The Irish Bride — Mary Mayer Holmes

SHE WAS A TEMPESTUOUS BEAUTY CAUGHT BETWEEN LOVE
AND DESIRE -- AND ONLY ONE MAN COULD SET HER FREE

Hot-tempered, beautiful, and determined never to feel the pain of poverty again, Molly Deacon left Ireland seeking a bright new life in the New World ... one that would bring her independence, security, and joy. But on the muddy streets of a Maine lumber town, she found a rugged frontiersman whose rough passion made her surrender all the love she had to give. In his strong arms, she felt that she had all she ever wanted... but in return for his heart, Pierce demanded a price she could not pay.

Then a handsome lumber baron offered to make her his bride, and she thought she had found the key to her dreams. but could the life he offered protect her from the dark secrets of his past? And could she live without the man who had given her a night of ecstasy, the one man who had stolen her heart?