Where the Thistle Grows - Pride, Mia

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Résumé :
Falling through time was unavoidable. Falling for him was disastrous. 2023 Scotland is a land of lore and legend, but archeologist Caitriona Murray prefers physical evidence to ancient tales. Joining a major excavation off the northern Scotland coast, Caitriona cannot wait to discover a cave's buried secrets. Because of reoccurring dreams of an ancient man's death, she is convinced that a Pictish king is buried within those cave walls. But soon, Cait discovers more secrets in that cave than just bones. Finding herself face to face with the man who haunts her dreams, Cait is thrown into the lost world she'd spent her entire life studying and is faced with an undeniable reality: she has traveled back in time, this king believes she is his bride, and Cait isn't sure she will ever make it back home. Danger threatens from every direction, but falling in love with a man destined to die brutally in battle may be her greatest downfall. 685 AD King Brodyn Mac Cuill is determined to keep his people safe, even if it means marrying a strange woman from a rival tribe. An alliance is his only chance at gathering an army large enough to defeat their southern enemies, the Angles, who challenge him daily. When his bride arrives, she is confused and resistant to marriage. She isn't the bride he'd hoped for, but lives are at stake. His new bride confuses him with her strange behavior, yet he finds her fascinating and irresistible. When danger follows in her wake, Brodyn must question her loyalties and everything he ever knew. Their connection is undeniable, but can he trust his bride, who claims to be from the future, or is she a trap sent by his enemy?

Biographie:
Mia is an award-winning author and mother of two human boys and many furry creatures residing in the SF Bay Area. How she manages to get anything done is a wonder to all, including herself.As a child, she often wrote fantasy stories, preferring to live in a world where the line between reality and fantasy didn't exist. In High school, she entered writing contests and had some stories published in small newspapers or school magazines. As life continued, so did her love of writing.Mia received her Bachelors in Health Science from CSUEB and recently completed her editing certificate with UC Berkeley. Currently, Mia is both self-published and small-press-published with Dragonblade Publishing.When Mia isn't writing books or hanging with her family and pets at home, she loves to get lost in a good book, buy anything with pugs on it, and drink massive margaritas with her friends. Her happy place is the Renaissance Faire, where you can find her at the joust, rooting for the shirtless highlander in a kilt.