The War Between the States was over, but it had torn their world apart. Clint McCabe came back branded a traitor. He'd dared to swap his gray uniform for blue. Enchanting Dancy O'Neal had spent the war years in Ireland, dreaming of going home. Determined to claim her heritage, she returned to the rocky ridges of Tennessee to discover that Clint now held the land bequeathed to her.
As a boy he'd been her childhood nemesis. As a man he captured her heart. Passionate and proud, the two enemies and soon were instantly clashed. Then In a world aflame with fighting for their lives. Then they learned of secret treachery and intrigue, their passion blazed with the white-hot fury of a love that would not be denied.
Pat is the published author of over forty books of romantic fiction. Several of her titles have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. One of her books, "Ocean of Dreams", is based on her own shipboard romance when she met her former husband, a Norwegian engineer.
She is also a former Radio/TV Motorsports Journalist, covering NASCAR Grand National Stock Car Racing. Her work has won many awards by the National Motorsports Press Association.
Pat has cruised the eastern and western Caribbean extensively, as well as the Greek Islands, the fjords of Norway all the way to the North Cape, and has made several transatlantic crossings.
She prefers traveling single, because it gives her more opportunities to meet and make new friends. While she admits going solo is not for everyone, she says for her it is perfect, because she is an outgoing person, and, being a writer, enjoys meeting new "characters."
The only thing she does not like about traveling is having to leave behind her best friend and companion, Krysy, a 14-year old Wire-haired fox terrier.
