Forbidden Shores by Jane Lockwood
At the dawn of the nineteenth century two strangers set sail for a Caribbean island where sugar is king and human life is cheap. Clarissa Onslowe, ruined and exiled from her family, with nothing more to lose, seeks a rich protector. Disillusioned lawyer Allen Pendale entertains himself on the long voyage teaching the enthusiastic Miss Onslowe the arts of seduction.
He doesn’t expect to fall in love with her.
And Clarissa falls for the man who can meet her price but can’t return her affections because he loves someone else–Allen.
The three of them are bound together by love, desire, and jealousy, a fragile triangle that shatters when Allen uncovers a secret from the past.
If you don’t already know this Jane Lockwood is also Janet Mullany. She wrote the traditional regency Dedication, right before they did away with such things. And has another book coming out in Aug called The Rules of Gentility. It is under the Avon A label and they are calling it Regency Chick-lit.
I so didn’t go for that idea. But I have to say after reading it, which honestly I didn’t mean to do, it is a fabulous book. And you should pick up and check out in August. Don’t worry we will have a review up to remind you.
As for Forbidden Shores, I haven’t read that yet but it does sound interesting. I hate love triangles but I have a feeling this one is going to aim for a HEA I would like. Not sure though… anyone read this yet?
Sybil, many thanks for pimping both of my books and I’m glad you liked The Rules of Gentility even tho you never intended to!
I heard slavery was going to be dealt with in this book? I wonder how that will play out. The setting appeals to me, but I’m hindered by the “erotic romance” tag because I just don’t like them.
Yes, Angela, it does deal with slavery. I found myself in love with the English abolitionist movement (and this was before the movie Amazing Grace came out. I still haven’t seen it) and the way ordinary people embraced the cause. It was the hot topic of the late 18c. My editor persuaded me that setting the book on a Caribbean island might be, uh, hotter than earnest Quakers collecting signatures in bad English weather (even tho I find that tremendously exciting. Honestly).
And yes, it’s an erotic novel, very much so.
Hm…I may have to force myself to get over my aversion to erotic romance to give this book a try–I do love the West Indies.