In The Shadow of Midnight (The Black Wolf Series Book 2)

She risked everything for the game. She never meant to wager her heart.

Irish Mary O’Sullivan is many things—a gifted actress, a relentless dreamer, a sharp-eyed gambler, and occasionally an enterprising pickpocket. When a stolen invitation grants her access to an exclusive, high-stakes poker tournament in fashionable seaside Brighton, Mary seizes the chance of a lifetime. The winnings could save her struggling theatre troupe—and fund her escape to America and the New York stage.

Jamie Lathan is a formidable warrior, but when a Lathan kinsman is injured, Jamie's life depends not only on his legendary prowess with a sword, but on keeping a dangerous secret. Like his mother, Jamie wields the power of healing magic. From childhood, he knew that those skills, often feared in a woman, would be condemned outright in a man. Discovery could mean imprisonment or death, but Jamie soon learns that denying his compulsion to heal is to deny the very core of himself.

Lieutenant Liam Doherty has spent his life in the shadow of his famous friend, Captain Brendan Merrick. Now in his sunset years, the Irish mariner is content to watch over his late friend's family and live his life with carefree abandon. He doesn't want change, and he doesn't need shaking up. But there's that widow down in Baltimore he just can't forget...