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    Dragon In The Mist
    Dragon In The Mist
    Dragon In The Mist
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    Dragon In The Mist

    By Nancy Lee Badger

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    In Nancy Lee Badger's 65 page award-winning novella (awarded 1st place in its category of the Silken Sands Self-Published STARS Contest) Nessía has lived beneath the murky water of Loch Ness since ancient times. Loneliness manifests into earthquakes. A Faerie queen pleads for her to cease the tremors and rewards Nessía with a human form. To stay human, she must find love. When the man she believes she loves casts her aside, Nessía responds to the betrayal by cursing the men of the MacDonald clan with the inability to keep a woman’s love. Only an act of true selflessness will break the curse. Centuries pass and Nessía again searches for love. When Rory Hawthorn, an American scientist, arrives under the pretext of researching earthquakes but in reality to research his MacDonald heritage and the curse, she believes she has found the perfect mate. Amid stolen kisses, an earthquake, and a steamy night of passion, Nessía returns to the murky depths of the loch. When Rory meets the green, scaly Loch Ness Monster, and assumes Nessía is in danger, he vows to kill it in order to save the woman he loves.

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    PublisherNancy Lee Badger
    Release dateNov 9, 2013
    ISBN9781386549116
    Dragon In The Mist
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    Nancy Lee Badger

    Nancy Lee Badger lives with her husband in North Carolina. She loves everything Scottish and still volunteers annually, with her family, at the New Hampshire Highland Games. She was born in Huntington, NY and is also a former EMT, volunteer firefighter in a small town, and a 9-1-1 Dispatcher.She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Heart of Carolina Romance Writers, Fantasy-Futuristic & Paranormal Romance Writers, and the Triangle Association of Freelancers.Nancy's books:The TAF Omnibus 2Yuletide Kisses (currently out of circulation)The TAF OmnibusThe Rogue's RingThe Duke's DiamondThe Earl's TreasureLove, HamishHeaven-sent Flame (Warriors in Bronze 3)Rescuing ChristmasWith Every stepOpportunity Falls Boxed setHeaven-sent Highlander (Warriors in Bronze 2)Heaven-sent Warrior (Warriors in Bronze 1)With Every Spark (Opportunity Falls 4)With Every Breath (Opportunity Falls 3)With Every Kiss (Opportunity Falls 2)With Every Heartbeat (Opportunity Falls 1)Clan of dragons boxed setSANDYShimmer: The Beginning (a Clan of Dragons Prequel)SMOLDER (Clan of Dragons 3)SMOKE (Clan of Dragons 2)SPARK (Clan of Dragons 1)Highland Games Through Time-boxed setWhen Love Conquers Time-4 author boxed set (out of circulation)MY HUNTED HIGHLANDER Bk#3Medieval Redemption-4 author boxed set (out of circulation)MY DARK HIGHLANDER Bk#210 Timeless Heroes-4 author boxed set (out of circulation)MY LADY HIGHLANDER Bk#1DRAGON BITESMY RELUCTANT HIGHLANDER Bk#3MY BANISHED HIGHLANDER Bk#2MY HONORABLE HIGHLANDER Bk#1DRAGON'S CURSEUNWRAPPING CHRISSOUTHERN FRIED DRAGONOut of Print:IgniteShiverLove to the RescueDestiny's MountainSecret Love Match

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      Dragon In The Mist - Nancy Lee Badger

      Dedication

      To my wonderful husband, Richard-Gerald, who keeps the magic alive.

      Books by Nancy Lee Badger

      Clan of Dragons

      Spark

      Smoke

      Smolder

      Kilted Athletes Through Time

      My Lady Highlander

      My Dark Highlander

      My Hunted Highlander

      White Mountains Thrillers

      Shiver

      Ignite

      Highland Games Through Time

      My Honorable Highlander

      My Banished Highlander

      My Reluctant Highlander

      Highland Games Through Time-boxed set

      Dragons

      Dragon Bites

      Southern Fried Dragon

      Dragon in the Mist

      Dragon’s Curse

      Military

      Unwrapping Chris

      Find all buy Links on Nancy’s Blog

      http://nancyleebadger.blogspot.com/

      The Story

      This is Nancy Lee Badger's award-winning novella (awarded 1st place in its category of the Silken Sands Self-Published STARS Contest).

      The story: Nessía has lived beneath the murky water of Loch Ness since ancient times. Loneliness manifests into earthquakes. A Faerie queen pleads for her to cease the tremors and rewards Nessía with a human form. To stay human, she must find love. When the man she believes she loves casts her aside, Nessía responds to the betrayal by cursing the men of the MacDonald clan with the inability to keep a woman’s love. Only an act of true selflessness will break the curse. After centuries pass, Nessía again searches for love. When Rory Hawthorn, an American scientist, arrives under the pretext of researching earthquakes but in reality to research his MacDonald heritage and the curse, she believes she has found the perfect mate. Amid stolen kisses, an earthquake, and a steamy night of passion, Nessía returns to the murky depths of the loch. When Rory meets the green, scaly Loch Ness Monster, and assumes Nessía is in danger, he vows to kill it in order to save the woman he loves.

      PROLOGUE

      ––––––––

      Loch Ness, Scotland, 1816

      Ye dare toss up my skirts, use my body, and then casually mention ye need to return to your wife? Sudden rage caused Nessía’s fingers to shake, and she bungled her attempt to tie the laces of her bodice.

      Rage gave way to pain. Ignited by the hurtful declaration of the man she thought she loved, it grasped her heart in crushing talons.

      My love, do not chastise me. Ye want more than I can give, Montgomery MacDonald said, his tone condescending, as if talking to a child. He smoothed his plaid and adjusted his dirk and belt.

      Love? What know ye of love? She stood to make her way toward the door, eager to distance herself from his mockery. She had pinned all her hopes and dreams on a man not worthy of her trust or love. How blind must she be?

      Do not leave yet. Someone will see ye. He reached out and grabbed her around the wrist.

      She turned to face him, and hissed.

      He dropped his arm, and stepped back.

      A life-saving move.

      Why should I care who sees us? My reputation is lost. As lost as my heart and my innocence. I lay with ye because I thought I loved ye. My quest for a normal life among humans is all for naught. I see now how my foolishness has blinded me to yer ways.

      Ye speak in riddles, love.

      Pushing away from him and the larder table, where he had so easily thrust himself inside her eager flesh, she brushed flour and grain from the back of her dress. Trembling hands swept down her apron, then smoothed loose tendrils behind her ears. Her brown braid whipped across her left shoulder as she spun and gazed at Monty, her last chance for salvation.

      And freedom.

      Nessía longed to explain why she succumbed to his flirtations, yet saw no advantage. His disclosure of a wife, waiting at home for him, put an end to such wishes.

      Love is for the weak, woman. My wife knows her place and is grateful for the nights I deign to lay beside her. I promised ye nothing but pleasure. He winked at her, increasing the pain spreading through her body.

      The change surged and fell upon her in a thrice, all because she had trusted a mortal man. She yanked open the door, and let the loch’s cooling breeze caress her human skin. Blood pulsed through her veins while she tamped down the rising urge to shape-shift. She turned to face him for the last time.

      I loved ye, Monty. Can ye not see what ye have done? Have ye no conscience? I was an innocent maid. I looked up to ye, and ye took advantage. A sob threatened to escape her swollen throat, but she kept her dignity by standing straight on her human legs. An odd sensation, to say the least.

      Nessie, do not fool yourself. Ye felt passion, ‘tis all. ‘Tis natural. Ye did enjoy it, did ye not? His smile did not reach his eyes. In that singular expression, she knew. He never meant to use her for more than a few minutes of passion.

      One rakish eyebrow quirked under wavy hair the color of the night sky. Eyes she once considered as warm as the green grass covering the hills beside the loch each spring transformed to molten glass, as he gazed upon her chest. His actions made Nessía believe he needed to memorize each part of her.

      Makes sense. He knows I shall not lay with him again.

      To look at him, and his

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