Aleigha Siron
Finding My Highlander
Introduction: Thank you for
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“Sometimes a person needs a story
more than food to stay alive.” ~ Barry Lopez
And sometimes only a love story will suffice. That’s a broad
opening statement, but it’s where my writing began, and thus provides a perfect
blog post introduction to my first novel, Finding
My Highlander.
Love stories anchor us to the world as no other vehicle
does. We discover our moral and ethical path as we honor another and ourselves.
That is never truer than when we love another as an equal, or seek to elevate
them to a position of perfect unity, like musical notes in perfect accord.
Eros drives the initial attraction, that intense sexual
desire and physical explosion. In that moment of sexual release, where two
bodies seek completeness, there is a brief flash of infinity. Once that moment
passes, what is left?
This is where the true heart of every love story emerges.
This is where the lovers must journey inward as they also journey outward
toward understanding and embracing this other person as a part of themselves.
It is an awakening of the spiritual because now, this other person’s welfare
and care becomes as important to the lover’s life as his own needs.
We are not two halves seeking wholeness. Rather, we are each
wholes seeking our perfect complement. Since the beginning of time, love
stories teach us to see ourselves more clearly, thus opening the door to the
possibility of unity and understanding with another.
Excerpt: from Chapter Seven
“I think
‘tis an enchanting story you have to tell, Sprite,” he said in a tired, weary
voice. “I look forward to learning all your secrets, and the secrets between
you and my brother. I’m verra good at uncovering secrets, you ken.” Closing his
eyes, he drifted into a deep sleep, the first restful state she had seen him in
since the beginning of this madness.
Andra lay in the dark, staring at the
burning coals. Everything was happening too quickly. Why she was reacting with
such heated passion to Kendrick, a man from over three hundred years in her
past about whom she knew nothing?
That wasn’t true. She’d witnessed his
concern for his brother, and on occasion a flash of humor, although he tried to
conceal it under all that lairdly bluster. He’d been extraordinarily kind to
her under the circumstances. His roguish appearance and strong physique
appealed to her. She also knew he did not trust her one wit.
The blatant desire that flared
between them when his lips had touched hers before he left still rattled her.
It was so out of character for her to fall head over heels for a man she barely
knew. For any man, actually. This sense of freefall baffled her. What could
explain her bizarre behavior? She wouldn’t even try to analyze Kendrick’s
reactions to her.
Had it only been two days since her
slip through time? It felt like weeks. Did time accelerate when you pierced
that mystifying veil?
“Well, out of time, out of character,
I suppose. Oh, God I am losing my mind,” she whispered to the chill air.
Blurb:
On a windswept cliff above San Francisco Bay in 2013, 27 year-old Andra Cameron,
the last member of her family, prepares to scatter her family's ashes to the
wind. An earthquake catapults her to the Scottish Highlands in 1705. She wakes,
aching and bloody, to the sound of horses thundering through the trees.
Terrified and with no other options, Andra accompanies these rugged warriors.
She can't deny the undeniable attraction that ignites between herself and the
handsome but gruff Kendrick. Will she trust him to provide protection in the
harsh reality of 18th century Scotland
and with her secret, or will she find a way to return home to the 21st century?
Laird Kendrick MacLean and his men,
escaping a recent skirmish with their worst nemeses, clan Cameron and their
Sassenach allies, are shocked to find an injured, unprotected female in their
path. How could she not know her kin and how had she landed in the middle of
the wilderness alone? His men suspect she's a spy or a witch. Still, Kendrick
will not abandon an injured woman, even if she speaks unusually accented
English, and her name is Cameron. Will he ransom her to others or will their closed
hearts open to each other? Although he questions her every utterance, this
feisty, outspoken woman inflames his desire like no other.
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Author Bio and Media Links
After more than
twenty years writing and delivering management and other training programs for
modest-sized to Fortune Five Hundred companies, and ten years developing
community crisis-intervention training programs, Aleigha turned her writing
efforts to her first loves, fiction, and poetry. Her poetry has appeared
in numerous anthologies and university presses over the past few decades. Following a difficult period in her life, she
discovered solace in romance novels that inspired her to write in this
genre. As she says, "who doesn't desire a guaranteed
happy-ever-after scenario?" Always interested in the concept of time-travel,
she knew her first few stories would follow that theme.
When not writing, her
trusty four-legged companion/helper, Strider, accompanies her on sunset walks
along the shore. During these quiet walks under an expansive sky, with the
whoosh of waves across the sand and her gaze drifting over the rolling sea, her
best glimmers of inspiration come to mind. Following the recent discovery
of distant Scottish ancestors, she embarked on a trip to the Highlands .
Although she had already developed the characters for Finding My Highlander, her trip to the Highlands
enriched the characters and enhanced the story direction. This is her
first full-length romance novel. Aleigha is working on a prequel to Finding My Highlander, and another
time-travel novel set in a later period.
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