The Emerald Land — Livia James

Lovely red-haired Siobhan Carey's family was murdered before her eyes...

It all started in Ireland, when Siobhan, not knowing the power of her own passions, nearly surrendered to the stable boy. Her father caught them and his beating of the boy brought the wrath of the peasants down on their heads. Siobhan would never forget the face of the man who killed her father and brother.

Fleeing to America and the lush green lands of Kansas, she met Tom, the handsome frontiersman who twice saved her life.

Suddenly Siobhan found herself involved in hiding runaway slaves. The man who was leading the slave raiders was the same man who had murdered her family - and who would kill her on sight...