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Welcome Mageela!
So tell us, do you use a pen name/pseudo name? If so, why. If not, why did you decide to write under your own name?
My name is unusual and stick out among the crowd. The most important is that for me writing under a pen name did feel right for me.
How long you been writing?
How long you been writing?
With my eye on publishing, it’s been 10 years since I decided that I could write a novel. On my first try I did it too and it shall never be seen.
What’s the funniest thing anyone has ever said to you about your writing? Or the unkindest? Or the oddest?
I had this guy drew me a picture so I can channel the spirits to help me write. It was a scribbling mess and then he told me to pray to the paper every day.
What is one place you absolutely want to visit before you die?
I write Scottish romances so I must go to Scotland.
I’m writing a series about Scottish romances right now and told the hubby that’s where we’re taking our next vacation. He agreed! Whoop!
Why did you choose to write in this genre? Have you ever written any other genre? Do you plan on doing so in the future?
I’m a great fan of Scottish so the story just came from me. I’ve written a western romance, Regency as well as contemporaries. Maybe one day, they will be available. Just give me time.
What historical figure do you wish you could have met?
Mary, Queen of Scots. History portrays her as a lovesick girl who followed other people’s advice. I’m sure there was more than that to her.
How do you respond to negative reviews?
I read them. Maybe there is a lesson I can learn to improve my writing. My philosophy about reviews if you believe the good ones then you have to accept the bad ones too.
What are you most afraid of?
Living in New York City, my life happens in skyscrapers, I freak out when people sit on the windowsill. I can just see them falling to their deaths. Sadly in my family that has happened. I’m freaking out just answering this.
That’s awful! I’m so sorry.
Do you have a favorite quote?
I’m not a millionaire. But I know I’ll be darling at it. Dorothy Parker.
Okay, now for the quickie questions: Answer in three words or less. Ready? Go!
Favorite Disney Character? Belle
Favorite Fruit? Strawberries
Favorite Hero? All
Favorite Eye Color? Hazel
Best Vacation Destination? Hawaii
Food you can’t stand? Seafood
What annoys you? Chewing with mouth open.
Coffee, tea, or something else? Coffee
Nightgown or Jammies? Jammies
Prefer dogs or cats? Dogs
A bit about Mageela
An Air Force brat who ended up in New York City. I write romance while searching for a little of my own. I like my men hot and a little bad. I have a lovebird that is more of a fighter than a lover. I write in my neighborhood bar. Just me channeling Ernest Hemmingway without the liquor or the bulls. I believe in Happily Ever After though it never happens that easy.
Her hand in marriage could secure peace.
Lady Ailsa Cameron has slept through a few masses. She isn’t the most patient of souls. However, the gentle lass never did anything wicked enough for her father, Laird Cameron to demand she wed Black Duncan, the Laird of Clan MacLean.
The leader of the Spartans of the North, Duncan MacLean inspires many gruesome tales in the majestic highlands and beyond. Duncan accepts Laird Cameron’s offer of his daughter’s hand in marriage to war against their shared enemy, Clan MacKinnon. Wed to the ravishing woman, he aches to possess her even as he vows never to lower his defenses, again.
Can past enemies become lovers?
As love blooms between them, a betrayal incites a war, endangering his clan, and jeopardizing Ailsa and Duncan’s lives and their chance to love ever after.
Enjoy an excerpt from The Marriage Alliance
Duncan MacLean took stock of the lass. Her curtain of blazing tresses draped down to her hips. She had green eyes. Easy to notice since she gawked at him. Her complexion seemed fair, if not pale with fear. Her fine features exhibited a delicate quality yet a resoluteness radiated from her high cheekbones that should have held the rosy bloom of youth and health. Comely lass…If she closed her gaping mouth.
“She’s puny,” Duncan said to his two trusted commanders, Caelan and Lachlan. These two men had been at his side since he wielded a wooden sword. He valued their judgment, sought their advice and half the time adhered to it, and they guarded his back.
“It’s her inferior bloodline,” Caelan replied.
Duncan agreed. If Cameron men were stunted, it was only proper their women were even smaller than wee. He expected too much from a Cameron female.
“At least, you’re not wedding the Urquhart lass. What’s her name?” Lachlan asked Caelan while peeking at the Cameron female.
“Nessie,” Caelan grunted.
“Oh yes, the Loch Ness monster,” Lachlan said, with a brief laugh. “At least this one’s a bonnie lass.”
“I don’t care about her looks,” Duncan replied, secretly pleased she bore no resemblance to her father.
Lachlan snorted. “That’s what every man says until he’s shackled to a beast.”
Caelan smirked, pleasing Lachlan.
Duncan blocked out Lachlan. It still dumbfounded Duncan that he was taking a wife and a Cameron no less. MacLeans and Camerons had been enemies since before his birth but that ended with a priest and a vow before the Lord. Warring with the Camerons sounded much more thrilling than standing before a priest and vowing his life to her.
When the red-haired rat offered peace for both clans to war against their common enemy, the MacKinnons, his plan shocked Duncan. When Cameron offered marriage to his only daughter, he felt insulted. For some daft reason, he never pulled his broadsword from its scabbard and cleave Cameron in half but listened. For some reason unfathomable to him even now, he decided to wed the lass.
Duncan smirked. Much as he expected, this puny woman behaved as a Cameron, ready to run. She must have realized no escape or rescue awaited her so she stepped back, keeping her head lowered.
He stared at the top of her head, waiting for her to spare him one glance. She had the loveliest hair he had ever seen, streaks of auburns, coppers, gold, and bronzes blending to create her silky strands. The ends brushed her hips. He only beheld such radiant tones when the sun set over the highlands. In the deep recesses of his mind, he was grateful her hair wasn’t the palest of blonde. Hers pleased him.
It was convenient he preferred her waving tresses since he would only see the top of her head for the rest of his days. The woman hadn’t looked past his chin.
That might not be a bad thing. He recognized her fear of him, after all, he was Duncan MacLean, and it was right he be feared. Yet, she risked his displeasure and wrath to state her wants even as her voice trembled but her daring pleased him.
As he recited the vows, she leaned toward Father Murray. While he pledged his troth, never raising his voice but adding more bite when he heard her hiss, “Must he stand there with his arms crossed as such?”
Father Murray waved her to silence. She shrugged. Duncan smothered his grin. Aye, her spirit pleased him. She wasn’t weak like other Camerons. When he vowed to love and cherish her, she humphed in a high-pitched tone like a mouse trapped in a cat’s mouth.
He was the cat.
Here’s how to contact Mageela
Website: www.MageelaTroche.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mageela.troche
Twitter: www.twitter.com/MageelaTroche
Thanks again, Mageela, for joining me here today!
Buy links:
Book available: Amazon http://www.amazon.com/The-Marriage-Alliance-ebook/dp/B00CH8U012/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370236830&sr=8-1&keywords=the+marriage+alliance
Secret Cravings http://store.sweetcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=10&products_id=156
Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/mageela-troche
All Romance ebooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-themarriagealliance-1169652-156.html
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