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    Heart of a Warrior
    Heart of a Warrior
    Heart of a Warrior
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    Heart of a Warrior

    By Karen Michelle Nutt

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    Scáthach is the warrior goddess from the Isle of Skye. When a young boy pleads for the goddess to help his Uncle Trey, his prayers do not go unheard. However, she is surprised to find Trey Brennan, not on a battlefield but in a hospital room, hooked to monitors, his body rejecting a bone marrow transplant. She would accept the challenge and educate Trey in the art of warfare.

    A war was a war no matter where the battle was held. Be it on the fields of heather with an army or an illness attacking the body. Both held the enemy that needed to be defeated.

    Trey Brennan knew he was dying, but he awakes in another realm where the goddess Scáthach wants to teach him to be a warrior. He is sure he’s dreaming, but what did he have to lose? He would train and he would fight. Perhaps his destiny on the Isle of Skye would also change his path in his world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKaren Michelle Nutt
    Release dateSep 15, 2011
    ISBN9781465942692
    Heart of a Warrior
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    Karen Michelle Nutt

    My name is Karen Michelle Nutt and I’m an author of paranormal tales, writing for The Wild Rose Press, Highland Press, Prairie Rose Publications, and Twin Star Books.Time Travels have been a passion of mine. I have always been intrigued with the possibility of being able to reach back in time and change the past. Common sense says influencing the past isn’t impossible, but I can’t help but wonder: What if I can?Fallen Angels, vampires and shape shifters embrace my darker side where their worlds intertwine with ours.Whether your reading fancy is paranormal, historical or time travel, all my stories capture the rich array of emotions that accompany the most fabulous human phenomena—falling in love.

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      Heart of a Warrior - Karen Michelle Nutt

      Heart of a Warrior

      Karen Michelle Nutt

      An Otherworldy Romance

      Smashwords Edition

      ISBN: 978-1-4659-4269-2

      Copyright 2010 Karen Michelle Nutt

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Dedicated to all those who must face challenges in their lives.

      A warrior survives doing what he can to heal the heart, body or mind. When all say to give up, Hope whispers, Don’t. Try again.

      Chapter One

      "I call to you to do battle by my uncle’s side... Aid him in his conquest. Let your blade be as his should be.... His heart as your heart."

      The young man’s plea for his uncle did not go unheard. Scáthach appeared in the hospital room seconds after she heard the prayer. She was curious to know why she’d been summoned here to this realm. Smells of disinfectant, sweat and death wafted through the open door of the hospital room. Monitor beeps, the rolling of food carts and the light murmur of the hospital staff touched her ears, but no threat seemed eminent. She had donned her warrior garb of tightly fitted clothing with her sword and axe strapped to her side. Her long bangs were pulled back from her face and a gold braided band around her head kept them out of her eyes. Being battle ready, had kept her alive, but no foe awaited her here in the beige-walled room meant for the ill or the dying.

      It had been some time since she had been in this world with its computers and high tech machinery. She much preferred the centuries before there were gadgets to help mankind to work less. The luxuries made them weak and soft around the middle. A real man should be fit with muscled arms to enable him to wield a sword … or to hold a woman in his embrace in the art of making love, whichever seemed fitting at the time. She shook her head in dismay of what mankind had given up for his comforts. Humans, she muttered under her breath. "Thank the gods, I am no longer one of

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