Book excerpt: Highlander at Heart is the story of Ceana who, as an aspiring archaeologist, has spent her life dreaming about unlocking the mysteries of the past. What she is about to learn is that she herself is linked to the past that she is so desperate to uncover the secrets of in more ways than she could ever imagine. What she is unaware of is that, back in the twelfth century, a dark evil is destroying the very history that she loves. When Kessan, a twelfth-century highlander, is sent through time to find the one person who can help the highlanders save their home, fate brings the two together, love blooms and passions unite, but neither is aware of just how fateful their relationship is. Kessan is unaware that the girl who has stolen his heart is the very same one he has been sent to find. He must convince her to leave her home and family behind and travel to another time in order to save a past that they both love. Along the way, their relationship encounters many trials, a race against time has begun and, in order to save not only their own lives but also of those around them, they must learn to trust each other completely and Ceana must accept the truth about who she is, only then can the darkness be defeated. Highlander at Heart will keep you on the edge of your seat as you travel through time and space with Ceana and Kessan, as they battle family secrets, forces of evil and love. Lives are lost, bonds are formed and secrets uncovered, as Ceana and Kessan try defeat an evil so dark that it threatens to consume everything.