All she does know? She’s starting to fall in love with him.
LOVE WITH A SCOTTISH OUTLAW
Highland Weddings #3
Gayle Callen
Releasing June 27, 2017
Avon Books
Catriona
Duff can’t remember who she is. Discovered in the midst of a raging
thunderstorm, she has no recollection of how she came to be there or how the
guards around her ended up dead. She certainly doesn’t remember that the
handsome Highlander who saves her is her family’s sworn enemy. All she does
know? She’s starting to fall in love with him.
Duncan Carlyle couldn’t believe his luck when he found Catriona, the daughter of the man who made him an outlaw and forced him from his ancestral home, stranded on the road with nothing to her name--including her memory. Speaking out against Aberfoyle’s evil practices of stealing poor and orphaned children to sell to the highest bidder has cost him everything, but now he has the opportunity to make the man understand the true price of a missing child. But as Duncan begins to know Cat, guilt over his actions wars with his irrepressible desire for her.
When Cat discovers the truth of her identity, she decides she can teach the outlawed clan chief a lesson, but in love, there’s more than one way to win.
Duncan Carlyle couldn’t believe his luck when he found Catriona, the daughter of the man who made him an outlaw and forced him from his ancestral home, stranded on the road with nothing to her name--including her memory. Speaking out against Aberfoyle’s evil practices of stealing poor and orphaned children to sell to the highest bidder has cost him everything, but now he has the opportunity to make the man understand the true price of a missing child. But as Duncan begins to know Cat, guilt over his actions wars with his irrepressible desire for her.
When Cat discovers the truth of her identity, she decides she can teach the outlawed clan chief a lesson, but in love, there’s more than one way to win.
After a
detour through fitness instructing and computer programming, Gayle
Callen found the life she’d always dreamed of as a romance writer.
This USA Today bestselling author has written more than twenty
historical romances for Avon Books, and her novels have won the Holt Medallion,
the Laurel Wreath Award, the Booksellers’ Best Award, and been translated into
eleven different languages. The mother of three grown children, an avid
crafter, singer, and outdoor enthusiast, Gayle lives in Central New York with
her dog Uma and her husband, Jim the Romance Hero. She also writes contemporary
romances as Emma Cane. Discover more at her website.
Tasty Q&A with
Gayle Callen
If you had to title your own life
what would it be and why?
“Lucky in
Love.” I met my husband a year before we started dating, but once we dated, we
married within six months. And I knew that first month that I was in love with him.
So any time someone uses love at first sight in a romance novel, I think it
could be true, because it happened to me. And we’ve been married 35 years, so
it can work!
What is your favorite place to
visit?
It may
sound cliché for a historical romance author, but I love England London Yorkshire . The countryside changes
so much, from thatched roofs and abundant gardens, to bleak moors that roll to
the horizon. Incredible!
Favorite writing place.
Even though
I’ve written most of my books from a small office on the lower level of my
house, my favorite place to write is on my patio. I spent all last summer
working outside 4-6 hours every day. My yard is mostly trees, but I have an
umbrella to sit beneath when the sun is overhead. I planted begonias and
impatiens, which do well in the shade. I put up my feet up, my laptop on a lap
desk, and I write, listening to the sound of the bees, the birds, and distant
lawn mowers. My neighbor has several bird feeders that spill seeds onto the ground,
so sometimes birds, squirrels, bunnies, and chipmunks are all cavorting in the
grass together, like my own private show. It’s so peaceful!
What are 5 things you must have with
you when you write?
Ooh,
interesting question. I don’t think I’m superstitious about anything in particular,
but there are some constants when I’m writing a book. A laptop is number one—a
desktop computer can’t easily be moved, so I’ve used a laptop for years so I
can set it aside to research, spread out my index cards, etc. And I want to be
able to take it with me, too! Next, I always have ice water in a big insulated
mug. I have index cards, because that’s how I keep track of all my scenes. I
use a purple pen to write on them. And lastly, markers, because I highlight a
corner of each index card to keep track of all my plotlines when I lay the
cards out: purple for the heroine’s emotional growth, blue for the hero, pink
for the romance plot, then green/orange/red for the various plotlines in the
book. Yes, I love to organize and plot things out.
Can you tell us a little about your
book?
I was so
excited to write LOVE WITH A SCOTTISH OUTLAW, mainly because I finally found a
story to fit a plot I’d always wanted to write: amnesia. I opened the book with
the heroine, Catriona, waking up in the Scottish Highlands, her head bleeding,
not knowing who she is. It was such fun to write! The hero Duncan is the chief
of an outlawed clan—and he knows exactly who she is, the daughter of his enemy.
While Catriona thinks he is being kind enough to house her while she discovers
who she is, Duncan
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