Tag Archive | Highland romance

Moving Models! And Reflections

Jun23

 

See all that grass, dead and alive?

I went out to pull grass after a thorough rainstorm, well, two, to be exact, and there the bunny  was…again. And so what could I do? But go back in and get my camera.

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He was crouched down when I walked right up to him, gloves ready to start yanking out the grass and I was so surprised. *sigh*

I’ve killed off some of the grass, struggling to keep the jasmine alive and the grass dead and out of there. 

The problem with bunny models, is sometimes they….move.

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I actually stood right near him while he let me take more pictures of him. Cute, isn’t he? Now if only he’d eat all the grass.  🙂 The stuff to the right and upper top corner, that’s the jasmine and the ONLY thing supposed to be in there.

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The bunny is on the pavers to the left. The bird was taking a bath in the lake on my driveway after the second storm to the right. And I thought it was cute that his reflection is showing in the water. He was watching the bunny and didn’t see me at first watching him. I’d hoped I might get a reflection of the bunny in the water too, but not enough water, and too dark over there.

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I have finished Her Highland Hero! Did I mention that already? I will set it aside now while my critique partners review it, then revise, then reread, then send to beta readers. 🙂  But otherwise, I have written THE END.

I love it when that happens.

I am starting the novella soon. I need to come up with a title. I can’t start writing the story without a title. 🙂

The anthology is called Kissing the Highlander.

I had an idea for a story and called it the Highland Imposter, but I changed my mind about the story, so back to the title drawing board!

Hope you all have a delightful Monday!

I’m off to write…something.

her highland hero cover with title cursive copy

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

www.terryspear.com

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Wildflowers of Summer, Central Texas

Jun19

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The bluebonnets are gone, but the Indian Blanket/Firestorm is out in full force, and I caught this milkweed that I thought was pretty with my macro lenses. Who says weeds can’t be pretty?

Back to Her Highland Hero. Need to finish it up so I can work on the Highland novella for an anthology I’m working with 4 other authors on! 🙂 If I don’t keep working on it, I’m bound to get edits in on the other books again and lose my place. LOL And have to start all over again. 🙂

Have a lovely Thursday!

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Really Bizarre and Totally Fascinating

Feb5

At least to me.

I’m usually fairly observant about things around me. So yesterday when I was taking photographs of birds being birds, I suddenly saw the tree in front of me. Not the birds. Not anything else, but the tree. It had character. Age spots. Old moss, new moss, it was beautiful. More interesting at that moment than anything else in the world.

I wondered why I  hadn’t noticed it before. How could I have missed it? It’s big as day standing right in front of the window! Well, I did what I usually do when I find something fun and interesting, I took pictures, still not believing I hadn’t seen it before.

Have you seen Limitless? It’s violent, but it has an interesting premise–that a chemical substance can tap into all those unused brain cells of ours and make us see more clearly. The man whose story is being told is an unpublished writer who has an advance to write a book (remember I mentioned fantasy??? And how sometimes we just have to go with the story???) and he’s not written a single word and can’t. This had been going on for months. With this pill, he suddenly has the clarity to write the book in four days. And it’s brilliant. Well, it’s a dark story, but I felt like him yesterday, looking at that tree and wondering why I had never seen the beauty of it.

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I just want you to know it has NOTHING to do with me. Today when I went to get my cup of green tea, it is a gray tree, nothing more.  I need another one of those pills!

In reality, what happened? Somehow the sun and the moon and the shadows and nature revealed the beauty of that tree, and then, the combination of these things went away. And now it looks like it usually does. Nondescript and the birds have all the attention again.

So if something like that catches your eye, and you think how utterly bizarre that you hadn’t noticed it before, capture it, because it may never happen again. 🙂

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

Taming the Wild Highlander, Book of the Day!!!

Jan22

Today’s Book of the Day is a Historical Romance novel by USA Today bestselling author, Terry Spear, and it’s 80% off for a limited time. Taming the Wild Highlander has a 4.4 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $4!

“Ms. Spears really knows how to craft a story and this one is a winner in my book.” D.C. – Amazon Reviewer



Taming the Wild Highlander
by Terry Spear
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Historical Romance
Price: $0.99 save $4

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Edana Chattan senses concerns where people she knows could be in danger. When her brothers warn her they’re in trouble, she can’t convince her father to listen to her, so with an escort, she tries to locate them. Separated from her escort during a storm, she is discovered by Angus MacNeill, who is tasked to return her home.

Only Edana has other notions–and convinces him and his companions to allow her to use her abilities to locate her brothers who are manacled in a dungeon somewhere. That leads to a faux marriage and more dungeons and more trouble than Angus had ever thought possible. So why is the bewitching, fiery-haired lass making him think of marrying her for real?

I don’t normally post twice in a day, but this was so important, I had to post about it because it’s the only day it will EVER be the BOOK OF THE DAY. 🙂 So here it is. One last day at 99 cents and it will be forever and ever gone. Probably. 🙂

My computer is broken. 🙁

I got a finch feeder and finch food, but no one’s come to eat. Did I do it wrong???

I’m off to eat lunch, but had to share….

Terry

Hot Highlanders on Sale! :) And a Ghostly Time Travel Western Romance too!

Nov19

Oh, yeah, I know you want a hunky Highlander to bring home with you, in the flesh, but this will have to do! Just finished up Jaguar Hunt 2nd edits and turned it in, then just got Silence of the Wolf final copy to proof, so not having time to blog. However, I did get started on Hawk Fae, finished writing A Highland Wolf Christmas, and am about ready to finish proofing changes on the audiobook Forbidden Love.

But wanted to let you all know that my publisher put my books on sale so you have a chance to get them if you need some romance in your life!

The first and second of the Highlanders is on sale:
Winning The Highlander's Heart   On sale now for $1.99!!! First in the Highland Medieval series through my publisher!

http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Highlanders-Heart-Highlander-Medieval-ebook/dp/B003F76J1Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384862915&sr=8-1&keywords=winning+the+highlander%27s+heart

Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/winning-the-highlanders-heart-terry-spear/1028946445?ean=9780978536831

The Accidental Highland Hero  The Accidental Highland Hero, 2nd book in the series also only a $1.99 from my publisher, limited time!!! http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Highland-Hero-Highlander-Medieval-ebook/dp/B003F76LRQ/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

And at Barnes and Noble!

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-accidental-highland-hero-terry-spear/1021047428?ean=9780981989662

A Ghost Of A Chance At Love  My publisher has put A Ghost of a Chance at Love on sale for $1.99! A limited time only! If you like time travel, ghostly stories, the old west, Texas, sexy ranchers, it’s time to take a trip to the past!

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Chance-at-Love-ebook/dp/B005LHO9U4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1384863338&sr=1-1&keywords=a+ghost+of+a+chance+at+love

Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-ghost-of-a-chance-at-love-terry-spear/1105650185?ean=9780983419860

So if you’re looking for some hot loving, and some great deals and some before the holidays fun, the price is right!!! And I’m back to final proofing of Silence of the Wolf. Just wanted to give everyone a head’s up on the sale price before it’s off.

 

Also, I have 10,000 written on Hawk Fae! 🙂

Okay, back to Silence of the Wolf and…. Tom *sigh*.

 

Have a super great… Tuesday, right??? When I’m editing and on a whirlwind writing trip, I can lose track of days. 🙂

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com

The Highlander is Available on ITunes and B&N Now!

Oct20

Anora, the shepherdess, finds a half-naked man in her bed, so what’s a woman living alone in a cottage in the Lowlands of Scotland supposed to do? Prod him with her pitchfork to chase him off! Only the man is not just a traveler seeking her bed for a rest—but a wounded Highlander, who fights back, swinging his sword!

Niall MacNeill is searching for a Frenchwoman of nobility to escort to his cousin’s castle for safekeeping, when he and his friend, Gunnolf, are attacked by another Highland clan, seeking the same woman. The other Highlanders wish to sell her to the highest bidder—English or French—it does not matter.

Niall takes refuge in a sheepherder’s cottage to heal up from his wounds and discovers the shepherdess taking care of him may very well be the woman he seeks. He has no intention of doing anything but what his cousin requests of him—ensure her safety on their way to Craigly Castle—but when the lass so bravely wields her pitchfork at him, he is thinking of other, more interesting possibilities.

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I’ve signed with a narrator to work on the audiobook version. That should be done in about February.

I have to turn in edits on Jaguar Hunt and the synopsis on Monday, and then it’s back to Guthrie’s story. So many stories, so little time. 🙂 I feel like I’m juggling characters.

Have a super great Sunday!

Terry

Highland Cow in a Pasture in Scotland

Sep9

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I loved visiting seven castles in Scotland, but one of my favorite sights was a Highland cow grazing in a Highland pasture. Oh, sure, you think, a cow??? Hey, I love longhorn steer also! They’re just unusual enough to be nice and interesting.

One of the things I found so remarkable about the Highland cows, besides the long shaggy fur coats, are that their faces are shorter than American cows.

With wolves–Arctic wolves are different from their gray timber wolf cousins–not just in coat color. They’re all gray wolves, but Arctic wolves have shorter legs and ears–because of the cold. So is it the same with the Highland cow? Their faces are shorter because of the cold?

In any event, they’re just darned cute.

Don’t you think?

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And look at what my friend brought me from Scotland!!! Thanks, Vonda Sinclair, for thinking of me~!  I love him. She writes Highland historical romances also.

Isn’t he cute?

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com

An Author’s Life Can Be Just Plain Boring

Aug30

Like everyone else, I had to stop what I was doing and do the laundry, wash the dishes, and all that mundane stuff. Yesterday, I was cutting up PVC with a branch cutter (the pipe was coming out of the outdoor wall and no longer used) but it was banging against the house whenever high winds were coming from a northerly direction. So talk about things going bump in the night!

Then I had to plug up the hole because I can hear buzzing in the walls–hornets. And they keep getting into my bedroom and buzz around my head at night. Okay, so talk about BIG mosquitoes–only they aren’t. And they sound like an airplane when they fly overhead. When you’re trying to sleep.

Then I was out watering in the middle of the night because that’s the only time we’re allowed to water–water restriction 2 nights a week. That’s from 9 pm to 1 am, and guess what? It’s pitch black out there by 8:45 pm. What if I run into a thirsty skunk? I have before. Or what if I run into a thirsty rattlesnake?

Or heck, what if I just walked into one of those giant yellow and black zipper spider’s webs…and he’s in the middle of it???

Yep.

See? Life is just plain boring–until I’m stuck in a cave with Niall MacNeill and we’re trying to find a way out before the bad guys get us. Or I’m sticking him with my pitchfork because he’s slipped into my bed in my croft…when he doesn’t belong! Just a hint here–a shepherdess wielding a pitchfork is no match for a Highlander wielding a big sword. 🙂

That’s why I write. An author’s life can be downright boring. Until we liven it up a bit with those sexy heroes and lots of fantastical conflict.

And here’s the new cover for the first book in The Highlander’s series: Winning the Highlander’s Heart!  I love it. Do you?

Winning the Highlander's Heart

Lady Anice vows to flee the amorous advances of King Henry I, and return to her home in the Highlands, where she hopes to find a laird to wed, when she learns her staff has vanished. Premonitions of imminent danger warn her of foul play and she is certain she is cursed when it comes to marriage.

 

The king orders the Highlander Laird Malcolm MacNeill, seeking an English bride, to provide the lass safe escort and learn what has become of her staff. Escorting her home safely proves a dangerous trial in and of itself and keeping his heart out of the matter, when the king wishes her wed to one of his loyal barons instead, complicates issues further. Losing his heart to the lass means Malcolm could very well lose his head.

 

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Okay, got to get back to Niall. He needs me!

 

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com

More Audio Books!!

Aug29

The Accidental Highland Hero

This is the new cover for The Accidental Highland Hero! Winning the Highlander’s Heart is nearly done! 🙂 They’re redoing them to add the ladies. Don’t you love it???

The Accidental Highland Hero–Book 2

Lady Eilis Dunbarton’s life undergoes a drastic change with the death of her cousin, Agnes. Now she’s faced with the disagreeable prospect of marrying the man who was to be her cousin’s husband. Not by a change of contract, though. Instead, by deceit—pretending to be her cousin. But if her husband-to-be discovers she’s not really Agnes, her life is forfeit. So what choice does Eilis have but to flee?

When Laird James MacNeill’s clan rescues a half-drowned lass from the sea, there is speculation she is of the enemy clan, especially since she doesn’t remember her own name. James is immediately enticed with the lady, but his focus must remain on finding the proper bride. For if he does not wed soon, he must give up his holdings to one of his younger brothers.

Focus slips away with each day Eilis is close, and James finds himself contemplating the thought of taking her to wife without knowing her true identity.

But how dangerous would the end result be?

And what will happen if Eilis’s husband-to-be comes looking for her only to find her in the arms of another man?

Ebooks

AMAZON

B & N

And just released, both the audio books for Taming the Wild Highlander and Lady Caroline and the Egotistical Earl!

Edana Chattan senses concerns where people she knows could be in danger. When her brothers warn her they’re in trouble, she can’t convince her father to listen to her, so with an escort, she tries to locate them. Separated from her escort during a storm, she is discovered by Angus MacNeill, who is tasked to return her home. Only Edana has other notions – and convinces him and his companions to allow her to use her abilities to locate her brothers who are manacled in a dungeon somewhere.

That leads to a faux marriage and more dungeons and more trouble than Angus had ever thought possible. So why is the bewitching, fiery-haired lass making him think of marrying her for real?

 

 

Amazon

 

Lady Caroline and the Egotistical Earl

 

 

Lady Caroline has one mission in mind, helping her mother maintain their estates after her father’s death, while knights posing as the earl’s men continue to kill their livestock. But as soon as her mother wishes the earl’s intervention, Caroline has a new problem–the earl is intrigued with her and wants her to reside at his castle and serve his mother.Caroline refuses, but as the raids on her family’s lands turn more deadly, Lord John Talbot forces the issue. Caroline continues to attempt to uncover who is behind the raids, and with her unnatural ability to remember details, she intends to see justice done.

The lady may be his undoing, but the earl decides she is the one for him and no other will do, if only he can keep her safe from the danger that follows her every move until he can wed her.

 

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B & N

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off to write!!!  Have a super Thursday! Here, it’s going to be 100 today and 103 tomorrow. Argh. And NO rain. Keep doing rain dances, but it’s not working….

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com