear.

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Dunvegan Castle and Gardens

In September, I traveled to Scotland with two author friends of mine, and had a wonderful time. We explored many places and castles, including Dunvegan, which was extra special to me, since it is the castle where Cin MacLeod, the hero in my book, "Chasing a Highland Moon," is laird. Here are some photos of that visit.



Old Bridge on the way to Dunvegan


  












Old Well


View looking out over the cannon

View From the Ramparts







The Water Garden
















These last photos were taken on the road after leaving Dunvegan






















I hope you enjoyed the photos, for I certainly enjoyed taking them!

Gwyn
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