Lady Caroline Blacknall is in search of the final pieces of documentation for her life-long work, writing a book of collected Celtic lore. It is to be her legacy, her gift to her struggling people. For access to a rare book, The Chronicle of Kildaire, she is willing to beard the enemy of her sister in his remote island den.

Sir Grant Dunmore has escaped his past and the harm his actions brought to Caroline by immuring himself on Muirin Inish off the coast of Ireland, but he will never forgive himself for endangering her life. When she appears shipwrecked on his coast he knows the deep and subtle game he is playing with the French can bring nothing but more danger to her innocent life. He also knows she is stubborn and intelligent enough the he can not shield her, though not for lack of trying.

Caroline's direct and forthright manner is a refreshing change from many historical romance heroines. She knows she enjoys Grant and the feelings he raises within her, so different from the quiet love she shared with her late husband and is willing to risk it all for the sake of the pleasures they share, even for a brief time. Grant is the one who fears to risk love, and who knows the true danger they face in the situation he has created for his own purposes.

Set in the tumultuous beginning of the nineteenth century's Irish insurrection the background has been well-researched but does not in any way overshadow the love story. Laurel McKee has done a fine job with her Daughters of Erin Trilogy. LADY OF SEDUCTION is book three. I look forward to McKee's next adventure with great anticipation.