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7 Days: The Squire by Cela Winter

7 Days: The Squire by Cela Winter

The Story I Almost Didn’t Write Honestly, I never thought I would write a work of historical erotic fiction. Not because I don’t like history, I love it. Certainly not because I have any illusions that people in Olden Times were in any way different when it comes to matters of the flesh than we are today—Victoria’s repressive reign was a 60 year blip in the otherwise openly lusty course of human nature. Reading historical romance, among many other genres,…

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8 Days: Wicked by Susannah Chapin

8 Days: Wicked by Susannah Chapin

I GET KNOCKED DOWN…BUT I GET UP AGAIN Semi-obnoxious 90’s song stuck in your head? You can thank me later. 😉 So, about a year ago, life knocked me down pretty hard. (Okay, let’s do a synchronized “Awww.” It’ll be the “Awww” of communal misery. Ready? One, two, three…”Awww.” Excellent, thanks y’all. Now we can move on.) There was some serious personal stuff going down that wasn’t pretty or fun, and most days it was an accomplishment just to get…

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9 Days: On My Honor by Beatrix Ellroy

9 Days: On My Honor by Beatrix Ellroy

I’m Beatrix Ellroy, I write erotica for fun and I have to admit, On My Honor was one of the more fun. No high minded research ideals here, just one very strong memory and one very strong image. The Memory: one year at my local Ye Olde Medieval Faire (authenticity may vary) I stood transfixed at one of the Celtic lifestyle groups hosted a bare blade bout. It was the 90s, this kind of thing still happened. One of the…

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10 Days: Pleasure in Surrender by Delilah Devlin (Contest)

10 Days: Pleasure in Surrender by Delilah Devlin (Contest)

“Pleasure in Surrender” isn’t my first foray into a story with a historical setting. But it is the first “pure” historical I’ve written. In Jacq’s Warlord, my sister Myla Jackson and I wrote about a woman who time-traveled back to medieval England. Rufus, our hero, was very much a man of his time. Dealing with Jacq called for a little license—we couldn’t allow poor Rufus to beat her for her many infractions. And she did need to lead a castle defense…

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11 Days: Invasion of Nefyn by Lizzie Ashworth

11 Days: Invasion of Nefyn by Lizzie Ashworth

Hunky Warriors — who can resist? Sexy romance stories are a perfect match with historical scenes and characters. Both take us far away from today and the daily grind of our lives. That’s what we expect from any entertainment media, and Hot Highlanders, Wild Warriors delivers the goods. What a great bunch of stories! My inspiration for “Invasion of Nefyn” was triggered by reading historic novels by Bernard Cornwell. Details of daily life command just as much of the reader’s…

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12 Days: To Love a King’s Man by Emma Jay (Contest)

12 Days: To Love a King’s Man by Emma Jay (Contest)

The Highlander from Boy to Man Like so many who are inspired to write highlanders, I LOVE Jamie Fraser from Outlander. He is my second-favorite red-haired, oversized Scot (the first being William of Dunashie from Anita Mills’s Winter Roses). I have been SO EXCITED about the Starz series, especially once I heard Ron Moore was involved (Loved the Battlestar Galactica reboot.) And I’ve enjoyed the show, and been listening to the audiobook, so I know the show is faithful to…

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13 Days: The Promise of Memory by Regina Kammer

13 Days: The Promise of Memory by Regina Kammer

My Inspiration I had just written a novel set in ancient Rome when I saw Delilah Devlin’s call for submissions for an anthology on knights, Hot Highlanders and Wild Knights (yep, that was the original call). As Delilah always does, she encouraged authors to think beyond the tropes of courtly medieval English knights, and in the call mentioned Crusaders, Normans, Saxons, Vikings, Huns… But not Romans. Sigh. I write historical erotic romance and at the time was revising two novels,…

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14 Days: The Maiden’s Kiss by Layla Chase (Contest)

14 Days: The Maiden’s Kiss by Layla Chase (Contest)

Strong Women Know What They Want I’m a feminist. I studied feminist theology in college, minored in Women’s Studies (after all, that was during the 1970s) and taught my daughters they have a voice. So when I started writing romance, I created heroines who expect to be listened to, ones who are smart and knowledgeable (sometimes, they had to be sneaky to do this). As much as possible, my heroines don’t make put-my-life-in-danger stupid choices, but they may risk all for…

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Why Highlanders Blow my Kilt…Er, Skirt Up

Why Highlanders Blow my Kilt…Er, Skirt Up

When I was fourteen, my cousin, the talented R.B. Hilliard, asked me to cat-sit for her while she was out of town. Over the course of the week or so that I was on the job, I overfed the cat who was supposed to be on a diet, forgot to change the litter box and failed to mail the stack of bills I was specifically asked to take care of….Oooops. What I did manage to accomplish during those cat-sitting days…

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Welcome to Hot Highlanders and Wild Warriors!

Welcome to Hot Highlanders and Wild Warriors!

Welcome to the new webpage! It’s gorgeous, isn’t it? In the next few months, the authors who contributed to this wonderful new anthology will share news about themselves, their books, and what inspired their story inside Hot Highlanders and Wild Warriors. This book is the 7th book I’ve had the privilege of selecting the stories for. With so many submissions by some very talented authors, the choices were tough. I can’t wait to see what you think. Hot Highlanders and…

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