In a time nearly ancient, before a brave Scottish princess defied her mother, a young woman has lost everything.
Except for her unexplainable talent for magic.
Now Magda’s being hunted, and in her attempt to survive, loneliness and desperation take control.
Until she meets someone who offers her a chance at happiness, at normalcy, at the fullness of life. Then she discovers something wrong, so shockingly wrong with this hopeful future, and she must make a harrowing decision to ensure her survival.
And she will have to draw on all her magic to do it.
Actions have repercussions — Magda knows this better than anyone else — and with her magic, she will ensure everyone else learns that lesson as well.
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About the Author, Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple
Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple is an award-winning author of historical romance – Scottish, Highlanders, and Ancient! To Dance in the Glen was recently a bestseller! She also writes contemporary 
romance as M.D. Dalrymple – police and campus romances, and as Strawberry Chase, paranormal romance author.
Winner of the Top Ten Author Academy Award for 2018, Best Indie Book 2019, and N.N Night’s 2021 Winner for Scottish Romance.
Michelle is also a wife, mother, and college writing professor. She has worked with students of all age levels – from elementary to graduate school – through her college teaching, tutoring, and charter school courses.
Her favorite historical romance genres include: Scottish (love those Highlanders!) medieval, renaissance, ancient, and Viking, but she will read just about anything!
