Creole Cavalier Author:Krista Janssen Pretty as a mountain rose, Rebecca Gordon proved she was the best shot in Tennessee by winning a Nashville shooting match. She only wished her mother had lived to see her triumph. Two months earlier, as her mother lay dying, Rebecca learned a long-hidden truth: her real father was Etienne Dufour, a Creole gentleman. Etienne had died years ago, b... more »ut Rebecca's mother begged her to follow her destiny by going to French New Orleans. This prize money would pay for her steamboat passage -- a journey to an exotic world of lies, betrayal and desire.
Louisiana ship owner and American spy Captain Blaine Caldwell had outrun the British fleet since war began in 1812. But he couldn't escape Rebecca's piquant combination of innocence and sensuality. He wanted to be both her protector and her seducer. Yet Blaine's clandestine missions and secrets cost him Rebecca's trust... leaving her to fall into the hands of Etienne Dufour's ruthless business partner and a notorious New Orleans madam. Intrigue and danger were closing in around her, ensnaring her in the dark side of the city and the human heart. But when Blaine was captured by the British, Rebecca's love for him eclipsed every doubt. Now she would make a desperate gamble to save his life -- and the dazzling passion they were destined to share!« less