Fliss Bagshawe longs for a passport out of Pimlico
where she works as a holistic therapist. After attending a party in Notting
Hill she loses her job and with it the dream of being her own boss. She’s
offered the chance to take over a failing therapy centre, but there's a catch.
The centre lies five hundred miles north in Wester Ross, Scotland. Fliss’s
romantic view of the highlands populated by Men in Kilts is shattered when she
has an upclose and personal encounter with the Laird of Kinloch Mara, Ruairi Urquhart.
He’s determined to pull the plug on the business, bring his eccentric family to
heel and eject undesirables from his estate - starting with Fliss. Facing the
dole queue once more Fliss resolves to make sexy, infuriating Ruairi revise his
unflattering opinion of her, turn the therapy centre around and sort out his
dysfunctional family. Can Fliss tame the
Monarch of the Glen and find the happiness she deserves?
http://viewbook.at/B009SG3EQY
Hocus Pocus '14 - a collection of spooky short stories
Boot Camp Bride - Romance and Intrigue on the Norfolk marshes
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Tall, Dark and Kilted - A contemporary romance set in the highlands of Scotland
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After
teaching my 1000th pupil and working as a deputy head teacher in a large
primary school, I decided it was time to leave the chalk face and pursue my
first love: writing. In 2006 I joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New
Writers’ Scheme, honed my craft and wrote Tall, Dark and Kilted, quickly
followed a year later by Boot Camp Bride. I love the quick fire interchanges
between the hero and heroine in the old black and white Hollywood movies, and I
hope this love of dialogue comes across in my writing. Although much of my time
is taken up publicising Tall, Dark and Kilted and Boot Camp Bride, I have
almost finished my third novel which I hope to publish Spring 2015. Title under
wraps ATM – but I will hint that it has a Scottish theme. Plans for a fourth
and fifth novel are in the pipeline. I have also co-founded an indie publishing
group: New Romantics Press with Adrienne Vaughan, June Kearns, Mags Cullingford.
Over the last two years we have written nine books and contributed to an
anthology of spooky short stories. In November 2014 we held an Author Event at
Waterstones High Street, Kensington, the icing on the cake as far as the New
Romantics are concerned - and a fitting way to celebrate our achievements so
far. I am beginning to build up a reputation as a speaker on the subject of
self-publishing and this is a strength I would like to develop further.
Lizzie’s Links
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My Review
Forget Heathcliff or Mr Rochester – there’s
a new dark, brooding hero on the block by the name of Ruairi, a Highland laird.
Lizzie Lamb captures the beauty and mystery of the Highlands perfectly while
delivering us a hero to die for. At first we see his brusque, arrogant,
domineering side as he struggles to keep his two wayward half sisters in check
as well as his scatter-brained stepmother and her half baked plans. When Fliss
is invited to the Scottish pile to set up a beauty treatment centre, Ruairi
puts her in the same category as his sisters, scheming and manipulative and
thinks she’s only there to bag herself a rich husband. Fliss is determined to
keep him at arm’s length and to prove that she has a good business head. Will
the two of them ever overcome the obstacles? You’ll have to read this gorgeous
romantic tale to find out. What more could you ask for, a tall dark kilted hero
set amidst the most dramatic Scottish scenery? This book left me feeling just a
little in lurve – with Scotland and with Ruairi.
5/5
