DRAGON IN THE MIST
a Loch Ness romance
is now available at Amazon + Barnes & Noble
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Life without love is not worth living.
Nessía of the Loch has lived beneath the murky water of Loch Ness since ancient times. The pain of loneliness manifests in anger so strong, the entire valley shakes with earthquakes. In 1816, a Faerie queen pleads for her to cease the tremors and rewards Nessía with a human form. To stay human, she must find love. When the man she believes she loves casts her aside, Nessía responds to the betrayal by cursing the men of the MacDonald clan with the inability to keep a woman’s love. Only an act of true selflessness will break the curse.
After centuries pass, Nessía again searches for love. When Rory Hawthorn, an American scientist, arrives under the pretext of researching the earthquakes but in reality to research his MacDonald heritage and the curse, she believes she has found the perfect mate.
Amid stolen kisses, another earthquake, a steamy night of passion, and a broken heart, Nessía returns to the murky depths of the loch. When Rory dives in to follow her, he meets the green, scaly Loch Ness Monster. Assuming Nessía is in danger, he is intent on killing the monster and saving the woman he loves.
My romantic suspense
LOVE TO THE RESCUE
is now available at
Red Rose Publishing
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The clashing relationship between tomboy Josie Miller and fellow paramedic-firefighter, Pete Thayer, escalates after he realizes Joe is not just one-of-the-boys. Pete has a sketchy history and has earned a reputation for one-night stands in the small town of Parmenter, New Hampshire nestled between the Mercy River, the mountains, and the state college. Since he arrived a year ago, Josie suspects he is hiding something. Something too horrible to share, even with her. Working side by side, Joe loves her job, and Pete.
They respond to accident calls, medical emergencies, and fast-moving forest fires amid sparks of another kind. Joe’s clumsiness and baggy uniform work against her when she yearns to be the kind of woman Pete wants like the pretty blonde they must rescue after her car hits a moose.
Outside influences come to play when the sister of Pete’s alleged victim shows up and accuses him of something even worse…her sister’s recent death. Once on track to be a doctor, the sister’s betrayal and lies caused Pete to run far away and keep women at a distance unless they agreed to share his bed…and nothing more.
Pete plans to skip town while Josie worries she has given her heart to a monster. His boss and the local police back off and he professes his innocence to Joe. After kissing her senseless, she lets him into her bed until her bothers intervene. Both keep an eye on Pete. A suicide note, some well-landed fists, stolen moments of love, and a desire to listen to their hearts lead these two heroes toward a climax filled with tension, pain, bloodshed, and atonement.
Writing as Nancy Lee Badger, my latest release is a
Contemporary MILITARY Romance
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Army widow Jayne Rockwell searches for a secure future for her and her two daughters. Staff Sergeant Christopher Hawkins regrets leaving young Jayne eight years ago to go off to war. A crash encounter a week before Christmas thrusts these two lonely people back into each other’s lives once more.
Jayne must learn to trust a man who disappeared with her heart. Chris must overcome the guilt of taking her innocence, and then leaving her heartbroken and alone.
A Christmas wedding brings them closer when Jayne spies him as a groomsman in Highland dress, complete with kilt. He cannot keep his eyes off the woman in green velvet wearing a wedding ring.
Accusations, explanations, and remorse leads to a love that erupts among candlelight, Christmas carols, and a dark room. Who needs mistletoe?
My paranormal romance set on a Scottish island is
It is available at www.WhispersHome.com
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Sometimes a special gift and an unwanted curse cannot keep destined lovers apart.
Brianna Macleod has accompanied a shipload of her guardian’s friends to a remote island off the coast of Scotland.
She eludes these Highland hunters to keep her innocence…and her gift of sight. Her attitude against falling for womanly desires changes when she nearly drowns. Saved by the talons of a terrifying winged beast, she awakens—naked—in a cave, beside an unusual man.
Cursed by a vengeful witch to transform into a dragon at inopportune times, Draco MacDonald hides on this deserted island to live alone: until he plucks a servant girl from certain death. Fueled by jealousy, and tempered by fear for her safety, he succumbs to an unfamiliar desire to mate.
Her kisses propel him to dare to make her his own.
Set in 1592 Scotland on the Scottish island of Staffa, the cursed hero battles a ghostly witch, a hunter set on rape, and his own growing desire for a young woman with premonitions of his death. Her kisses propel him to dare to make her his own.
is available now at
RedRosePublishing.com
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In a quirky college town surrounded by the mountains of New Hampshire, new art history professor Jacob Oliver hikes a trail on a crisp September morning. He contemplates his life. Divorced, and forced out of his job with the Boston Police due to a horrific accident, he spots a naked woman beneath a majestic waterfall. Escaping, he falls and re-injures his knee.
Destiny Blake hears a noise; someone is on her mountain. She finds a handsome man sitting in the mud. Love blooms and lust consumes them after she helps him to the safety of her cabin. Soon assumptions tear them apart, leaving her vulnerable to the unwanted attentions of other men.
When Jacob decides he cannot live without her, he must save her from a madman who chases her up her mountain through the cold, snowy darkness of a November night. Ghostly voices push Jacob onward, while another spirit’s voice urges Destiny to fight back. Pain, hypothermia, and death threaten as the sun rises. Can Destiny and Jacob make it off Destiny’s Mountain…alive?
EXCERPT
Two uniformed medics sprinted toward Jacob. As the blonde-haired man examined the unconscious Destiny in Jacob’s lap, he barked orders at his partner. The female paramedic returned to the ambulance, threw open the back doors, and tugged on the stretcher. Pulling and cursing, she reached the all-terrain vehicle and her patient in short order. Jacob helped them transfer Destiny’s limp body to the stretcher.
With tears stinging his eyes, he hopped back a step so they had room to strap her in before they ran back to the ambulance. Jacob hopped after them. They lifted Destiny and the stretcher into the warm cavity of the ambulance. The man climbed inside. When the woman shut the doors, he protested being left outside.
"Let me in.”
She turned to him, and then pressed a hand in the middle of his chest. Jacob lost his balance and fell against the back bumper.
“Sir, are you injured?”
Jacob nodded and then held back a curse when she pointed toward the side door. Three steps stood in his way.
“Let me help.”
Those three simple words blanketed his achy body with a tranquil mantle of calm. He let her assist him up the stairs.
“I’ve crushed my left leg, exacerbating a recent injury. I’m very cold, but never mind about me. What’s going to happen to my Destiny?” he asked, nearly choking on the words.
my debut contemporary romance,
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“Where is she? Where is my sister, Rebecca?” She glared at him then glanced around the room. Strutting closer, she latched on the front of his unbuttoned shirt.
She stared at his exposed chest as he stood in the open doorway. Heat rushed to his cheeks. He quickly shut the door before answering her question.
“Laney? Is that really you?” She looked at him for a moment then raised a fist.
“Are you one of Bart’s thugs? Are you trying to get your paws on Becka?”
“Who’s Bart?”
“You don’t work for Bart Spratt? Then who are you and where is Becka?”
He stared at her nose ring. “I’m Taylor Adams, a friend of your parents,” he managed to blurt out.
“I missed seeing you when I visited their house on the cliff. I saw a picture of you when you were a little girl, but I must say…” He paused at her growl of disgust.
Did she intend to pounce on him, or call the cops? “Laney, you’ve grown up to be as pretty as your mother.”
“You know Gloria?” Her stare burned right through him.
“Ah, yes. What are you doing here in Baltimore?”
“I remember you, now. You’re that actor who worked with Mom in California. Dad wasn’t too keen on her doing that show. He wanted her home full-time. What a Neanderthal!”
He grimaced at the memory. Gloria auditioned for a part on his show as a singing alien in a planetoid bar. After they performed a love scene together, Gloria introduced him to her husband. At the time, Vinnie worked in Hollywood as a theatrical agent. They started a friendship one day, when Gloria sat in make-up their familiarity lasted even after the Delacourt family moved east. Gloria left showbiz soon after, making Vinnie a happy man.
“Now you listen to me, Mr. Spaceman. Where’s Becka? I know she’s here because I heard her scream. What have you done with her?”
My romantic suspense