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    Safe with Me
    Safe with Me
    Safe with Me
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    Safe with Me

    By Gabriella Mahoney

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    Book 4 of the Heart of the Highlands Series.

    The time for battle is at hand. Doug MacKinloch's near-legendary sword skills give his enemies a reason to fear him. With women clamoring for his bed he is a man used to winning. But he finds himself completely unprepared for his encounter with Melanie Keir. He thought to have forgotten his long-ago childhood playmate and yet his heart seems to feel otherwise...

    This short novelette is approximately 10,100 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGabriella Mahoney
    Release dateMar 6, 2014
    ISBN9781310284977
    Safe with Me
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    Gabriella Mahoney

    Gabriella Mahoney is a California girl that has been writing since grade school. As an incurable bookworm, she remembers when her best friend first introduced her to Georgette Heyer and the world of Regency romance like it was yesterday. Gabriella likes to write in a variety of genres but she is especially fond of short form fiction and exploring the new romantic possibilities it creates.

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      Safe with Me - Gabriella Mahoney

      Safe with Me

      By Gabriella Mahoney

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      Published by Gabriella Mahoney at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Gabriella Mahoney

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      Chapter 1

      The harlot’s hips undulated in a seductive and hypnotic dance while Doug MacKinloch drained the contents of his tankard and slammed it down on the rough wooden table. The empty mug was removed and immediately replaced with a fresh drink. The tavern owner knew him here. Other patrons this far into their cups would have been cut off hours ago and thrown out into the snow before they caused a ruckus. But not Doug. Anything for the Captain of the Guard.

      Doug’s lips curled into a caustic smirk. He was used to getting what he wanted. The other men in the room continued to watch the dancer like panting dogs. She was an attractive woman, no question there. Doug had already taken his pleasure in her more than a dozen times. It had been a meaningless transaction, no different from paying the tavern owner for his drinks.

      He was the son of the old laird’s younger brother and the current laird’s only surviving relative. Such a relation gave him prestige among the MacKinlochs without the burden of leadership. With nothing but time on his hands for most of his life he had been free to pursue his one passion: the art of sword fighting. His skills with the two-handed claymore now bordered on legendary. It was whispered that Doug MacKinloch had been born beneath a lucky star. Nothing else could reasonably explain why he had been blessed with so much while others were not.

      He took a sloppy gulp from his tankard. Was it lucky to always feel restless? In so many ways he envied the simple farmers who whispered tales of him and his cousin who carried the weight of the world upon his shoulders. They knew their places. They were content.

      For as far back as Doug could remember he had never once felt at peace. The MacKinloch lands were comfortable and familiar and, for a time, he wondered if maybe he belonged elsewhere. That question was answered when he had been called to war against the English. The fighting had been brutal, the worst he had ever seen. Illness took just as many as the battleaxes and claymores. Sickened to his very core he had traveled the continent instead of returning straight home. His goal had been to see the best life

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