Defy the Storm — Kate O'Donnell

From her perch in the branches of a high tree, Aislinn Delacy is stunned to see Brendon O'Donoghue gazing up at her. Just returned from exile, the handsome Irish rebel has sworn to fight the cruel English oppressors who condemned his people to persecution and poverty and to claim Aislinn's headstrong Heart for his own...

The sheltered daughter of a wealthy landholder, Aislinn has always secretly desired Brendon. But now he is an outlaw with a price on his head and Aislinn the reckless beauty another man claims for his bride. Caught in the treacherous tides that turn brother against brother and husband against wife, Aislinn must uncover a dangerous secret that could destroy her family--and keep her from the only man she will ever love.

Set against the rugged splendor of 18th-century Ireland, here is the sweeping love story of a man and a woman who will defy every law of the land before they will deny the yearning of their hungry hearts...