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The Hart and the Harp
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THE HART AND THE HARP
Sorcha MacMurrough
Ireland, 1146
Shive MacDermot and Tiernan O’Hara agree to wed to end a five-year feud between their clans which had been provoked by the murder of her brother. Tiernan had been her brother’s best friend–could he have done the unthinkable and killed him in cold blood?
Tiernan never allowed himself to harbor romantic feelings for his best friend’s sister, but as he becomes convinced her life is truly in danger, his cold heart begins to thaw toward his lovely new bride. Once the two of them open to love, the scorching passion between them can no longer be denied.
But far from being a happy bride, Shive begins to have her suspicions that all is not as it seems in her clan. She soon realises her brother’s killer was certainly not her new husband Tiernan, but a member of her own clan. As the passion between them increases, so too do her fears for their happy future if the real killer is not brought to justice.
Can she win Tiernan’s love and prove to him she is not the enemy? Can Tiernan keep his wife safe? Or will the march of history tear the two lovers asunder?
Shive undertakes an epic struggle to win Tiernan’s love and prove to him she is not his enemy. She must also save her clan and their whole region of Ireland from the ambitious Muireadach O’Rourke, determined to eliminate anyone who might oppose his bid to become high-king of all Ireland.
Muireadach is nothing if not clever. Will Tiernan believe that his own wife has betrayed him, and become her enemy himself? Or will he trust to the love between them, and fight for their lives before its too late?
THE HART AND THE HARP is an action packed, plot-driven novel filled with adventure and danger. Although Shive and Tiernan are the main characters, Shive is clearly at the forefront -- a brave, intelligent woman with a fierce heart and loads of courage.
Tiernan is the weaker of the two and at times I found myself wondering why Tiernan was her "ideal" mate. There is almost a role reversal in this story line, which I find both intriguing and refreshing. With such intensity in its plot lines, there is little need to focus on other characters, although the development of the secondary characters is well done.
THE HART AND THE HARP is not for the faint of heart -- but it will please those looking for a rollicking adventure and a bigger than life heroine.
Astrid Kinn
Romance Reviews Today
THE HART AND THE HARP
Sorcha MacMurrough
Ireland, 1146
Word Count= 127,000
Rating: Mildly sensual
Also by Sorcha MacMurrough
The Scars of the Heart series
Scars Upon Her Heart
The Scarred Heart
The Rakehell Regency Romance Series (11 titles thus far)
Historicals:
The Hart and the Harp
The Faithful Heart
The Sea of Love
THE HART AND THE HARP
Sorcha MacMurrough
Ireland, 1146
Shive MacDermot and Tiernan O’Hara agree to wed to end a five-year feud between their clans which had been provoked by the murder of her brother. Tiernan had been her brother’s best friend–could he have done the unthinkable and killed him in cold blood?
Tiernan never allowed himself to harbor romantic feelings for his best friend’s sister, but as he becomes convinced her life is truly in danger, his cold heart begins to thaw toward his lovely new bride. Once the two of them open to love, the scorching passion between them can no longer be denied.
But far from being a happy bride, Shive begins to have her suspicions that all is not as it seems in her clan. She soon realises her brother’s killer was certainly not her new husband Tiernan, but a member of her own clan. As the passion between them increases, so too do her fears for their happy future if the real killer is not brought to justice.
Can she win Tiernan’s love and prove to him she is not the enemy? Can Tiernan keep his wife safe? Or will the march of history tear the two lovers asunder?
Shive undertakes an epic struggle to win Tiernan’s love and prove to him she is not his enemy. She must also save her clan and their whole region of Ireland from the ambitious Muireadach O’Rourke, determined to eliminate anyone who might oppose his bid to become high-king of all Ireland.
Muireadach is nothing if not clever. Will Tiernan believe that his own wife has betrayed him, and become her enemy himself? Or will he trust to the love between them, and fight for their lives before its too late?
THE HART AND THE HARP is an action packed, plot-driven novel filled with adventure and danger. Although Shive and Tiernan are the main characters, Shive is clearly at the forefront -- a brave, intelligent woman with a fierce heart and loads of courage.
Tiernan is the weaker of the two and at times I found myself wondering why Tiernan was her "ideal" mate. There is almost a role reversal in this story line, which I find both intriguing and refreshing. With such intensity in its plot lines, there is little need to focus on other characters, although the development of the secondary characters is well done.
THE HART AND THE HARP is not for the faint of heart -- but it will please those looking for a rollicking adventure and a bigger than life heroine.
Astrid Kinn
Romance Reviews Today
THE HART AND THE HARP
Sorcha MacMurrough
Ireland, 1146
Word Count= 127,000
Rating: Mildly sensual
Also by Sorcha MacMurrough
The Scars of the Heart series
Scars Upon Her Heart
The Scarred Heart
The Rakehell Regency Romance Series (11 titles thus far)
Historicals:
The Hart and the Harp
The Faithful Heart
The Sea of Love
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August 2, 2013
this is an exceptionally bad book with hateable characters and a million story flaws.
gorgeous superwoman Shive can cook, clean, embroider, negotiate, work out business plans, train soldiers in 12th century Ireland and defend her father's and husband's lands! I don't think even superwoman could win battles on horseback while being8 months pregnant. yet she's given away in a political arranged marriage by her cousin to a decade older chieftain.
her husband is gorgeous, honest to a fault and a totally over possessive, jealous, insecure loser. anyone talks and laughs with his wife and he is sure she's going to leave him. when she comes home beaten, bruised, starved and very pregnant, he believes she had eloped with someone!
the worst part was when as a nursing mother to a 2 week old child shivetakes off to wage battle! that my friends is verging on paranormal - in the realms of witches and the like.
my friends this is neither a battle story nor a love story. it is a total waste of time. totally avoidable.
gorgeous superwoman Shive can cook, clean, embroider, negotiate, work out business plans, train soldiers in 12th century Ireland and defend her father's and husband's lands! I don't think even superwoman could win battles on horseback while being8 months pregnant. yet she's given away in a political arranged marriage by her cousin to a decade older chieftain.
her husband is gorgeous, honest to a fault and a totally over possessive, jealous, insecure loser. anyone talks and laughs with his wife and he is sure she's going to leave him. when she comes home beaten, bruised, starved and very pregnant, he believes she had eloped with someone!
the worst part was when as a nursing mother to a 2 week old child shivetakes off to wage battle! that my friends is verging on paranormal - in the realms of witches and the like.
my friends this is neither a battle story nor a love story. it is a total waste of time. totally avoidable.
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