title: The Flames of Vengeance
author: Byrne, Beverly
description: THERE ARE FIRES OF PASSION, AND FIRES FED BY GREED... MOST TERRIBLE OF ALL ARE THE FIRES SET ABLAZE BY CRUELTY AND INJUSTICE....
  
  In a white-walled palace shimmering beneath the hot sun of southern Spain, a darkened room held unspeakable anguish. The fabulous wealth of his family's banking empire had made Juan Luis Mendoza all powerful, but his insane jealousy drove him to the edge of madness. Lila Curran faced his cruelty and swore that she and her son, Michael, would survive. After thirteen years of desperate struggle the arrival of a mysterious letter saved Lila's sanity, for in it lay a shocking secret .. the weapon she would use to force Juan Luis to set her free.
  
  Now, in the elegant Dublin mansion where Lila reigns as the Black Widow, aristocrats dance in the ballroom while revolutionaries are received behind closed doors. No one guesses the lust for vengeance that lives in Lila's heart. No one knows of her secret worldwide alliances, her mysterious lover, or the Byzantine scheme she and her son have nurtured for years. No one realizes that, if it succeeds ... the House of Mendoza will fall.
  
  From rebellion plotted beneath cold starry skies to the dark magic that stalks the sultry Caribbean night -- the Black Widow's web, baited with lust and passion is carefully being spun....