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Monica McCarty is kicking it up a step when it comes to those sexy Highlanders she loves to write for her fans. Are you ready for something a little different? Then read on!

~ What’s sexier than a man in a kilt? How about Special Ops in kilts?

~ The series is titled The Highland Guard.

~ The premise of the series: Scotland is fighting to free itself from English tyranny, and Robert the Bruce is fighting for a crown. To defeat the superior forces of the heavy mounted English knights, Bruce knows he needs a new kind of warrior. He looks to the barbarian lands, to the most feared warriors in Christendom, to the ultimate guerilla fighter . . . to the Highlander.

~ Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Bruce handpicks ten warriors with “superhero” skills to form a secret elite fighting force like the world has never seen. They are the ultimate “Special Forces,” the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills and brought together into one elite fighting force.

~ Book #1, The Chief is slated for release March 23, 2010; Book #2, The Hawk, August 31, 2010; Book #3, The Ranger, December 29, 2010, and all dates are tentative and subject to change.

~ The swordsman team leader, the seafarer/swimmer, the scout, the extraction expert, the explosives expert, the hand-to-hand combat specialist, the tracker, the sharpshooter, the climber/outdoorsman, and the spy will make up these elite Special Ops team members.

~ Vowing death before surrender, Bruce’s band of shadow warriors will stop at nothing to gain freedom from English rule. But in the midst of war, political turmoil, and treachery, these invincible warriors will face the one thing they can’t defeat: love, and the remarkable women who claim their hearts.

Consider yourself flashed.