I always knew Isaac wasn’t a bad man but was a product of his situation. It wasn’t until I started researching Ireland during that time that the rest of my characters appeared. I already had most of the characters before I started this book. How Did You Come up With Your Characters? The saga is comprised of four series that follows four generations of women from Ireland to the War of 1812. Bailey’s Revenge is the first book of the saga. The story of Kathleen and Anna were so good that I knew I needed to write them down. I learned she was Kathleen’s sister and she told me the rest of Kathleen’s story. All of a sudden the character of Lady Calico (whom Calico is named after) appeared. The story only grew as I wrote the original sequel to Calico’s story. There was still a bit of mystery surrounding her murder and I wanted to know more so I dug deeper but the truth wasn’t revealed to me until after the first edition of Calico was released. Actually, I knew how she died before I knew anything else. I knew bits and pieces of Kathleen’s story from some of Alexander’s conversations in Calico. Kathleen, the heroine in Bailey’s Revenge, is Calico’s grandmother. The idea for Bailey’s Revenge actually came to me while I was writing the sequel for Calico. Will Kathleen honor her Irish heritage or the English noble who stole her heart? Torn between her love for the English noble and her family loyalty, Kathleen must chose to honor one of the other in order to stop Bailey before he destroys everything.

Kathleen loves Isaac and despises Bailey.

Since the English Earl is so smitten by Kathleen, she should seduce him and reclaim the estate through marriage. Kathleen’s chance encounter with Earl Turner gives Bailey an idea. Death and destruction follow her as her older brother, Bailey, leads Irish rebels to depose Earl Isaac Turner and reclaim his birthright as heir of Kilmore. Born into poverty by parents who once ruled over Kilmore, Kathleen McGillpatrick never longed for an affluent life just a peaceful one.

Bailey's Revenge by Allison Bruning