Wild Rose and the Horseman

Wild Rose and the Horseman, book 2 of Eva and the Irishman Series.

Eva's and Victor’s daughter Ellen Mattson, an academically gifted teen, wants to be a physician. She’s learning it will be an uphill battle to enter a profession and world dominated by men. Her late father called her Villi Ruusu, Finnish for Wild Rose, his affectionate nickname for one who’s beautiful, precocious, and determined.

Having a staunch supporter in her step-father Liam, her model and mentor, she’s even more sure she’s on the right path. But, as she grows older and comes of age, she finds herself in love with her best friend since the sixth grade. The handsome and alluringly carnal Sean O’Neill, an avid horseman, takes her to places sexually where she completely lets go of the reins. Will she be able to hold to her life-long ambitions now that she’s discovered her intense love for him? An even bigger question is, will Sean be able to let her go now that he’s completely in love with her? The biggest question of all is, will Liam stay out of the turmoil? Ellen’s goals have become his goals and he wants nothing to interfere with those plans.

Enter Patricia Day, a daddy’s girl who’s used to getting what she wants. She further complicates things when she sets her sights on Sean, who works and studies Thoroughbred horse breeding at her father’s stables at the fairgrounds. In order to keep his job, Sean can’t risk offending her, yet will the spoiled Miss Day interfere with his relationship with Ellen?

Wild Rose and the Horseman, the second installment of the Eva and the Irishman series, is set against the historical backdrops of the Women’s Suffrage Movement and World War I. This novel ushers us into the second of three generations of the feisty and sexy Dady-O’Neill family. It’s chock full of flesh-and-blood characters, dramatic tension, humor, compelling dialogue, and lusty, amative sex.