KATE MORAN KNEW WHAT SHE RISKED WHEN SHE ENTERED THE CASTLE. AND ALL HER FEARS CAME TRUE. Ireland was swept by famine, the villagers were on the brink of death, and lovely young Kate Moran knew there was but one way to save them and herself. She would go to the great castle on the hill and beg aid from its master, lord Cormac of Fion. She would go to him even though she knew his reputation for wild debauchery. She would put herself in the power of a man whose vast wealth and immense physical strength were equaled by his arrogance and lustfulness. Before the night was done, Kate was a virgin no longer -- but a woman caught in raging currents of flaming desire and dark design that swept her and her lover to the brink of hell...