Hi everyone!
Welcome to Kick Back Saturday! In my
opinion, one of the best ways to spend a Saturday is to curl up with a book, a
delicious cup of coffee or cocktail, and hang out with my writing partner, my
sweet pup, Kelly!
Join me every Saturday for a book blurb
and a new, tasty drink recipe - coffee or cocktail...?
Take up a book, mix a drink, and kick
back.
The Book
This week I have 2 books I've been reading:
The Bride (Lairds's Fiancees #1)
By the king's edict,
Alec Kincaid, mightiest of the Scottish lairds, must take an English
bride. And Jaime the youngest daughter of Baron Jamison, is his choice.
From his first glimpse of the proud and beautiful English lady, Alec
felt a burning hunger stir within him. This was a woman worthy of his
fearless warrior's spirit. And he aches to touch her, tame her, possess
her...forever.
But with the wedding vows, Jamie pledges her own
secret oath: She will never surrender her love to this Highland
barbarian. He was everything her heart warned her against -- an
arrogant, brooding scoundrel whose rough good looks and seductive
embrace fire her blood. But when strange accidents begin to threaten
Jamie's life and an old rumor that Alec killed his first wife spreads
anew, something far more dangerous than desire threatens to conquer her
senses.
When a Scot Tries the Knot (Castles Ever After #3)
On the cusp of her
first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shyly pretty and
talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen.
She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. So
Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she
invented a sweetheart.
A Scottish sweetheart. One who was
handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never
around. Maddie poured her heart into writing the imaginary Captain
MacKenzie letter after letter … and by pretending to be devastated when
he was (not really) killed in battle, she managed to avoid the pressures
of London society entirely.
Until years later, when this kilted
Highland lover of her imaginings shows up in the flesh. The real Captain
Logan MacKenzie arrives on her doorstep—handsome as anything, but not
entirely honorable. He’s wounded, jaded, in possession of her letters…
and ready to make good on every promise Maddie never expected to keep.
The Drink
Found: http://thewhiskeyjug.com/cocktails/scotch-cocktails/prohibition-era-scotch-cocktail-highland-fling/