Spirited Away - A Novel of the Stolen Irish (20 page)

       "And
you me." He took her other hand in his, slowly lifted it to his mouth and
kissed it softly.

       She
shivered.

       "What
a night it's been," he said. "Let's bring in the new day
together." Still holding her hand, Colin led her to a trunk where they
sat, with her on his good side. She could feel his warmth, and again savored
his leathery scent. He pulled her into a firm, one-armed embrace. Colin's solid
arm around her felt like home. 

       As
the crimson streaks of sunrise shot across the sky, Freddy relaxed her head
against his shoulder, melting into him.

       "With
a good wind and you by my side," Colin said, "it shouldn't be a long
passage."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maggie Plummer is a
writer and editor who lives in northwest Montana. Along the winding trail to
becoming a novelist, she has worked as a journalist, book publicist, census
enumerator, school bus driver, field interviewer, waitress, post office clerk,
fish processor, library clerk, retail salesperson, Good Humor girl, fishing
boat first mate, race horse hot walker, apple picker, and bus girl. Maggie is
the author of “Passing It On: Voices from the Flathead Indian Reservation,”
published in 2008 by Salish Kootenai College Press (Pablo, Montana). This is
her first published novel.