Gambler in Love Author:Patricia Matthews Catharine "Cat" Carnahan grew up on the Erie Canal, working side by side with her father on their boat, towing freight from Albany to Buffalo. Gutsy and independent, she holds her own with the roughnecks who work the canal, including the brutal, lascivious Simon Maphis. She has yet to discover her own passionate nature--until she and her father... more » rescue a mysterious stranger who has been beaten by thugs. His head wounds have left him with no memory of his past, but his gold pocket wathc identifies him as Morgan Kane. Obviously a gentleman, he gratefully accepts Cat's offer to recuperate aboard the boat, doing odd jobs for his keep. It is Morgan's presence that finallyawakens cat to her own womanhood. And it is Morgan who fulfills her passion one languid evening on the canal.« less