Scars Upon Her Heart: A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars [Paperback]

Sorcha MacMurrough (Author)

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Review

The cleverly woven plot and magnificent sweep of history create a memorable tale of love and danger. Highly Recommended. -- Wordweaving Reviews

The historical details, settings and vivid characters make this novel one to treasure. -- Evelyn Trimborn, author

This is another winner from this bright talent in the world of historical fiction and romance. -- Jacqui Jerome, The Picture of Bliss

About the Author

Sorcha Mac Murrough has been writing stories since she could hold a pen. She has a degree in Irish history, from which she draws her inspiration. She lives in glorious rural Ireland with her three dogs, and loves cooking, hiking and calligraphy.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Domhan Books (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583450114
• ISBN-13: 978-1583450116
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,932,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, November 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Scars Upon Her Heart: A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars (Paperback)

If you like Sharp on TV, you will love this-great characters, rousing action, and a lot of fasciating facts and thrilling espionage.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rolicking romance, nonstop action and passion, June 1, 2009

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J. Mullally "booklover4ever00" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scars Upon Her Heart (The Scars of The Heart Series) (Kindle Edition)

This book starts at a gallop, and barely lets up, as our hero and heroine meet amid the Peninsular War in Spain.

Vevina Joyce was an aristocrat with the world at her feet until her neighbor Samuel falsely accuses her father of treason, and forces her and her brother Wilfred (Will) to go on the run. They had to Wellington's army, where many a former convict has made his way in the world.

But they are out of the frying pan and into the fire soon enough, for Samuel has put a bounty on both their heads, and there are far too many willing to collect.

Vevina is attacked and saved. She wakes in a darkened tent and is grateful to her rescuer, and they begin to grow closer, until at last she sees his face: Samuel??

Not Samuel, but his twin brother Stewart, who served with Wellington in India and is now in Spain fighting Bonaparte. We follow their rocky road to true love as they must learn to trust each other, and through being comrades in arms, grow to beloved of the heart.

Vevina is a great heroine, by no means perfect, but a woman who knows what she wants--true love, and nothing less. And freedom for her brother Will. Stewart is a superb hero, if confused, a jaded man a fair bit older than Vevina who desires her desperately but does not want to take advantage of her poor state and have her do something she might regret.

The heated passion they share is depicted in some wonderful love scenes, and her journey of selfdiscovery and the truth about what really happened in Ireland, and the identities of the nest of traitors, makes for some great reading.

A marvelous cast of secondary characters, including Will, also sets this up to be a terrific series. This is first-rate romance, with heaps of chemistry between Vevina and Stewart, and tons of action and suspense.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for history lovers, April 14, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scars Upon Her Heart: A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars (Paperback)

Lady Vevina Joyce has gone from the toast of Dublin and Cork society to camp follower in only six months. To protect Viv, she and brother actually claim to be husband and wife as they aid the fight against the French as Napoleon Bonaparte seeks to control all of Europe.

Major Stewart Fitzgerald rescues Viv from fellow soldier Sergeant Hawkes, who seems determined to not only harm Viv, but also her brother. Stewart feels as if he's known Viv before, little suspecting that she was the woman who once changed the course of his life. Taking both Viv and her brother under his wing, Stewart finds Viv to be an enigmatic and alluring woman whom he can't resist. Her beguiling mix of sensuality and innocence stir his passion.

When their father went bankrupt, Viv and her brother lost everything. But it was Stewart's brother that causes their horrible change in fortune, making Viv's rescuer's motives suspect. Hawke's interest in Viv and her brother clearly demonstrate an enmity that links to Stewart's brother himself.

Deception and treachery lead Viv from war-torn Spain to the magnificent Alps, vividly created with talented author Sorcha MacMurrough's deft pen. While Viv's a little too perfect at times (I want to be able to accomplish as much as she can in a single day), the cleverly woven plot and magnificent sweep of history create a memorable tale of love and danger. SCARS UPON HER HEART is fascinating reading. Recommended.