Emerald Desire — Lynette Vinet

SEDUCED BY HIS HONEYED WORDS, BETRAYED BY HIS BURNING KISSES, SHE ABANDONED HER HEART'S DESIRE.

THE REBEL HEART
As wild and beautiful as the Irish countryside where she grew up, young Dera Brennan knew from the first that Quint Flannery was the only man she could ever love. Ignoring her family's warnings, she gave herself to Quint with delirious abandon. He was hers and hers alone -- until she found him in another woman's arms.

To spite her faithless lover, Dera impetuously married Lord Fairfax, an imperious English aristocrat, and Quint's implacable enemy. Yet even separated from Quint by a vast chasm of wealth and privilege, Dera yearned for his hungry, punishing kisses. Not even the cold brilliance of diamonds could quench a desire burning with emerald-bright intensity...