An unusual Regency romance that begins in an exotic locale and then takes you back to London.
Set in 1817, beginning in Gibraltar, this is the story of Hattie Wright, the daughter of missionaries who sail to Africa with Hattie and a fiancé forced upon her. Hattie rebels and jumps ship. Swimming to Gibraltar, she is rescued by William Saunders, a British former spy, who is headed home to England.
Sharing a small cabin on the ship back to London, Hattie gives herself to the man she’s just met, not because she’s in love but because she wants to experience pleasurable lovemaking (her fiancé was cold) before returning to her work among the poor in London. Meanwhile, Will, offers her marriage. She refuses because she doesn’t trust him to allow her to work in the rookeries.
Both Hattie and Will have issues with their past they must overcome. She leads him on a merry chase but he will catch her in the end. Some interesting developments and a gang of thugs add danger and excitement to the story.
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