Most Secret
My second
historical romance, Most Secret, will
be released on May 28, 2018. It’s set in late summer of 1745, when the Young
Pretender is gathering his army in Scotland.
I’ve visited
Scotland. I liked it and the people, though I am dubious about haggis. I
visited Culloden. I sympathize with the Jacobites for a whole menu of reasons.
The choice of George I, approximately number 50 in line for the British throne
on Queen Anne’s death, was not popular even with all the English. There are
many novels out there told from the Jacobite point of view, with Diana
Gabaldon’s Outlander series (which I
love) at the head of the list.
I thought it was
time someone reported from the other side. But
Most Secret is not a serious study of
England’s preparation for the Scottish invasion. In fact, it’s more humorous
than not.
Excerpt below:
“Forgive me for accosting you in the
street, but there were reasons I could not call upon you at your home. Quite
apart from the impropriety of a strange man visiting an unmarried lady,” he
added.
“Are you a strange man?” The question
popped out before she could stop it; something about him made her want to
smile.
“So I’m told. May I carry your basket so I
appear to have a legitimate reason to walk with you?”
“You can’t simply go up to a respectable
female and…and…” Words failed her.
“Yes, I can. Besides, we were introduced
by Lady Montfort.”
“Were we? I don’t recall it.” She would
have. This outrageous creature was quite unlike the punctilious men she was
accustomed to meet.
He smiled. “Alex Gordon, at your service.
I am not surprised you have forgotten my presence as well as my name,
considering the crush of guests at that affair—and so ill-assorted, too—”
“Were you one of them?” She failed to
suppress a smile, for the Montforts’ invitations tended to be rather
indiscriminate, and Lady Montfort did have some very odd relatives.
Most Secret is
available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Most-Secret-Kathleen-Buckley-ebook/dp/B07CKTJ5T4/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527168217&sr=1-11&keywords=Most+Secret
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