Ainsley MacQueen's Keep

Pots on the fire:

 

 

*Ready for consumption

 

 

 

*Award Winner

 

 

 

* Waiting for garnish

 

 

* In the cauldron

 

 

 

Ainsley's Specialty

Clever heroines with a weakness for soulmate material, usually wrapped in Scottish plaid.

  • Ready for consumption:  Going Back For Romeo

    Genre:  Urban Fantasy/Time Travel

    Word Count:  85 k

    Tag:  Lara Croft meets Arsenic and Old Lace

  • Award Winner:  17 Days of Thistle and Down

    Genre: Historical

    Word Count: 85k

    Tag:  These 17 Days pick up a year after Shakespeare's Macbeth leaves off, showing the long reach of Macbeth's dead fingers as they stir in the lives of Duncan's children.

     

    Winner of the 2007 Fab Five Contest and Silver Quill Award

    Finalist in the Golden Acorn Excellence in Writing Contest

     

  • Waiting for garnish:

     

    SCAVENGER HUNTING

    Genre: Renaissance/Historical

    Word Count: 75k

    Tag: The Taming of Three Shrews who wish to steal a poets letter, a piece of pirate's treasure, and a highlanders kilt.  Wait 'til you see what they're willing to trade.

     

    A SOFTER CHAMPION

    Genre:  Historical, England 1142

    Word Count Expected: 80k

    Tag:  A Knight's Tale where the would-be knight is a young woman who must best her brother to win freedom from her betrothal.

     

    THE SCARLET PLUMIERE SERIES/REGENCY

    BLOOD FOR INK

    FLESH FOR PAYMENT

    BONES FOR BREAD

    TAG:  Gentlemen of the Ton are hardpressed to hunt down the mystery woman who ruins marital chances for the less savory among them by publishing their exploits under a pen name.  Each time the Scarlet Plumiere is put out of commission by the rake chosen in the gentlemen's sacrificial lottery, the baton is passed to another woman capable of freeing unfortunate women from dreaded betrothals.

  • In the cauldron

     

    5 KENNA'S (FOLLOWS 17 DAYS)

    3RD BREAK IN THE HEATHER

    REDEMPTION FOR TWO

    THE DV CLUB/REGENCY

*Offers are welcomed for any story on this page.  Contact Ainsley for submission histories.

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