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Writing in the tradition of Kathleen Winsor and Anya Seyton,
Great adventures about audacious women in the 18th  Century

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The Pride of the King

Beyond the Cliffs of Kerry
Historical Romance with Epic Adventure and Love

 "This is one novel you do not want to miss reading. I promise you, you will remember this story long after you finish this book. It is one of those rare jewels that somehow inscribe their words on your heart."
--Midwest Book Reviews-Shirley's Bookshelf

Ireland 1755, hunger and hatred boil a country, and one woman plans her escape. Ravaged by famine and the brutal occupation of the British, Darcy McBride joins a group of smugglers who trade illegally with the French. The operation is discovered and the young woman is transported to the English Colonies for servitude. Shattered by war and bloodshed, Darcy finds the colonists on a feeding frenzy of survival. She refuses to be devoured and meets them with determination and fire stopping them in their tracks. When she confronts the brash and attractive Jean Michel Lupe', a surveyor for the Crown, sparks fly, and Darcy meets her match. His blend of refinement and frontier masculinity unsettles and entices her. Together, they are swept into a whirlwind of violence and intrigue that threatens their love and their survival.

     As he stepped out into the pouring rain, Jean Michel had to regain his composure. He was not sure he liked the feelings that were churning inside him. This McBride woman had the ability to reach into his soul, and open doors he thought were closed forever. She ignited a desire in him that was beyond anything he had ever imagined. Confused and overwhelmed, he blamed it on long months without carnal pleasures, and pushing it from his mind; he started down the path for the McDermott homestead.

The Pride of the King
Historical Fiction with Epic Adventure and Love

  "Captivating"--Historical Adventure Reviews
"This story is enticing and alluring."--Minnesota Lit Review

The year is 1748 in the burgeoning colony of New Orleans. Get ready because you are about to meet Lauren De Beauville. She is restless and impulsive with copper-colored tresses and the smile of a pirate. This saucy adventuress will take your breath away as you follow her on her stormy exploits across a continent.  Lauren jumps into a maelstrom of deceit and danger beginning with a hurricane. She leaps from a French family on the Mississippi, to a homeless existence in New England, to a job as an aristocratic con artist in New York City. Not until she meets a group of outcasts sailing The Pride of the King does she find where she belongs. The vessel is commanded by the street-wise and mysterious James St. Clare who engages Lauren as his French connection for smuggling and piracy. As she is sucked into a whirlwind of violence, Lauren realizes her greatest battle is to keep the love of St. Clare and the home that she has found.

     James lifted her out of the tub water running down his clothing. Her shift hugged her skin, and he ran his eyes down her figure then up again stopping at her lips.
     The firelight danced over them and for a moment Lauren lost herself. Fear, loneliness and desire all clouded her judgment, and she opened her lips to kiss him.

         

The Sword of the Banshee
Historical Fiction with Epic Adventure and Love

“I saw a woman in a dream. She was the leader of a great rebellion. Not since the time of the high priestesses has there been a woman to lead the Irish people. Her eyes are as changeable as the sea, and hers is the sword of the Banshee.”--The Sword of the Banshee

 Fulfilling the prophecy of the priestesses, India Allen defies her husband and steps from the shadows to spearhead a struggle for freedom in 18th Century Ireland. The “Ice Queen” gives up her life, her love, and her humanity to cultivate a rebellion against British oppression, but in the end, it fails. Her destiny is elsewhere. It is across the ocean with the cavalier leader, Quinn Calleigh, a provocative Irishman who leads a vast network of patriots seeking liberty in the New World. Together, they sow the seeds of the American Revolution. India sees him as nothing more than an Irish gypsy looking for adventure, but she learns that he is so much more. He looks beyond her crystalline exterior to unlock the passion and fire burning deep within her. Their battle to uncover her love and humanity is equal only to that of their struggle for freedom.


The crowd moved in a steady stream around him, but for India, there was no one, all she saw was Calleigh.

She walked down the steps and looked up into his face. He did not take her hands. He did not touch her. Slowly his smile dropped; he searched her eyes and said, “I asked you here because I want you to promise me--”

India swallowed hard. Thunder rolled in the distance. Soldiers continued to march by and crowds cheered, but they saw and heard only each other. “Promise me that you will continue the fight.”

India bit her lip and looked away, her chest heaving. “Stop this talk,” she stated firmly. “You will be back.”

“Listen to me,” he demanded. India had never seen such intensity in his eyes. “I may never return. You and the boy must take care of one another. You--” he hesitated. “You are my family.”

It started to pour. The rain drenched them as the crowd began to disperse, running for cover. They said nothing for a long time. At last, Quinn took a deep breath, looked around at the empty street and said, “You must know by now that I am in love with you. That will never change.”

India stared at him, her lips parted, rain running down her face. Calleigh studied her intensely, as if memorizing her every feature. He said nothing more, expecting nothing in return.
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