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Authors: Suz deMello
Epilogue
1759
“Pay up,” Dugald Kilburn told his laird.
Kieran scowled and fumbled in his sporran, reluctantly
withdrawing a silver piece. “I was sure there’d be another boy,” he grumbled.
“After two? Nay, ’twas time for a little girl, a baby sister
for Isobel.” Both peeked into the solar, where Lady Lydia sat in a window
embrasure, nursing the newborn Marian. “Are ye disappointed?” Dugald asked.
Kier grinned and cuffed Dugald’s shoulder. “About losing to
you? Aye. About another baby daughter? Never.” His smile broadened as he walked
into the room.
Marian’s sleepy mouth fell away from Lydia’s breast. After
her fourth lying-in, his wife was as radiant as ever. But while he scrutinized
her, she stood, moving slowly.
He jumped forward. “Let me take the bairn.”
She smiled up at him. “Thank you.”
He took Marian, careful to cradle her small, soft head in
his big palm, supporting her tiny body with his other hand. “So wee and
delicate,” he breathed, careful not to awaken the slumbering bairn. He carried
her across the hall to their bedroom and set her in her cradle.
Lydia cuddled close to his side, a warm, beloved weight as
they regarded their sleeping child.
His life, his wife and his children were everything he’d
ever wanted.
About the Author
An award-winning, best-selling traditional romance novelist,
Suz deMello uses a pseudonym to protect her privacy. But if you’re a romance
fan, you’ve probably read her books or have heard of her. She’s known for
layered, compelling novels charged with humor as well as emotion.
Of her journey to the steamier side of writing, Suz says, “I
love writing traditional romances, but after several years in the same mode, I
felt that I really needed to cut loose as a creative artist and write hot, sexy
books that reflect the wilder side of being human.”
Suz’s books are fast-paced with seductive situations,
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Temptation in Tartan
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Temptation in Tartan Copyright © 2012 Suz deMello
Edited by Rebecca Hill
Cover art by Caitlyn Fry
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Electronic book publication June 2012
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