Handsome and debonair rake, Julian "Jules" Wallace, is a Scottish athlete with the Scottish Highland Society (SHS). With the aid of his friend, Michael, they are in charge of the setup for the venue of the upcoming games at Cornwall Park. Game for Jules is the means to gain recognition through his hammer throw competition in obtaining logo with the Rockland Bluff Whisky company to set his family up for life. All is good until the feisty Kate Simmons decides to have the park for her Jane Austin Regency Re-Enactment Society (JARRS) for their annual Fauxhall Gardens event in capturing 1810's London era. The problem is that both are scheduled for the same day!

Both Jules and Kate gather their groups and take possession of the park intending to gain occupancy of the site as their own. The fine specimens of manhood become distracted with the bikini clad females and their portable hot tub. War is being declared with pranks from both sides. Kate plots an unsuccessful seduction to get her way, when her plans are overheard by Jules. The "warriors" have a hard time denying the women and beer as Jules and Kate are denying the feelings cropping up between them. Neither is willing to back off and relinquish the venue, finally agreeing to a publicized game of live full sized chess between the two of them, winner getting Cornwall Park. Things go sideways and now is the time to decide what is the most important to them, winning or gaining the love they both desire.

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD is a really cute tale of two equally attracted people who are dedicated to the clubs they are passionately involved in. The games are more important to Jules for reasons unknown to Kate. Their desire for one another only complicates the final objectives. The last thing either expected to find was a true love that would change their entire lives. The story is well written and flows so well that it keeps your total interest and you can hardly wait to see what prank they pull next. A definite read!

Book Summary

It takes a real man to wear a kilt. And a real woman to charm him out of it.

Games of Love, Book 1

It might be modern times, but Kate Simmons isn’t willing to live a life without at least the illusion of the perfect English romance. A proud member of the Jane Austen Regency Re-Enactment Society, Kate fulfills her passion for courtliness and high-waisted gowns in the company of a few women who share her love of all things heaving.

Then she encounters Julian Wallace, a professional Highland Games athlete who could have stepped right off the covers of her favorite novels. He’s everything brooding, masculine, and, well, heaving. The perfect example of a man who knows just how to wear his high sense of honor—and his kilt.

Confronted with a beautiful woman with a tongue as sharp as his sgian dubh, Julian and his band of merry men aren’t about to simply step aside and let Kate and her gaggle of tea-sippers use his land for their annual convention. Never mind that “his land” is a state park—Julian was here first, and he never backs down from a challenge.

Unless that challenge is a woman unafraid to fight for what she wants...and whose wants are suddenly the only thing he can think about.

Warning: The historical re-enactments in this story contain very little actual history. Battle chess and ninja stars may apply.