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NOVEMBER, 2017 DARING SARAH By: Kayla Drake The Plot: An Excerpt: Sarah Williams can’t face the one -year anniversary of her husband’s tragic death, so she flees from Chi- cago to take the Scottish golf tour her husband had dreamed of doing some- day. She has to live for both of them now, after all. While she’s there, she agrees to deliver a few small gifts to her friend Helen’s Scottish family. This puts her face to face with the grumpy, withdrawn, but incredibly handsome Duncan Mackenzie, a man haunted by a few ghosts of his own. When Duncan promised his sister that he would welcome the American widow to Scotland, he’d expected to meet an eld- erly woman. Instead, he discovers a beautiful, willowy blonde who’s far too young to have faced such a tragedy. Suddenly, his own difficult past seems moderate in comparison. At least he survived. And now he wants to live again, really live, and it’s all because of Sarah. He lifted her hand to his mouth and pressed a kiss to the inside of her wrist. That flutter erupted in her belly again. She was nervous. She couldn’t even pretend otherwise. After a year with no sex at all, and only her husband for years before that, this felt like a bold adventure. But then Duncan pressed a kiss to the inside of her palm. This was good between them. More scary than any walk up a mountain, but she wanted Duncan more than she’d wanted that mountain trek. “Yes,” she whispered. “For you.” He held her palm flat against his cheek and nestled into her touch. The light stubble on his jaw tickled her flesh. “I want you so much, Sarah.” His voice was also a rough whisper. “Maybe start with a kiss.” If they took it slowly… Reviews Welcome. Available in Print and E-Book At: Amazon BN Author Contact Info: Prices: Print: $9.99 E-Book: $3.99 Length: 258 Pages Website & Blog: Twitter: Amazon Author Page Heat Level: R Biography: Although she’s an enthusiastic traveler, Kayla Drake has spent most of her days right where she was born, in Chicago. When Kayla decided to write romance novels, she knew the stories had to feature her favorite places in this beautiful city by the lake. Whether her couples visit the sculptures or the zoo, the sports arenas or the shop- ping districts, romance always grows in the “City of Big Shoulders.” 12 2