The Unquenchable Fire
Book 2 of The Fire of the Heart Series
Shannon Farrell

Riona Connolly’s saga, first begun in The Fire’s Center, continues as she struggles to make a life for herself in Dublin without her beloved Lucien. Through the enmity of Dr. O’Carroll and Lucien’s sister in law Antoinette, who has always wanted Lucien for herself, the couple seemed destined to separate forever.

Lucien Woulfe continues to battle between temptation and social convention. He aches for Riona with a fevered passion bordering on obsession. But how can he ever marry his former assistant at the clinic? His life with Riona seems so empty and hollow, he begins to question the very nature of the life he has led for so long. But despite being an educated doctor, love seems to be an emotion he knows nothing about.

Yet Riona knows she can’t live without it. The more Lucien demands of her, the more he drives her away, until she is desperate to escape from the life she was so sure she longed for.

Lucien’s brother Quentin proves an unexpected ally and confidant, and soon Riona finds herself returning to her beloved Donegal to fight the Famine there once more, this time on her own terms.

Riona begins to re-build her life slowly. But a shipwreck in the Atlantic sets in motion a series of fateful events which will have earth-shattering consequences for both families.

Only the unquenchable fire of Riona’s spirit and the love she and Lucien share can ever help them overcome the devastation which surrounds them, and threatens all they hold dear.

Can their fiery love win through to a bright future, or will it too become yet another casualty of the Great Blight?

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The Unquenchable Fire

The Druid’s Woman by Shanna Murchison
Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Setting: Ireland, 1169

In this fantasy novella of Ireland, Davnat encounters Parthalann, a mysterious druid who trains her to be his helper and consort.

But despite all the other-worldly powers Davnat is given by her mysterious new companion, and the remarkable love that blossoms between them, she can’t help feel that fickle Fortune will rob her of the gift of Parthalann’s love as suddenly as it was bestowed.

Parthalann loves Davnat beyond anything he ever imagined possible. He longs for a happy life with her forever, but deep in his heart, he knows that due to one act of rebellion against the gods, their Fates have already been decreed….

The Druid’s Woman
Shanna Murchison
Fantasy Romance Novella

Rating: Sensual

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The Shore of Destiny

Book 3 of The Druids of Destiny

Shanna Murchison

Setting: Ireland, 1147

Word Count=135,000

Rating: Sensual

Price: $5.99

Setting: Ireland, 1147

Hunger For Love

Book 1 of The Hunger of the Heart Series

Shannon Farrell

Ireland and Canada, 1847

Emer Nugent and her family are evicted from their home at the height
of the Potato Famine in Ireland.  Forced to emigrate to Canada, they
endure a harrowing journey on board a coffin ship bound for Grosse Ile
in Quebec.

Emer, working as a cabin boy to help her family’s financial situation,
meets the enigmatic Dalton Randolph, the ship’s only gentleman passenger,
who is not all that he seems.

They fall in love, but darker forces are at work against them. 
Emer’s duty to her family forces her to choose between her beloved and her parents and siblings. Yet as hard
as she fights to give up the man who stirs her heart, the powerful attraction
between she and Dalton cannot be denied. Will they ever be able to overcome
the obstacles in their path to a happy future together?

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The Hungry Heart

Book 2 of The Hunger of the Heart Series

Shannon Farrell

Canada and Ireland, 1847-48

Emer Nugent’s saga continues as she and what remains of her family after
their perilous crossing of the Atlantic on a coffin ship now face a whole
new set of challenges once they reach Canada.

Emer and Dalton are more in love than ever, but his stunning betrayal
of Emer and everyone aboard the Pegasus has the most horrific consequences
for them all.

Dalton is powerless to stop the cascade effect his unwitting actions
have set in motion, for his father Frederick Randall is nothing if not
determined to run his son’s life.

Frederick’s blind ambition has set its sights on the Lyndon Shipwork’s
steam fleet, which he plans to get his hands on by forcing Dalton to marry
the voluptuous but coldly calculating Madeleine Lyndon.

Emer and her family are caught in an epic battle of wills  as she
and her family are condemned by Frederick to the hellish quaratine station
at Grosse Ile.  Once there, every moment brings with it yet another
threat to their survival.

Can Dalton get his father to see reason before it’s too late? Or will
Emer and Dalton’s love become just another casualty of the Famine, and
Frederick’s war with his son?

 

“I didn’t come here to talk to you about the way you’ve been lying
to us all about your real identity.  I, well, I came to see Mr. Randolph,
so I could say goodbye to him,” Emer said quietly.

Dalton looked up at her again searchingly, almost as if too frightened
to hope that she was really sincere.

“The steamship doesn’t leave until eight in the morning.  
You could say goodbye then,” Dalton whispered softly, testing her.

“There are certain things that can’t be said in front of the others.
Besides, I think we’ve done enough talking, don’t you?  Actions speak
louder than words, so I just came to tell you this….”

Emer sat on his lap and kissed Dalton.

His arms went around her at once.  She melted into them as she
surrendered herself completely to the exquisite pleasure that only his
touch could give…

 

The Hungry Heart Fulfilled

Book 3 of The Hunger of the Heart Series

Shannon Farrell

Canada and Ireland 1848-1849

Emer Nugent has survived the hell of the Grosse Ile quarantine station in Canada with some help from the Bishop of Quebec and her friends from Ireland, and has embarked on a new life running an orphanage for the Irish emigrant children left parentless by the Famine and terrible fevers which have accompanied it.

She has never stopped loving Dalton Randall, the powerful shipping magnate, but can never forgive what she believes have been his many betrayals of her and her family.

Dalton’s father Frederick is actually to blame for many of the deeds against Emer and her friends. He has done everything he can to separate the couple, and is one step away from achieving all his worldly ambitions.

For Frederick has convinced Dalton that Emer is dead, and Dalton is about to cave in to his manipulative father’s demand that he marry the daughter of a business rival for the sake of their shipping company.

But a chance meeting draws the passionate lovers together once more. Dalton has never stopped loving Emer, and is determined to build a life with her, and a medical practice they can use to help benefit the poor, no matter what Frederick says.

Outraged that his plans for keeping the two apart have failed, and Dalton has no intention of marrying Madeliene Lyndon so their shipping merger can go through smoothly, Dalton’s father has Emer arrested on false charges and transported back to Dublin.

The Ireland Emer returns to is not only still in the grip of the Famine, but also on the brink of civil war. Emer finds herself unwittingly embroiled in the 1848 rebellion, and is put on trial for her life.

Dalton must outwit Frederick if he and Emer are ever to be safe, and must travel half way across the world to try to rescue his one true love from the capital charge of treason before it’s too late.

“No you don’t, Emer. You’re not getting rid of me that easily. I want some answers, and I want them now!” Dalton rasped as he backed her up against the wall until his stomach and thighs pressed intimately against her own.

Emer was sure she was going to faint from desire and fear.

“When I last saw you in August, you were in my bed, a poor governess, making love to me as though it meant everything in the world to you. Now I find you married to your fiance Garvan, whom you swore you never loved, living in a mansion with a troop of male visitors coming in and out of here at all times of the day and night. I want to know exactly what the hell you’ve been up to, and I’m not leaving here until you tell me the truth,” Dalton threatened.

Emer shoved against his chest futilely as she struggled to escape from his tantalising nearness. “What I’ve done since August ceased to be your concern when you left me on Grosse Ile then, and never once tried to contact me except to….”

She halted before she could say the words “bribe me.”

The Hungry Heart Fulfilled

Book 3 of The Hunger of the Heart Series

Shannon Farrell

Setting: Canada and Ireland 1848-1849

Word Count: 83,000

Rating: Sensual


    

The Fire’s Center
Book 1 of The Fire of the Heart series
Shannon Farrell

Unemployed governess Riona Connolly is willing to do anything to save her family from starvation during the Irish Potato Famine. When she meets the handsome Dr. Lucien Woulfe, who offers her post at his clinic, it seems a dream come true.

No man has ever stimulated Riona so completely, in mind and body. Yet she knows her burning attraction to her sensual employer is forbidden in the straight-laced, class-conscious society of Victorian Dublin.

Lucien never imagined he would ever meet a woman who could share his life so perfectly. A dedicated doctor who has been wounded by love in the past, he has no time for relationships. Yet one look at Riona, and he burns with a passion which soon grows all-consuming for them both.

But as the Famine rages, and brings a deadly series of fevers with it. Riona and Lucien must walk through the fire’s center to secure their happiness before it is destroyed by the enemies aligning themselves against the unsuspecting couple, and by the vagaries of Fate.

Can their fiery love win through to a bright future, or will it too become yet another casualty of the Great Blight?

After an hour of quizzing her verbally, Lucien pronounced himself more than satisfied with her medical knowledge, and decided to give her a slide test.

“Here, you keep looking down the microscope, and I’ll hand you the slides one by one, so you can’t peek at the labels,” he suggested.

“All right,” Riona agreed, and soon began rattling off the names of the samples he handed her.

Lucien stood close bedside Riona, as if drawn there by some magnetic force. Try as he might, he couldn’t take his eyes off the tempting flesh of her arms and the shadowy curve of her breasts as they worked side by side.

Though surrounded by flowers in the study, which the maid had put there to brighten up the otherwise rather dull room, Lucien could also smell her own distinctive perfume, fresh, wholesome, and infinitely more alluring that the Parisian concoctions his female acquaintances practically bathed themselves in for formal functions.

Suddenly she held out her hand and asked, “Next one, please?”

Lucien jumped out of his reverie for a moment to hand her the glass slide, but all of a sudden he found himself grasping her fingers tightly instead.

As Riona looked up from the microscope in surprise, Lucien took a step closer to her and pulled her into his warm embrace.

Riona’s lips parted with a gasp, so that Lucien had free access to the tempting delights of her mouth, and the hungry kiss they shared soon left them wanting more.

Lucien ran his hands up and down the length of Riona’s spine, and he thanked God silently that she wore no corsets as he caressed her feminine fullness above and below.

Riona for her own part tried to remain stiff and unyielding in his torrid embrace, but the heat of his passion melted her reserve. She soon found her arms creeping around his neck, while her lips slanted across his mouth to deepen the kiss even further.

Lucien laced his fingers through Riona’s hair, scattering pins and her silk ribbon all about the room as her auburn locks tumbled down around her shoulders. He began to kiss her face and neck then, nuzzling her hair, before whispering, “Lovely, so lovely,” in her shell-like ear.

Lucien knew he ought to stop. Had to stop. But the vibrant woman he held in his arms worked on him like some powerful drug. The more he took liberties with Riona, the bolder he became. The more she matched his caresses, and the more inflamed he grew…

The Fire’s Center
Book 1 of The Fire of Love series
Shannon Farrell
Genre=Historical Romance
Setting= Victorian Ireland, Irish Potato Famine
Rating: Very sensual
Word Count=78,300 words
Price=$4.99

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