A mesmerizing romance

Riona Connolly is determined to help her impoverished family by going to Dublin to look for her missing father and find work. A chance meeting with Dr. Lucien Woulfe changes the course of her life forever.

Lucien is willing to see her as more than just a poor woman, recognizing her intelligence and courage. Asking her to become his nurse and assess the needs of the poor may not be the right thing to do in the eyes of stuffy Victorian society, but as the Famine rages, Lucien decides propriety be damned.

Riona is thrilled at the opportunity to help others and study with such a fine doctor, but her interest in her employer goes from professional to personal as they spend more and more time together. Soon the passion simmering between them bursts into a full conflagration.

Lucien, shocked at the depth of his love for Riona and need for her, tries to pretend that none of it ever happened. Riona, hurt but also determined to make something of her life with or without Lucien’s help, forges a career for herself despite the limited opportunities for women, and especially women of her class and religion, in 1840s Ireland.

Lucien soon realizes that he has underestimated Riona and the genuine love they shared. Can he win her back before it’s too late?

This is a mesmerizing novel of love, loss, suffering and redemption, with a spirited hero and heroine center-stage, drawing the reader into a remarkably well-drawn world. Passionately intense, this a book you will savor every word of, and remember long after you have finished it.