The Faithful Heart

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An Historical Romance of Ireland

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The Faithful Heart

An Historical Romance of Ireland

Tudor Ireland, 1537

Who has murdered Morgana Maguire's brother, poisoned her father, and stolen most of her clan's ships? These are just a few of the pressing questions she must find answers to if she and her one true love Ruairc MacMahon are ever to find happiness in each other's arms.

Morgana broke off her engagement to the only man she ever loved when her brother was murdered, convinced that her fiance had had betrayed them all. Now, two years later, Ruairc returns to Donegal at the request of Morgana's father, who wants to make peace with them both before he dies.

In the time that's passed since the murder, Ruairc is the only one who does not appear to have profited from the young man's death in any way. In fact, his life has been a living hell.

Ruairc has never loved anyone but the fiery young beauty with hair like living flame. Forced to earn his keep after being banished from his clan for a murder he did not commit, Ruairc has had to dance attendance upon the powerful and ambitious English courtiers in Dublin.

Ruairc is overjoyed to be summoned back to the Maguire lands to be with Morgana again, despite the nest of murderous intrigue he is walking right back into. He would brave the gates of Hell itself if it meant winning Morgana for his wife at last. If only he could convince her he loves her for herself alone, not her title, lands or wealth.

Despite her suspicions, Morgana bonds with Ruairc as her most trusted ally, the only anchor in her swirling world. As their enemies surround them and brother fights brother for clan supremacy, the sensual couple can barely keep their heads above water as the shifting quicksands of loyalty and allegiance threaten to drag them under.

Only Morgana's greatest ship, The Faithful Heart, stands between the Maguire and MacMahon clans and the destruction of their entire region at the hands of the fanatical, power-hungry traitors in their midsts.

Embroiled in the web of Tudor power politics and Reformation during the reign of Henry VIII and his new queen Anne Boleyn, and caught up in the rebellion of the great Irish leader Silken Thomas, Morgana and Ruairc must fight not only to win each other's love, but to protect all of Ireland from civil war and foreign invasion.

CHAPTER ONE

As Morgana Maguire laboured on her knees digging in the still partly frozen soil, a shadow fell over her prostrate form. The new scent she breathed in had naught to do with the garden.

Morgana shuddered with cold and fear, and slowly rose to face her visitor. She hoped her face would appear a mask of indifference, though inside her heart hammered against her ribs painfully.

"Well, Ruairc MacMahon, state your business, and leave. I have work to do here, as you can see," Morgana declared flatly.

As the silence stretched, Morgana's violet eyes finally rose to met Ruairc's emerald green ones. She blushed furiously at the openly speculative appraisal that she saw there. Like he's trying to strip me naked, she thought resentfully, seeing the painfully familiar flame of passion in his eyes.

The passage of time hadn't diminished him in any way that she could see. Certainly not in height. Ruairc towered over her, so with a proud lift of her chin, Morgana met his gaze head-on, refusing to be cowed by him as she had once been, long ago, in her other life.

"No word of welcome for me then, my dear? After all, I am one of your oldest friends, and the man you were once betrothed to."

"You and I have nothing to say to one another, Ruairc, especially not after all this time. So if you're trying to cause trouble, or make me change my mind about any of the decisions I've made, you can go back to Hell, or wherever it is you've come from."

The Faithful Heart
Word Count: 90,000
Setting: Tudor Ireland
Rating: Mildly sensual, some explicit love scenes

Sorcha MacMurrough is a multi-published author who has taught English literature and English and Irish history. She has lived all over the UK and Ireland.

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