Flann O'Conall, the cranky bachelor son of a king in ancient Ireland, has always preferred harsh wilderness to the company of a woman. One rainy night, he reluctantly opens his rainproof blanket to the innocent yet disdainful and taunting Dona Mariana.What happens under his cover? The clash and crash of his fire with her silk creates a whirlwind of conflict and intense emotion that changes both their lives.Flann seems to have two clear choices: the lonely but secure life on his chosen mountain—his symbolic mistress—or the burr-in-his-britches torment of trying to understand the willful, passionate Mariana.Explicit historical romance in the age of St. Patrick.