After building a fortune in the exotic East, American adventurer and merchant prince Gavin Elliott sets his sails for London to begin a new life. Then fate intervenes on an infamous island in the East Indies where he discovers an Englishwoman facing degradation and peril. Though saving her may cost Gavin his life, he cannot refuse to help the fierce beauty who touches his heart and soul with her unconquerable spirit.
Alexandra Warren is returning home from Australia as a widow and mother when a pirate attack condemns her to a life of servitude. A miracle arrives in the form of a steely-eyed Yankee captain whose reckless courage wins them freedom and a safe passage home to London. Intimate strangers joined by too many secrets, they slowly begin to heal the past with attraction and tenderness--until an old enemy reaches out to threaten the passionate love Gavin has found with his irresistible bartered bride.
"Both characters have vivid inner lives and thoroughly imagined personalities. Their union is inevitable¢this is a romance novel¢but their journey from strangers to spouses to true lovers is utterly authentic." —Publishers Weekly
The Bride Trilogy
The Wild Child, #1
The China Bride, #2
The Bartered Bride, #3
Uncommon Vows (A medieval prequel to the Bride Trilogy)
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