My editor had asked for a duet of two linked stories, and I had a moment of inspiration. “Some years ago my husband and I visited the National Stud and I always wanted to set a story involving the beautiful horses bred there. “My parents were born in Ireland,” she said. Kate always wanted to set a novel in Ireland. “But people seem to be buying the book so I hope it works!” “My own original title was Claimed By The Corsican - the hero, Raoul is from Corsica, but the Harlequin editors didn’t like that – so they created A Proposal To Secure His Vengeance.

“I didn’t come up with the title,” Kate said. Kate is sharing the inside scoop on her contemporary romance, and between the pages of this sensual story you’ll find revenge, a Mediterranean hero, reunited lovers, an Ireland setting, and first loves.Ī Proposal To Secure His Vengeance was published in February 2018 by Harlequin Presents. I’m currently writing the last book in the trilogy.Today we are opening the book pages of A Proposal To Secure His Vengeance by multi-talented author, Kate Walker. It will be published in early spring/late winter 2019. Oh, and Vikings and more Scottish-Norse history is thrown into that story (and personally my best villain yet!). The first one (a prequel), A Hundred Breaths, is a story about Gwyn, Deirdre’s mother, who was a Healer her ability utilizes the power of water. A Hundred Kisses became my first published book but will be the middle of a soon-to-be trilogy. Deirdre’s power is from fire and she is a “Feeler.” Turns out, I wasn’t done with this storyline. Based on lore and embellished by my imagination, I created a fictional people of “Ancients” who resided in the Western Isles of Scotland, and harnessed the power of the elements: earth, water, fire, and wind. Then, after feedback from a few agents, I added a twist to this story: a wee bit of the mystical. Then I thought, “Why not jump ahead a century and see what happens?” Turns out the 13th century was fraught with the Wars of Independence. I’d been hanging out in 12th century Scotland for the first three books and past two decades (ahem, we’ll call them practice novels written over 15 years while doing the school/career/parent gig…).

A Hundred Kisses by Jean M. Grant