From the incomparable <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Bertrice Small comes a heroine as breathtaking as she is legendary.<br><br>SKYE O&#8217;MALLEY <br><br>Indomitable and bold in an era of royalty and rogues, Skye O&#8217;Malley is a woman who embraces her unbridled sensuality as valiantly as she fights for her children, her lovers, her empire. A woman of justice and honor, she will match wits with and challenge the most dangerous and powerful woman of her time: Queen Elizabeth I.<br><br>Though Skye is the object of every man&#8217;s fantasy, only a handful have had the thrill of tasting her enticing passions&#8211;men whose own daring adventures match her exotic forays into a world of lust, longing, and remarkable destiny. Skye&#8217;s is a stunning tale that reaches from the emerald hills of Ireland to the lush palaces of Algiers to the helm of a shipping empire, where she will wage her greatest battle for love and vengeance against the crown itself.<br><br>&#8220;Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history, and suspense.&#8221;<br><i>&#8211;Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>&#8220;Small continues to prove herself worthy of the title queen of sensuality!&#8221;<br><i>&#8211;Literary Times</i>