The MacKinnon’s Bride is one of my most beloved books. Written more than 25 years ago, the original title was published by Avon Books as an Avon Romantic Treasure, and was received with open arms by my faithful readers. Throughout the years, the one thing some fans have lamented was the strong language present in the original edition. Some readers also preferred not to read explicit love scenes, which are a signature of the period in which the originals were written. When I revised this book for publication, I considered toning these scenes down. But, in the end,t I chose to keep the spirit of the original books. But keeping in mind that I didn’t want my own daughter to read my books until she turned 18, I remain sensitive to readers who wanted to experience my historical romances without compromising their personal values. For these readers, I present Page, a clean, sweet rewrite of The MacKinnon’s Bride, revised by me, side by side with my daughter, so you can share the Highland Brides with your daughter(s). If you’ve already read The MacKinnon’s Bride, the story itself remains unchanged, but if you always wanted to buy a copy to share with your daughter or your niece, now you can.
Additionally, on an ongoing basis, I’ll be adding new versions of all my classical romances in this new “Sweet” genre, so that readers can enjoy all my legacy books, no matter what your reading preference. I will label these very clearly, so please, as a heads up, be sure to read the description all new books. I so much appreciate that I have so many readers who will click the buy button without reading the descriptions. I love you guys for trusting my storytelling so much that you don’t feel you need to know the nitty gritty details, but please, please do read the descriptions so you don’t find yourself purchasing a second copy of a book you’ve already read.
To help you guys avoid purchasing a book you’ve read, on this website, these books are relegated to a single category called “Sweet Historicals.” They are also labeled very clearly, with the name of the original book at the very top of the description. And, since my daughter (and your daughters!) inspired this, and I counted on my daughter’s editorial skills and sensibility to revise these titles, Alaina Christine Crosby is also listed as a co-author. It gives me so much pleasure to be able to work with my daughter to bring you and your daughters sweet reads without language or sexual explicitness. If you have any questions about these titles, or would like to request that your favorite classical romance be revised next, please write me @ [email protected].
Happy reading!
I love that you’re reworking these,although I prefer them as written. Language and love goes to characterization. I’ll be interested to see how they do for you in the toned down version.
I don’t mind sex scenes, but i could do without the cursing.
I’m so happy to hear this! Much of my backlist was written during the 90s, when editors made us sex them up more than I really wanted to.
I didn’t even know! I’ve only read your historical romance. I need to pay more attention. 🙂
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I’m fine with erotic content or not, but love that so many authors are getting into this new trend. Definitely opens up great stories to people who shouldn’t read spicier versions (like teenagers) or those who object to that content. I remember reading romances as a young girl and my babysitter used to paperclip pages together so I skipped the objectionable scenes. Though, sadly, I was probably exposed to worse at my middle school than whatever was in those pages. I read a lot of Harlequin books and fell in love with Nora Roberts back then. 🙂 I love that now versions of some of these awesome stories will be made available to younger readers. 🙂
So happy to hear this! Thanks for posting, Crystal!
Although I don’t mind reading ‘sexier’ books, I do prefer sweet reads. Nice to see that you do this for us. Thank you!
I’m hearing this more and more, Mary. So happy to be able to provide these.
I’m not bothered by graphic language unless it’s gratuitous and clearly for shock value. I’m also a fan of clean and cozy books, as well. I think it’s wonderful that younger readers can now be introduced to your writing through your Sweet reads.
Thank you, Cecilia!