A Ruth Ryan Langan Historical Romance Classic.A blood feud.Blazing hatred.Love denied.As the last survivor of her clan, Alana O'Donnell is targeted for death by Sloan Townsend, son of an aristocratic English mother and raised in the Court of Charles I after his Irish father was murdered at the hands of the hated Curran O'Donnell.Sloan returns to the land of his birth to avenge his father's death. Instead, he finds himself bewitched by the beautiful Alana. To save her inheritance, she is forced to marry the hated son of her enemy, even though she vows to make his life a living hell.These two proud, strong-willed warriors must join forces if they are to survive betrayal and a bloody war. By doing so, they uncover a blazing passion. But can their forbidden love survive the pain of their past? New York Times best-selling author Ruth Ryan Langan, who also writes under the pseudonym R. C. Ryan, is the author of over 100 novels, both contemporary romantic-suspense and historical adventure. Quite an accomplishment for this mother of five who, after her youngest child started school, gave herself the gift of an hour a day to follow her dream to become a published author.Ruth has given dozens of radio, television and print interviews across the country and Canada, and has been quoted in such diverse publications as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and COSMOPOLITAN. Ruth has also been interviewed on CNN NEWS, as well as GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
