Dreams of Destiny
by May McGoldrick

THE HEIRESS Gwyneth Douglas is a young Scottish heiress who writes scandalous adventure books in London under an anonymous name. When someone threatens to expose her secret life, she has no choice but to turn to an old family friend. But Sir Allan is a penniless baronet who will do anything to get his hands on Gwyneth's inheritance—including commit murder...

THE ROGUE Wounded by scandal and the unsolved murder of his sister- in- law, David Pennington is outwardly insolent and arrogant, but upon discovering Gwyneth's plans to elope, he steps in, determined to keep her from ruining her future at the hands of fortune hunters.

THE ADVENTURE Forcing Gwyneth to let him escort her to Scotland, David discovers the childhood passion he once shared with the feisty beauty is stronger than ever. But with their arrival in Scotland comes terrible danger. Now, if they ever hope to satisfy their fiery desire, they will need to thwart the evil that threatens to destroy both their lives...

May McGoldrick's Bio

Nikoo McGoldrick, a mechanical engineer, and James McGoldrick, a professor of English with a Ph.D. in sixteenth-century British literature, collaborate in life as well as in literature. Writing under the name May McGoldrick, they produce historical novels for Penguin- Putnam, and Young Adult Highland romances for HarperCollins/Avon. Under the name of Jan Coffey, they write contemporary suspense thrillers for MIRA. ("Jan" is an acronym for "Jim and Nikoo; "Coffey" is Nikoo's maiden name.) Under their own names, they are the authors of the nonfiction work, Marriage of Minds: Collaborative Fiction Writing (Heinemann, June 2000).

The McGoldricks presently live in Litchfield County, CT, with their two sons and their golden retriever, Max.