The Wakening Fire — Erin O'Quinn

Even though married life for young Liam and Caitlín O'Neill is just as sensuous as their stormy courtship, both of them still need to learn a whole new language--how to show each other their deepest, most secret passions. Liam finds ingenious ways to teach his still-naive wife about his urgent needs, and she surprises him with her own instruction. In the midst of their quest of each other, they find themselves on a more deadly search--for the dark secrets of their old enemy Owen Sweeney, confined to an invalid's cart and seemingly just as dangerous as ever. Their search for the truth of the brooding half man leads them back to the history of Ireland's most famous high king, to the deadly vengeance of a jealous woman, and finally to the hills of sacred Tara, where a high king and St. Patrick himself compete for men's hearts and souls.