RIONA, Fires of Gleannmara #2

By Linda Windsor

Description:

NO CHOICE...

Kieran, the proud warrior-king of Gleannmara was once rejected by the lovely Riona of Dromin, but this time the willful lady will have no choice in accepting him. He promised his dying best friend, her brother, to give Riona his protection as her lord and husband.

GOD'S WILL?

Her attachment to three orphans of the plague lead Riona to doubt her chosen future in the Church, especially when she suspects the motives of the couple who intend to adopt them. She can not adopt a family, not without a husband. When the arrogant Kieran of Gleannmara rides through the abbey gate, Riona can not believe this is the answer God sent to her prayers.

LED BY A CHILD...OR THREE?

Their options disappear after they stumble upon a treasonous plot and Kieran is framed for the murder of the abbot. Incapacitated by a wound, the prideful warrior becomes a fugitive, fleeing for justice at the high king's court and dependent on the faith and wit of a would-be nun and her prodigal band of homeless waifs in an adventure of faith, hope, and love.

Book Takeaway:

Besides fascinating tidbits of history and lore in a page-turning plot of murder, marriage and mayhem in Celtic Ireland, here is a story of God's love prevailing in a dark time.

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Why the author wrote this book:

MAIRE was the fifth century representation of Ireland's Golden Age as portrayed by Thomas Cahill's wonderful non-fiction title "How The Irish Saved Civilization" and so I continue the Niall family saga through the sixth century, revealing little known history and lore of my ancestor's Celtic Ireland and the flowering of Christianity.