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Thank you all for making the 2025 Historical Romance Easter Egg Hunt Hop a SUCCESS!

So many wrote that they had fun and found new-to-them authors to try out. No one worried over not being able to find an egg. No one stormed off to eat a whole chocolate bunny because technology wouldn’t work for them (not even me!). And all of you were able to get me the worksheet in so many different ways <3 Thank you!

Authors should be contacting winners of their individual giveaways.

We had 66 completed entries – Woot! And the randomly drawn grand prize winner is… Casey! Please e-mail at He*****@*************um.com to claim your prize. Please do so within 24 hours.

See you all at the next hop – Trick-or-Treat Hop in October to collect candy.  Heather

Welcome to McCollum Castle!

I am Heather McCollum, USA Today Bestselling author of 16th and 17th century Scottish romances full of adventure and intrigue, sprinkled with humor, history, and spice. Brawny Highlanders and feisty heroines are my favorite characters!

While you’re here, feel free to roam around in the “rooms”. Books are in the library, recipes are in the kitchen, ovarian cancer information in the apothecary. There is a secret stairway in the bedroom, although it is password protected and available only to my monthly newsletter subscribers. And now I have a Fun for Readers page! Try out some games and see the adventures with my Highland coo, Flora.

And you might be wondering about Eleri Drake. Who exactly is this author with the lovely name and magic room in my castle? Check her out!

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Coming this Thursday, April 17th! My Annual Historical Romance Easter Egg Hunt Hop!

So grab your virtual baskets! The hop starts at 8 AM ET Thursday morning and runs through Easter. Each author will have their own giveaway, and the $150 grand prize gift card will be given away on Monday, April 21st. The Author Link List will be posted April 17th on the FB event page and right here (in case you don’t do FB).  I hope you can hop with us : ) FB Egg Hunt Event Link

 

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Now Available!

MAGICK

Don’t miss my second Eleri Drake book! Historical Romance Fantasy!

Enemies to Lovers * Healing Magick * Vikings * Witches * Steamy

 

 

USA Today bestselling author Heather McCollum writing as Eleri Drake

THE DRAGONFLY CHRONICLES

Four sisters, hidden in different time periods, each with a different magical power, must come together to save the world against a group of demons bent on destroying humanity. Outmatched in power by the evil legion, only love can swing the balance to their favor. An ancient Wiccan priestess is determined to link each sister with their soulmate in order for them to grow powerful enough to save the past, present, and future.

MAGICK: Book #2

It takes something more powerful than Merewin’s magick to heal the Viking warrior’s soul.

Fury and guilt assail Hauk, a fierce Viking warrior, after he allows false healers to “cure” his family to death. When he’s ordered to capture the Great Witch of the Woods in Northumbria for his king, he doesn’t anticipate that his hatred for all things magick would be challenged by a long-legged beauty with sparking green eyes.

Strong-willed and daring, Merewin doesn’t cower from the warriors who storm her homeland, stealing her away to a land across the sea. But when she learns that her purpose is to heal a child with her magical healing powers, her fear of failure wages war against her resilient spirit.

Strong wills clash as Merewin and Hauk battle their instant attraction. Can Hauk trust a healer with his remaining family? Can Merewin conquer her own pride to love this powerful man who possesses an unacknowledged magick of his own? In the end Merewin and Hauk must put their faith in each other and in their love. For love is the only magick that can heal someone’s soul.

 

 

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Ava Sutton is on the run from a dangerous man and makes her way safely to Scotland. Masquerading as a titled, English lady, she must convince the darkly handsome chief of the Macleans of Aros to wed her before she is tracked down.

Tor Maclean, the new chief of Aros Castle, has sworn off marriage. Despite his efforts to scare away the Englishwoman his father arranged for him to wed, Tor is nonetheless drawn to her passion and beauty. But he doesn’t know if he can forgive the untruths that have come to light for a chance at a once in a lifetime love…

Enjoy!

Heather