Katherine McGibbon

Beltaine Fire

Barely married, Judith Ryan, young American college student, is whisked away to Ireland by her husband, Professor Peter Ryan.  It isn’t long before Judith realizes that she really does not know Peter, and what she does know sends her running in terror into the storm-ravaged night.

She finds herself at the side of the druid well with nowhere else to run, and Peter is closing in on her.  Leaning far out over the side of the ancient well, she prays to an unknown protectress, the unmortised stones of the well give way, and Judith begins a journey into the past.

Waking, Judith finds herself near the same well, but having taken a giant step back in time.  Dun Tirlough, no longer the ruins through which Peter searches for ancient artifacts, looms as a giant fortress along the coastline.  Judith is discovered by Griffon mac Connault, youngest son of the lord of Dun Tirlough and, unbeknownst to her, soon to become the master of her life and her heart.

As Judith begins her adventure, she has no way of knowing that she will fall in love with Griffon, as well as his family.

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Reviews:

"Ms. McGibbons has a wonderfully descriptive writing style that lets you view the Irish countryside as though you were there on the very spot.  I swear I could smell the wild flowers and feel the fresh air on my face.  The story is exciting and draws you in from the beginning, and it only gets better with each page you turn.  So treat yourself to a great fantasy read.  When you finish I'll bet you'll join me in looking for future releases by this great new author." ~Brett Scott, Crystal Reviews

Four Hearts!  “…All this reviewer can say is WOW!!! A wonderfully rich storyline with lush scenery and multidimensional characters make this time travel novel a wonderful read on a hot summer day. The characters appeal to the reader on all levels. They show how human they are and literally come across like they will step off the page into your bedroom! The interplay between Judith and Griffon comes across as hot, sexy and oh so romantic. They literally scorch the page with the longing and love they feel for one another, and the many layers they show as characters give added depth and meaning to the story…”  Dawn, Love Romances
 

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Deirdre McColum is a young Sociology graduate student studying the ancient tribes of Ireland.  Eminent Physicist Dr. Walter Daniels, and close friend to Deirdre’s recently deceased adopted parents, has offered her a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join an elite group of scientists who will be traveling back in time to spend four weeks studying those ancient people.

After a violent and frightening trip careening through space and time, Deirdre finds she and her group have landed in the midst of a pitched battle between warring tribes.  Deirdre is immediately separated from her friends when she follows her instincts and runs to Niall, leader of one of the warring groups. 

Believing her friends to be dead and the time-travel device beyond her reach, Deirdre agrees to follow Niall and his warriors to the village of his people.  Confused and frightened, believing herself to be alone and stranded over two thousands years in the past, Deirdre finds herself drawn to Niall.  When he asks her to be his wife, Deirdre agrees.

Deirdre soon recovers her senses and her courage.  Believing she has made a terrible mistake agreeing to marry Niall and following him into the wilderness, Deirdre decides to strike out on her own hoping to return to the site of the battle which has taken the lives of her fellow travelers’, find their bodies, and recover the time-travel device, which will return her to her own time. 

Niall discovers Deirdre’s flight hours after she has gone and follows after her, for he knows something Deirdre does not know; not only are her friends still alive, but one of them has used her to gain wealth and power by selling her into marriage to Conochar, the High King of Eire, and their research project into the past was just a ploy to deliver her to Conochar.  Niall manages to catch up to Deirdre only moments before the warriors Conochar has sent to capture her and bring her to him.

As Deirdre begins her adventure, she has no way of knowing that she will fall in love with Niall, as well as his family; Levarcham, Niall’s young daughter; his sons Naoisi, Ardan and Ilam; and Niambh, his sister-in-law, and the people of the Eman Macha.

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"… as I continued to read I was engulfed by the magic and mystery of an ancient culture long since forgotten. Katherine McGibbons has a flare for dramatic storytelling and description."  Jamie Martin, The Romance Studio

To look for in the near future:

Candle Magic: A Flicker of Hope

 (tentative working title)

There have always been witches in the small Northern California town of Glyde. All but hidden in the Redwood forests of the Northern coast, they have thrived there since the town was first founded in the 1850s.

Still peopled by the descendants of the original 13, Glyde exists in modern California, however, time does not seem to move there as it does in the outside world.

Special Agent for the FBI, Danny Gutierrez, in his search for a missing family of tourists, is drawn into the lives of the weird, yet compelling people of Glyde.


 

Longphort

Fionna is recently widowed from the elderly man her uncle married her to 5 years previous.  Because she is without child, she is sent back to her family.  Her uncle and only living kin, Malachy, who is King of the Southern Ui Niell and patron of the monastery at Clonmacnoise, has decided to marry Fionna off to another elderly lord who is looking for a young wife.

On the way to Clonmacnoise where Fionna is to be wed, her uncle stops at the Norseman settlement at Lough Ree to trade for cattle.  There Fionna meets Aevarr, the younger brother of O'la'fr inn hvitti, ruler of Viking Dubh linn and the Isle of Mon, and grandson of the King of Laithlinn (Viking Scotland).

When they reach Clonmacnoise, Fionna appeals to a child-hood friend, a monk at the monastery.  Brother Domnaill dresses Fionna as a boy and hides her in the kitchen disguised as a baker boy.When O'la'fr’s Norse hordes invades Clonmacnoise, Aevarr searches in vain for Fionna, but finds the boy Finn instead.

Fionna is taken prisoner disguised as the boy Finn and finds herself as the personal slave of her Viking master Aevarr.

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