The McKinnon Legends Series by Ranay James

“Nic, my friend, you think Fate’s a witch? Just wait until you meet her sister Destiny.” ~ Connor Holden, Earl of Featherstone.Every story has a beginning often driven by fate. The McKinnon Legends are no exception.Ranay James presents the best selling series-starter The McKinnon The Beginning: Book 1(Parts 1 and 2 combined)... more“Nic, my friend, you think Fate’s a witch? Just wait until you meet her sister Destiny.” ~ Connor Holden, Earl of Featherstone.Every story has a beginning often driven by fate. The McKinnon Legends are no exception.Ranay James presents the best selling series-starter The McKinnon The Beginning: Book 1(Parts 1 and 2 combined).Not your typical knight-in-shining-armor-rescues-damsel-in-distress-story, The McKinnon The Beginning (Parts 1 and 2) sets the reader on a journey of deep love, treachery, and mystery of the way time and space collide with characters that are believable.Part 1:It is the year of our Lord 1493, and King Henry VII has been seated on the English throne for eight years. He did not get there by chance alone. Nor has he stayed there with ease. He has his favorites, generously rewarding those who serve him well. Sir Nic McKinnon is at the top of that list.For his faithful devotion, Nic finds himself graciously rewarded. That reward is the hand in marriage to the seventh Duchess of Seabridge. The only issue is Nic isn’t interested in the bounty, and taking a wife is certainly not in his plans. However, he understands that seeming ungrateful to Henry for his gift or disobeying a king’s command is never wise. Nic reluctantly agrees to marry. Living with his duchess was not one of Henry’s stipulations.To that end, Nic’s plan is to marry the young duchess, and then leave her to her own designs. That is until he finds that she is in danger, so much so that she is fleeing for her very life. Nic is sworn to protect the king’s subjects who cannot protect themselves, but more than that, no one threatens what belongs to a McKinnon. She belongs to him by the king’s decree. The question now is not whether he marry her and leave her behind—the question is much more clear: can he keep her alive?Part 2:The stage is set for the battle to secure Morgan’s birthright: the rich and lavishly appointed Seabridge Castle. Currently the prosperous dukedom is in the hands of the lecherous Lord Brentwood who seized control after Morgan’s family was killed in a fatal fire.Nic must fight to regain what Brentwood never had the right to possess. Will he succeed? Or will true evil prevail? There can be only one victor.This love affair sets the foundation for a strong and solid family legacy that spans centuries in an eight-volume series, which is certain to take you away. Join them on their journey of growth as they ultimately evolve into the McKinnon Legends. less

FATE: The development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.Fate can be kind. She can also be a spiteful bitch.That is something Connor Holden, Earl of Featherstone, has discovered through firsthand experience.But if he thinks Fate’s a witch… Just wait. He’s about to meet her sisters—Destiny and Luck.They will make Fate’s deeds look like child’s play... moreFATE: The development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.Fate can be kind. She can also be a spiteful bitch.That is something Connor Holden, Earl of Featherstone, has discovered through firsthand experience.But if he thinks Fate’s a witch… Just wait. He’s about to meet her sisters—Destiny and Luck.They will make Fate’s deeds look like child’s play.Ranay James presents Unfinished Business: Book 2 Parts 1 and 2 of The McKinnon Legends in a twin pack..Part 1:Just because time travel is possible does not mean time stands still. Connor doesn’t care if it stands still or not. For him time no longer holds any meaning.Much has happened in the five years since Reagan disappeared through the curtain of time, taking Cullen McKinnon with her in the hope of saving the young knight’s life. The least of those events is Henry’s awarding Connor the titles of Duke of Featherstone and Earl of Rockport. Upon Connor’s request, the earldom was passed into his care to hold until the rightful heir can take possession. No one but Nic, Morgan, and he knew that the heir is Reagan O’Riley. He just has to keep the faith that she will eventually return.Finding herself stranded in the twentieth century, Reagan feels lost. Having no job, no home, and no identification are secondary to her feelings that she just does not belong in the twentieth century. It feels so wrong, and Connor’s kiss felt so right.Rafe McKinnon, native Texan and MD, is called in to perform the lifesaving surgery on the young knight Cullen. He follows Reagan into the garden realizing she is adrift and distraught. He wants to help her get home and he vows to do whatever he can, realizing that he just might be her only hope.Fate, it seems, would agree.Part 2:Part Two finds Connor back in King Henry's service. Tucked inside King Louis XII's safe are the blueprints for modern war machines designed by master engineer Leonardo da Vinci. Conner is charged with the delicate and quite illegal task of stealing them back before the French monarch and his military advisers have the opportunity to produce those war machines, which would result in tipping the balance of power in the region.Connor knows, in taking on this mission, he could lose his life. He doesn't care. Losing Reagan has left him feeling that there is not much left to live for… and even more to die for: king, country, and keeping her safe from the aggressors in a war that would certainly touch English soil should he fail in his mission.But as long as he draws breath, there is hope that one day Reagan will return. He just has to survive to fight another day.Will he be able to survive ? The odds are against him. If he does survive, how can he find his way back to the one love of his life?Pride and jealousy are his fatal flaws. Is true love enough to bridge the gap? If not, then Connor stands to lose far more than just money and power. He stands to lose his heart and his soul. less

Denial: Refusal to accept something as truthThe undeniable truth? Cullen McKinnon can never return to 1494.Cullen was born in 1470 a wealthy man in his own right. He is a handsome, young knight of the highest order known for his valor, and he is also in love with the beautiful Morgan, Duchess of Seabridge. However, he has one major problem… None of that matters in the twentieth century. He pushed through the denial years ago just as certainly as he pushed through the veil of time... moreDenial: Refusal to accept something as truthThe undeniable truth? Cullen McKinnon can never return to 1494.Cullen was born in 1470 a wealthy man in his own right. He is a handsome, young knight of the highest order known for his valor, and he is also in love with the beautiful Morgan, Duchess of Seabridge. However, he has one major problem… None of that matters in the twentieth century. He pushed through the denial years ago just as certainly as he pushed through the veil of time.Cullen has accepted that he can never return to 1494. And that truth has him clinging to any piece of his past that he can dig up. The McKinnon family records are almost complete except his long-lost nephew, Decklyn McKinnon.When he contracts with Amazing Grace Genealogy Services to locate any record of Decklyn, suspicion rises the longer he works with the company’s representative, Gray Martin. Something about Gray just doesn’t feel right and piques his interest. Why can he not let the misgivings go?Grace is running for her life. The same assassin that gunned down her father and husband on a crowded street in Manhattan also marked her for death. Far from her penthouse apartment in New York, Grace is hiding in a shelter for homeless women where she has established a thriving online business giving her the ability to hide behind the computer. To the online world, she is Gray Martin.Excited to have the contract to research the family history of US Marshal Cullen McKinnon, Grace quickly discovers that the marshal has blown her cover exposing her to the assassin she has been running from for the past three years.Can Cullen protect Grace from her past? No doubt, but is he willing to do whatever it takes to keep her alive? Cullen has decisions to make. To protect Grace in the present and give her a future, he has to let go of his past. Nonetheless, he is not sure he can let the ghost of Morgan go.Updated edition as of February 16, 2016. Please note this is not a stand alone novel but part of an on-going series. less

Gage McKinnon, Duke of Seabridge, stands in the middle of his richly appointed study looking at the woman who raises such conflicting emotions in him. He loves her and deeply desires her, yet he fears what she represents. He is human. She is not.“You are not like me, Sara, no matter how much you want to be.” “You know, Gage, you are absolutely correct. I am nothing like you. You are a breed unto yourself. Feel free to look it up... moreGage McKinnon, Duke of Seabridge, stands in the middle of his richly appointed study looking at the woman who raises such conflicting emotions in him. He loves her and deeply desires her, yet he fears what she represents. He is human. She is not.“You are not like me, Sara, no matter how much you want to be.” “You know, Gage, you are absolutely correct. I am nothing like you. You are a breed unto yourself. Feel free to look it up. You will find it under cold-blooded bastard,” Sara said just before closing the door.The Maji, an ancient race of shape shifters falling into the abyss of extinction, finds the last of their purebred females dead in spite of their best efforts to hide her from The Hunter Society, a group bent on their total eradication. Dr. Sara Reed, a half-human, half-Maji, is the Maji’s last and only hope of survival. Having lived her life on her terms on the far outer fringes of Maji society, Sara must make a decision: turn her back and walk away or help the very people who have shunned and ridiculed her all of her life. Gage is making that decision just a little easier. Gage also finds himself torn between his duty to the family name and the desires of his heart. His children will be the future dukes and duchesses in a line spanning centuries. In his mind, those children must be worthy of the name McKinnon. No matter how much he loved her, Sara is not human and his fear of the Maji’s power is a greater deterrent to following his heart. Gage also is faced with a dilemma when asked to assist in pulling the Maji back from the brink of extinction. Will he turn his back or do what is right? less

Decklyn McKinnon, intergalactic cop and strong-arm of the Interstellar Alliance, has been missing from the McKinnon family records since his untimely disappearance in 1523. No one has a clue what could have happened to him leaving the family record silent.Chasing after a serial killer through time and space, Decklyn takes on the biggest gamble of life. Unsure of his time traveling abilities, he doubts that he can save all of the victims, but it’s possible he can save victim number six... moreDecklyn McKinnon, intergalactic cop and strong-arm of the Interstellar Alliance, has been missing from the McKinnon family records since his untimely disappearance in 1523. No one has a clue what could have happened to him leaving the family record silent.Chasing after a serial killer through time and space, Decklyn takes on the biggest gamble of life. Unsure of his time traveling abilities, he doubts that he can save all of the victims, but it’s possible he can save victim number six. Risking it all to save the life of just one woman, he journeys back to Earth 2005.Sliding off the conference table, Special Agent A’leeza Vargas moves closer to look at the board covered with five separate crime scene photos. There has to be something she was missing. She could just feel it. It hung just out of reach. “Come on, come on, talk to me. Tell me your secrets. Help me avenge your deaths,” she begs the photos under her breath. Crossing her arms over her chest, Alee turns to her partner, Carl Rogers, “They say dead men don't tell tales. They do, you know. You just have to know how to listen.” Will history repeat itself? Find out in the fifth installment of The McKinnon Legends. less