Karen Ranney





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I've always loved reading. I love being transported to different places. I adore being a different person for however long it takes me to read a book. I can't help it - I immerse myself in a book. Doesn't everyone?


Being a writer is only half the process. I create the story, and you, the reader, suspend disbelief, and enter into my world.


Picture a cave, if you will. The cave is the world I've created and put down on paper. I'm standing outside the cave with a lantern, ready to illuminate the path. If I've done my job right, you'll leave your identity, your cares, your stress on the outside of the cave, put your hand in mine and let me lead you where I will. When the book takes you away, it's the be...more


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Okay, so I got all the "Autographed Copy" stickers on the books.


Oops, forgot to insert oodles of book marks, of which I have plenty.


But I got all ten winners of the A Scottish Love drawing (actually, 12).


And all the winners of the recent guest blog drawings.


And I autographed all the books – whew!


But I didn't put in the little cards that said WHY readers received ...

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Published on February 22, 2012 12:08 • 1 view
Average rating: 3.71 · 3,372 ratings · 337 reviews · 32 distinct works
Tapestry
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Sold to a Laird (The Tulloch S...
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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An Unlikely Governess
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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After the Kiss
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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Till Next We Meet
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 151 ratings4 editions
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The Devil Wears Tartan
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
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One Man's Love (The Highland L...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Autumn in Scotland
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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When the Laird Returns (Highla...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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The Scottish Companion
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 127 ratings6 editions
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More books by Karen Ranney…
One Man's Love When the Laird Returns The Irresistible MacRae To Love a Scottish Lord So In Love
The Highland Lords (5 books)
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3.84408602150538 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 558 ratings
Sold to a Laird A Highland Duchess A Borrowed Scot
The Tulloch Sgàthán Trilogy (3 books)
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3.6112600536193 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 373 ratings

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Karen Ranney wrote a new blog post: How I Slow Down Time
Life goes by very quickly, doesn't it? Sometimes, it's scary how fast it is.
My mind is always racing. I'm thinking of plots, chapters, characters... read more »
"I sincerely hope you do back up a lot - I once lost three whole chapters, and that was a great lesson.

The nice thing about Kindle is that all your boo...more
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Karen Ranney gave 4 of 5 stars to:
A Bomb in February by Evan Katy
A Bomb in February
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"Sharon wrote: "Beautiful cover, now I just hope the characters in the book both have black hair."

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"How wonderful, Anne. (And how cool.) I wonder if I'd have the courage to have DNA testing done. It might reveal something I wouldn't want to know.

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Karen Ranney made a comment on Writing Friends:
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"Well, that's certainly a memory to keep you on the straight and narrow!

In my younger days, I was quite the party animal. No more, however.
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Karen Ranney gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Disengaged by Beth Orsoff
Disengaged
by Beth Orsoff (Goodreads Author)
read in November, 2011
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My problems with the book stem mostly from the genre, chicklit, and it's not the author's fault that I stumbled into something I probably wouldn't normally read. Chicklit characters are, to me, vacuous and essentially boring, with no greater concerns...more
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Drive by Daniel H. Pink
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More of Karen's books…
“Mental seduction. He’d never thought it possible”
Karen Ranney, The Irresistible MacRae

“All my happiness seems caught up in one of your smiles. - Jered Mandeville, 'Upon a Wicked Time”
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“He wanted to know her with such familiarity that he could curve his fingers around a wrist, an ankle, a knee and recognize her from a hundred, a thousand other women”
Karen Ranney, The Irresistible MacRae

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Melissa Keith Woohoo, Karen! That was quick. :-) Thank you!!


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