Applause abounded as they all sealed their vows with a kiss.
Cherub clung to Kirk as joy unlike any she’d ever experienced before filled her and overflowed her heart. She’d committed herself to her mate in all ways and he’d done the same with her. This day would mark the beginning of the rest of their lives, a most wondrous joining she’d forever cherish. Giggling, she kissed her new husband again and tasted heaven and all the promises it could bring.
Aye, after more than a thousand years of living alone, her life had now finally begun.
’Twas time to let love reign, and for her to share her duty with the man who held the other half of her soul, just as she held the other half of his.
I hope you enjoyed Kirk and Cherub’s adventure-filled story. Don’t miss the all new spinoff series, Clan Matheson. The ‘power of three’ and their mates will be back to work some faerie magic amongst their kind.
For book one in the Clan Matheson series, you can grab your copy here.
Highlander’s Kiss, (Book One) Feel free to sign up to my newsletter to catch the release dates for the rest of this new series here. http://mad.ly/signups/94643/join
If you missed Iain and Isla’s story, you can catch it right here.
Highlander’s Desire, (Book One) For Finlay and Arabel’s story, catch it right here.
Highlander’s Passion, (Book Two)
Author’s Note
Clan Matheson descends from a twelfth century man called Gilleoin, a man who was believed to have been from the ancient Royal House of Lorne. The name Matheson has been attributed to the Gaelic words Mic Mhathghamhuim which means “Son of the Bear,” and the clan chief’s arms carry two bears as supporters. In the twelfth century, clan Matheson settled around the area of Loch Alsh, Loch Carron, and Kintail, and gave their allegiance to clan MacDonald whose chiefs were the Lords of the Isles. Clan Matheson became a large and powerful clan with a force of around two-thousand men, although by the middle of the sixteenth century they’d diminished greatly in size and influence due to the blood feuds raging across the isles at that time. This warring left them to possess less than a third of the original Matheson property on Loch Alsh.
Interestingly, the other main branch of clan Matheson lived near Loch Shin, Sutherland, at this time, and it was when I discovered this piece of vital information that the story I wished to tell of this once mighty clan and the whispers in ancient times of their ability to shift into the form of the bear became clear.
For the purposes of this story, I chose for Gilleoin to have two sons, both when they came of age forced to go their separate ways, one remaining at Loch Alsh and the other traveling farther afield to an area near Loch Shin. Those sons would then lead their own clans, yet would one day once again merge to bring the legend surrounding clan Matheson back to life. It’s time for the whispers to reignite. Clan Matheson are the “Son of the Bear.”
This story is woven with as much accuracy to the period and locations as possible, although any mistakes made are mine alone.
This book forms part of The Matheson Brothers series, and each story within it is stand-alone.
Please feel free to search for any of my other works. I simply adore strong heroines, and have a ton of fun matching them with their honorable alpha heroes.
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- Enchanter (Princesses of Myth #3)
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