![]() ![]() Thus begins a historical romance that will be scorched upon your memory.Our hero, Iain MacKinnon, is a powerful warrior who possesses a body filled with brute force, muscles flexing, protecting all that is his. ![]() When Iain defies orders and saves her from a band of Abenaki Indians, her life begins anew and she becomes a brave frontier woman fighting for survival. ![]() He sells Annie into indentureship and sends her far from her beloved Scotland, over the ocean to the Americas. Annie Burns Campbell, once a noble lady, has been betrayed by her ruthlessly vile uncle. They despise the British regime and hold fast to their Scottish roots and Highland beliefs even as Iain, the oldest of the three, enlists a band of Rangers, which include his native adopted brothers. But the brothers are framed for a murder they did not commit and are forced to fight for the British in the French and Indian War. Partly raised by the native Muheconneok Indians, they become great hunters and learn the way of the land. They begin anew in the American colonies, dreaming of a prosperous life tilling the earth and reaping its bounties. The MacKinnons are a group of brothers whose family fled Scotland after the bitter loss at Culloden. ![]()
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![]() The SWAT team and Smoothville residents work around the clock to salvage Smoothville’s Christmas celebration. Is the community right? Is Luke the undercover Scrooge? Luke is excluded from the team and doesn’t seem to care. ![]() Angelica convinces Luke and Jocelyn they need a special SWAT team to identify the Grinch in their midst. Smoothville residents’ tempers flare when rumors circulate that the mayor never planned to deliver on his promise. What better way to mend the ill will caused by the recent election? As Luke and his team begin to plan for the massive event one expected to be larger than NYC’s celebration at Rockefeller Center, Smoothville City Manager, Angelica Mason discovers someone’s out to sabotage Smoothville’s Christmas Extravaganza. Mayor Luke Evans and Deputy Mayor Jocelyn Lopez promise Smoothville, Georgia residents a Christmas celebration like none other in order to heal their broken city torn apart by the recent mayoral election. ![]() ![]() The majority of the time, people don’t say hateful things because they are a cruel, judgemental, antisocial person. If you are a generally positive, forgiving person, the concept of hating others, much less someone you barely know, is a foreign concept to you. The question is, why does an action as disrespectful as spewing negativity about other people increase hateful individual’s quantity and quality of connections? The Fiery Emotions that Fuel Hatred Research has found that people form stronger bonds when they are able to talk about their dislike toward someone else than when they both have positive feelings toward someone. Despite hating people being a socially unacceptable act, on the few occasions when people have the guts and/or strong emotion to motivate them to share their negative opinions about a person, it often pays off in the form of new or stronger connections. Have you ever heard the cliche, “no bond is stronger than two people who hate the same person?” It turns out there is actually some truth to that statement. ![]() |