Oak & Mistletoe
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A Druid Curse, A Prophesied Love, A Consuming Vengeance…
Catherine Green, along with her twin sister and older brother, travels to Ireland on a college graduation trip. Her vacation takes a permanent turn when she lands her dream job at an art and history museum on her beloved Emerald Isle. She meets a handsome stranger named Bowen, an expert of sorts on local ancient studies. Though their first meetings are turbulent at best, Catherine finds herself drawn to him.
Unaware that she is the key to breaking a hidden curse, Catherine unleashes the evil madman Conall and his druid followers, imprisoned since ancient times. Tragedy and loss ensue, sprouting within Catherine the deep seeds of rage that thrust her onto the damaging path of vengeance. Confused by the enigma that is Bowen, his mixed signals, and her own feelings, she is swept away with him on an unexpected journey surrounded by myth and long-forgotten knowledge. In order to stop the evil plans of Conall and his reunified army, Catherine must entwine her fate with peril. Her survival is trivial to her as long as Conall dies. She’ll do whatever it takes.
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“My brother will be here
shortly. And you are already on Garda records, Mr. Unknown, should something
happen to me. They have your description. I won't just leave my life here
because some nut tells me to, without a reason of any kind. So it's up
to you how this plays out...you tell me, or shall we duke it out right
here and now?” She dropped her bags on the ground emphatically.
“I'm not going to fight you, Catherine.”
“Oh? You certainly came off pushy before,” she said.
“You won't believe the truth,” he replied solemnly.
“Try me,” she said putting her hands on her hips, waiting.
“You haven't believed anything I say so far...” he mumbled.
Catherine heard footsteps and turned to see Danny come around the corner. He was holding the stamps in his hand with the receipt. She turned back to Bowen, but he was gone. She turned around frantically trying to glimpse him in the distance. But he had disappeared.
Danny smiled his lopsided grin. “What's wrong?” he asked, seeing the groceries on the ground.
“Ugghhh!” was all Catherine could get out.
“I'm not going to fight you, Catherine.”
“Oh? You certainly came off pushy before,” she said.
“You won't believe the truth,” he replied solemnly.
“Try me,” she said putting her hands on her hips, waiting.
“You haven't believed anything I say so far...” he mumbled.
Catherine heard footsteps and turned to see Danny come around the corner. He was holding the stamps in his hand with the receipt. She turned back to Bowen, but he was gone. She turned around frantically trying to glimpse him in the distance. But he had disappeared.
Danny smiled his lopsided grin. “What's wrong?” he asked, seeing the groceries on the ground.
“Ugghhh!” was all Catherine could get out.
McCauley spends most of her spare time writing, drawing, or reading. She loves archeology, mythology, history, music and many other forms of art as well. Always having a variety of interests and talents, she could never pick just one. When the chance pops up to travel to any of her favorite places, she takes way too many pictures. Otherwise, she is exploring a mystical land in a daydream. Which all provides fuel to her immense joy of writing.
She is the author of the novella A Bell Sound Everlasting as well as the fantasy novel Oak & Mistletoe. She is currently writing The Oathing Stone (Fall 2017), a sequel to Oak & Mistletoe.
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