Beth is celebrating her new release and wanted to share some of her joy with all of us. And might I start off with a big thumbs up on this cover. It's lovely!
Welcome, Beth!
Thanks
for having me on your lovely blog, Catherine, to share my new historical
romance novel, Kira, Daughter of the Moon. The third in my
colonial frontier series, the story follows award-winning novels Through the Fire and Red Bird’s Song. Though written to
stand alone, Kira, Daughter of the Moon
is the long-awaited sequel to Through the
Fire and features strong secondary characters introduced in that novel,
with the addition of the very unique heroine, Kira, and other characters. The
story builds on the conflict between Scots-Irish settlers, the Shawnee Indians,
and British mandates regarding the return of white captives depicted in Red Bird’s Song. But back to ‘Kira.’
Can
a beautiful Scots-Irish healer suspected of witchcraft and a renegade white
warrior find love together and avoid the hangman’s noose in the Virginia
Colonial frontier?
It’s
a tough match with the terror of the French and Indian War still fresh in Kira’s
mind, and a badass enemy and his cronies after Logan. That Logan’s old nemesis
also desires Kira only makes matters that much more complicated. But if any man is equal to the challenge, it’s
Logan, and Kira has a few secret weapons of her own.
Blurb:
Logan McCutcheon returns to colonial Virginia after seven
years in the hands of Shawnee Indians. But was he really a captive, as
everybody thinks? He looks and fights like a warrior, and seems eager to return
to those he calls friends and family.
Kira McClure has waited for Logan all those years, passing
herself off as odd to keep suitors at bay––and anyone else from getting too
close. Now that he's back, he seems to be the only person capable of
protecting her from the advances of Josiah Campbell and accusations of
witchcraft. And to defend the settlers against a well-organized band of
murderous thieves.
Excerpt:
“My secret in exchange for yours.”
Tantalizing. He was drawing her into his snare, but she
couldn’t resist asking, “How do you know I’ve a secret?”
“To begin with, you’re hiding in a
tree. What from, a wild beast?”
“Near enough. You.”
He smiled.
“Was I to think you a large red bird, or overlook you entirely?”
Drawing her remaining shreds of dignity
around her like a mantle, she said, “This isn’t one of my best hiding places.”
“Indeed?
Where are the others?”
“That would be telling.”
The strengthening breeze tossed the
branches around them as he considered.
“You never could keep secrets from me, Cricket. I’ll discover them and you.”
An assertion she found both disturbing and
oddly heartening.
His lips curved as if the deed were
already done. “Why were you hiding? Am I so very frightening?”
“Oh––I feared you were some sort of warrior.”
The humor faded from his eyes. “I am.”
About Beth Trissel: Married
to my high school sweetheart, I live on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia surrounded by my children, grandbabies, and assorted animals. An avid
gardener, my love of herbs and heirloom plants figures into my work. The rich
history of Virginia, the Native Americans and the people who journeyed here
from far beyond her borders are at the heart of my inspiration. In addition to
American settings, I also write historical and time travel romances set in the
British Isles. For more on me, my blog is the
happening place: One Writer’s Way
Kira, Daughter of the Moon is available in print and kindle at Amazon, in
print and various eBook formats at The Wild Rose
Press, and from other online booksellers.
