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Naples Daily News, December 5, 2004

About the Author: Julie Palella lives in Naples with her husband, Michael and daughter, Rosalynn. "MacGregor's Curse" is her first published novel with "Whispers by the Sea" to follow in May, 2005. The Guld of Mexico is where she gets her inspiration and she wouldn't dream of moving from Naples.  After receiving a history degree at the College of Dupage, Julie started her adventgure in writing historical romance novels.

About the book: Elizabeth MacKinley is immediately drawn into the ancient world of the handsme jacob MacGregor when she reaches the Highlands in Scotland on a scientific grant. Jacob tells her of a 700-year-old curse that has been placed on the MacGregor lands. The curse was brought on by his ancestor, Alexander MacGregor, keeping the lands haunted and in ruins.  Confused, lost and terrified, Elizabeth can't believe it when she wakes up in the year 1295 on the bank of Loch Ness. She realizes she must locate Alexander to find her way home. Hunted by the English, swept up in the Wars of Independence, and fighting alongside William Wallace, Elizabeth will have to make a heart-wrenching decision that spans across seven centuries.

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