It is McKinney, need I say more.
This is a unique tale of an Irish curse put upon the family of Trevallyn. As Englishmen, they took over Irish lands and a curse was placed on the males of the family who did not marry before the age of 20. Lord Trevallyn was destined to marry the woman chosen by a Druid cross. When the cross chose a newborn child to marry the 20-year-old Trevallyn, he refused to believe such a horrible choice. Instead, he defied the curse and married a woman he did not love.
Tragedy ensued; the woman (who was bearing another man's child) and the baby died in childbirth. Trevallyn became engaged to three other women but the padre would not let Trevallyn marry them because he did not love him. Trevallyn continued to doubt the curse but he was told that the trouble would come when Raveena became a woman. This is a very involved tale that is hard to synthesize into a few paragraphs. Trust me, when the reader becomes engaged in the book, it is hard to set aside.
One thing I really did not like about the book was the tale that Raveena was writing throughout the story. It broke up the symmetry and flow of the story. I found that it did not increase my enjoyment of the story, in fact, I found it irritating.
Tragedy ensued; the woman (who was bearing another man's child) and the baby died in childbirth. Trevallyn became engaged to three other women but the padre would not let Trevallyn marry them because he did not love him. Trevallyn continued to doubt the curse but he was told that the trouble would come when Raveena became a woman. This is a very involved tale that is hard to synthesize into a few paragraphs. Trust me, when the reader becomes engaged in the book, it is hard to set aside.
One thing I really did not like about the book was the tale that Raveena was writing throughout the story. It broke up the symmetry and flow of the story. I found that it did not increase my enjoyment of the story, in fact, I found it irritating.
In the wilderness of her soul, Ravenna knew she could marry only for love. Yet the violet-eyed granddaughter of a witch was in mysterious thrall to the master of County Lir. He was Niall, Lord Trevallyan, who wore a serpent ring, twin to her own, an aristocrat who rejected her, then tried to make her his slave. She was a woman now, but unaware of their shared destiny--and the risk of drowning in the green eyes of the man she'd learned to hate.
He wanted more than her body: no less than her soul. The ravishing beauty who turned Niall Trevallyan's blood to fire was destined to be his, by a secret curse he reviled and an ancient set of rings that would unite them forever. The lord who ruled the county was pledged to win her love--but to do so, he had to set free the beauty he burned to possess...
He wanted more than her body: no less than her soul. The ravishing beauty who turned Niall Trevallyan's blood to fire was destined to be his, by a secret curse he reviled and an ancient set of rings that would unite them forever. The lord who ruled the county was pledged to win her love--but to do so, he had to set free the beauty he burned to possess...
