Join author Mardi Maxwell as she gives us the inside scoop on her "Mystic Realms" story, "Torkel," and she's even sharing a few songs from her playlist. It's a Scottish time travel romance, and we all love those Scottish men! Maybe it's the kilts.
Immortal Highlanders series:
Torkel MacAsgaill is a warrior,
but also a man of learning. His twin brother, Quinlan, is Laird of the
MacAsgaill clan, but he’s lazy and has been spoiled by their parents. While
Torkel and his men fight for the clan, Quinlan and his men spend their time in
the brothels.
After the Battle at Lochmaben
Stone in 1448, Torkel returned home a broken man. Sick of the blood and
fighting, he avoids the clan until his uncle, and mentor, tells him to put his
sword down and go to St. Andrews University in Fife. Torkel leaves but some of
his loyal men catch up to him and insist on going with him.
While he’s gone, Quinlan hears of
a beautiful Highland healer named Aileen. He seeks her out, and decides he
wants her. Knowing she’ll have nothing to do with him, he introduces himself as
Torkel, and his men aid him in his deceit. Aileen believes he’s the great
warrior and man of honor Torkel, and she falls in love with him. Quinlan
seduces her, casts her aside and mocks her.
In her anguish, Aileen curses
‘Torkel MacAsgaill and his loyal men’ to immortality, and exiles them to an
abandoned village in the Highlands. Once done the curse can’t be undone. When
Aileen realizes what she’s done she asks the gods to make her immortal and
hopes she can someday undo the harm she’s done to Torkel and his men. The gods
grant her wish but they make Quinlan immortal as well. He’s free to leave
Scotland but he has to return every year and spend six months with Aileen until
Torkel and his men receive reparation.
Each warrior’s only hope of
happiness depends on his true love finding the glen, and loving him enough to
choose to stay with him forever.
TORKEL BLURB:
Cursed with immortality for a
deed he didn’t do Torkel MacAsgaill has spent centuries exiled in an abandoned
Highland village. His only hope of happiness depends on his one true love
finding find him and choosing to stay with him forever. If her love isn’t
strong enough, and she chooses to leave she can’t ever return and he’ll be alone
again.
Ella Ross’s acting career has
made her rich and famous, but she’s always felt that a vital part of her life
was missing. When things go wrong, and she needs a place to hide, she remembers
an ad from the Misty Glen Travel Agency. She contacts the owner, Aileen, and
arranges to stay in an isolated cottage in a Highland glen.
Ella’s car breaks down while a
storm rages around her. She sees a light in the distance and decides to walk to
but wet and freezing she collapses along the way. Torkel is dozing by his fire
when his dogs alert him to something wrong in the glen. He follows them and
finds a beautiful young lass.
Love seeks them in a forgotten
glen in the Highlands.
Impossible, but you started it...Jump in with both feet. Believe in yourself. Have a group of people you love and trust to give you an honest, constructive critique of your work. Learn to love doing research. You will never learn it all but the experience will be wonderful. Write because you love writing. Write the books you want to read. Nobody loves a bitch so be kind. Have fun.
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