The Heart and the Holly — Nancy Richards-Akers

DIVIDED HEARTS
She is Aislinn Clare, darkly beautiful, irresistibly desirable, and wildly independent. Stirred by the blood of her Irish mother, she'd rather die than leave her beloved Ireland and succumb to the proper marriage her English father seeks for her across the sea.

DESTINED SOULS
Bran O'Connor is fiercely proud of his pure Irish blood, and determined not to be lured into betraying his clan by a half-blood temptress with her heart set on remaining in her cherished Highlands through marriage. Yet even in a land divided, the unrelenting desire of each stolen moment shared by this clashing pair intensifies a passion that defies both law and reason. And even as Aislinn and Bran fight a tempestuous battle of wills, they are being drawn into an unconditional surrender to the compelling call of love.