The Irish Heiress

This is the first book I read from this author and I must say, I was quite impressed! I really enjoyed this story and thought it was very well written. The story itself is very unusual and it had my interest from start to end. Lady Mara Reeves is such a loving and warm character, you can't help but love her:) Foster Sheridan, Earl of Sterling, is also a wonderful character and my heart really went out to him with what he's been going through the last 10 years. When they meet, it's love at first sight but they shouldn't be together because Foster is married!!! The villain of the story is his wife and although she is a cold and cruel person, when you find out why she is the way she is, you can't help but feel sorry for her. Because of Mara's premonitions, you pretty much realize what will be happening in the story but that's ok, it didn't ruin the story for me:) I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

3.25 Stars Lady Mara Reeves is determined to remain single, she’s adept at gently rebuffing any suitor who comes her way. She also has lashes of seeing future event & just after seeing one event she sees Foster Sheridan Easl of Sterling & realises he’s the man in her vision. There’s a connection unlike anything she’s ever known, yet complicated by one scandalous fact: the man she believes to be her destiny is already married . Trapped in a loveless union with a woman who refuses to divorce him, Foster is resigned to loneliness until he meets the exquisite Mara. Her wants her as a wife, not a mistress, but he can’t resist her unconventional offer. I’ve loved the previous Hamilton books & I did enjoy this book but I couldn’t condone Foster's behaviour. Yes Rose was horrid to him but did he ever try to find out why - no, he just upped & left. As Rose's backstory emerged I felt sorry for her but again couldn’t condone her behaviour towards Foster. I'm also not a lover of instant love so I came close to putting this book down & if it has been the first I'd read by the author I would have done but because of her other books I continued to read. I liked Mara & to some extent Foster, the road to their HEA was pretty predictable but also enjoyable. My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

September 1894 "She knew it was about to come over her, a premonition. She was in a fire and knowing she was going to die. But a man was calling her name with his hand reaching for her, a look of love, mixed with anguish. His eyes, deep green and filled with abject longing and desire, they implored her to come to him. He pulled her into his arms and Mara had never felt such a ebullient happiness and tranquility. This man loved her deeply and she loved him." Paraphrased but this story opened with Mara at her uncles ball, having a premonition and then she saw him. The man in her vision. As she looked at him, she could see him staring at her, a deep connection. Sigh.. It only gets better if you can believe it but it there is so much emotion swirling around. Foster Sterling, Lord Sheridan was an unhappy man. He had been married for over ten years, yet he and his wife did not live together or ever have a real marraige. She was just a bitter, unhappy human being and he had no hope of children or happiness. This is a journey of the heart and trying to hold on to an instant connection when so much is against them. There is a terrible villian in the middle, his wife that has a story of her own that comes out. Can these two find happiness? But how can that be with him married? A real page turner that will pull at your heart....