Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies in her native Britain. Falsely convicted of thievery, she is shipped off in shackles to the colony of Virginia, where she is sold into indentured servitude to Gage Thornton. A widowed shipbuilder who needs a nanny for his two-year-old son, Gage is believed by many to have murdered his wife. But Shemaine finds Gage to be generous and caring, and soon they are falling in love--until grave danger from across the ocean threatens their blossoming romance.
After being falsely accused of theft, Shemaine O'Hearn is sent across the Atlantic where she is sold into servitude in Virginia. Her fortunes take a turn for the better when she is bought by Gage Thornton, a handsome, understanding man who needs her to take care of his young son. Despite rumors that Gage had murdered his wife, Shemaine soon falls for her master, and though they both end up falling in love, there are those in America, and far away in England, who have plans to end their budding romance.
- Genre: Romance, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Conflicts + Dualities, Historical Romance, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Suspense, Love + Relationships + Sex, Types of Characters
- Publisher: Avon Books
- Edition: Reissue
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: July 1, 1998
- Date Published: July 1, 1998
- Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss