Books All the Sweet Tomorrows (O'Malley Saga) by Bertrice Small (Author)

All the Sweet Tomorrows" by Bertrice Small is the second book in the O'Malley Saga, continuing the adventures of Skye O'Malley, a strong and passionate woman living during the time of Queen Elizabeth I. At the command of Queen Elizabeth, Skye is forced to marry the cruel Duc de Beaumont de Jaspre, whose Mediterranean principality is strategically important to England. Initially, her new life is filled with hardship and cruelty, including being beaten by her husband under the influence of a rogue Protestant priest.

Despite the harsh beginning, Skye uses her fiery spirit and desires to transform her circumstances. She manages to sway her husband away from the priest's control, but the priest’s return results in violence, leaving the Duc paralyzed and near death. With no heirs from Skye, the Duc's bastrd brother, Baron Adrian, is brought in as a potential successor, who immediately covets Skye for himself. Skye considers marrying Adrian until she receives news that her beloved former husband, Niall, whom she believed dead, is alive and held captive in a Turkish harem.