This query is from Lee for the novel The Painted Queen. Thank you, Lee, for the honour of allowing me to work on and post this!
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ORIGINAL QUERY
When a cursed artifact sends Jocelyn Campbell careening back to 16th century Scotland, she thought her biggest problem was poofing it back to Oklahoma.
Turns out it’s not so simple—she’s in the Highlands because she’s got a cursed warrior queen’s soul. Prophesy says when the clan McKay is in great jeopardy, the spirit of Boadicea will be summoned across time and space to save the freakin’ day. Having a used soul is one thing. Having a cursed and doomed soul? Yeah, no thanks. Added to the fact Jocelyn’s a mocha-loving paramedic and not Lady Rambo, nothing is looking too promising. Enter Cayden MacKay, current owner of the ancient arm cuff that started this whole cluster. Prophesy or not, the only thing Jocelyn sees him in danger of is a sense of humor. Irritable as he is, it doesn’t take much to solicit his help in returning her to the future—STAT.
Luckily, Samhain, a time when the Fae and spirits freely walk the earth, is coming, and there might just be enough magick in the air to get her home. It would be that easy, but now all of clan Cameron has gathered to attack the MacKays, and it’s time for the prophesied warrior queen to deliver the knockout punch. Somehow. Faced with almost certain death, Jocelyn knows staying in this century isn’t much of an option…but then again, neither is her lonely existence in the 21st.
THE PAINTED QUEEN is an 95,000-word paranormal romance. It would appeal to the readers of Karen Marie Moning and Diana Gabaldon.
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GOBLIN-EDIT
When a cursed artifact sends Jocelyn Campbell careening into 16th century Scotland, she thought her biggest problem was poofing her way back to Oklahoma.
Turns out it’s not so simple. Jocelyn has a warrior queen’s soul, and prophesy says when the Clan McKay is in great jeopardy, Boadicea will be summoned across time and space to save the freakin’ day. Having a used soul is one thing, but a cursed and doomed soul? Yeah, no thanks. Jocelyn’s a mocha-loving paramedic, not Lady Rambo.
Enter Cayden MacKay, owner of the ancient arm cuff that slurped Jocelyn out of her comfortably-lonely 21st century life. Irritable as he is, the sparks--both romantic and acrimonious--flying between them are enough to solicit his help in returning Jocelyn to the future. And luckily, Samhain is coming, and there might be enough magick in the air to get her home.
It would be that simple, except now all of Clan Cameron has gathered to attack the MacKays, and it’s time for the prophesied warrior queen to deliver the knockout punch. Somehow. Faced with near-certain death, Jocelyn knows staying in this century isn’t much of an option…but coffee and Cayden long-dead no longer seems like a life worth living either.
THE PAINTED QUEEN is an 95,000-word paranormal romance. It would appeal to the readers of Karen Marie Moning and Diana Gabaldon.
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