Connie Mason

Spring 2011

Dear Readers,

I have some stunning news. Not only am I still writing but I now have a writing partner and a new publisher! My writing partner, Mia Marlow, is a writer whom I admire and whose writing is much like mine. We have decided to cooperate on a few books. Mia and I have a new publisher and that is exciting. We are writing for Sourcebooks and a wonderful new editor, Leah Hultenschmidt. Look for Sins of the Highlander next year in January and Lord of Fire and Ice next spring. 

Elspeth Stewart stood before the altar. The incense was sweet and cloying. As the priest drowned on, she sneaked at glance at the stranger beside her, the man she marrying. Aye, Elspeth was marrying a man of her father’s choosing, a man to whom she had never spoken a word. Just as the priest asked Elspeth to say the words joining her to Lachlan Drummond forever, the church door suddenly burst open. A man on a large black horse was silhouetted in the nave for a heartbeat. Then he urged his stallion into the kirk and charged up the center aisle. 

“Mad Rob!” she heard someone call out. 

Half the horseman’s face was painted with woad and his cobalt eyes burned brightly blue, his dark hair flying and the fierce expression of a berserker on his face. “The MacLaren!” shouted another. Those who tried to stop him were met with the flat of his sword and the slashing hooves of his stallion. The he leaned down, scooped Elspeth up with his other arm and dropped her belly first across his kilted lap. Her bridegroom hadn’t taken his black gaze from Mad Rob’s face. 

“I’ll be going now, Drummond,” Rob said in the same reasonable tone a man might use to discuss the weather. “If ye’ve the stones for a fight, ye may collect yer bride at Caisteal Dubh. But dinna show yer face till month’s end. Come for her sooner or try to follow us now, and I might have to kill her. 

So begins the exciting tale of a Highlander seeking revenge and the lady he learned to love too much to see die at his hands or those of others. Within the pages you will learn the reason behind Mad Rob’s abduction of Elpeth and why their passionate affair ends with a witch trial and how Rob saves her. I’m sure you will enjoy the passion and adventure of Sins of the Highlander. 

On a personal note, my beautiful great-grandson,Theron, and great-granddaughter, Royal, continue to thrive. They now have a baby sister, Birdie, born this January. Visit my Web site for new pictures of them. 

Next up is Lord of Fire and Ice, a rousing Viking tale of action paired with an equal dose if passion. I have you, my readers, to thank for buying my books as well as convincing me to keep writing. 

I love hearing from readers. For a reply, please enclose a LONG self-addressed STAMPED envelope with your request to me at the address below. E-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and visit my Web site at www.conniemason.com . Follow the links to locate a complete list of my published works.

P .O. BOX 3471       HOLIDAY, FL       34692