Golden Splendor - Zebra Heartfire Author:Colleen Quinn Lovely Ashley Tarrant had always been able to wrap a man around her little finger, but when she saw towering Jared Westcott, something told her she wouldn't be able to play the handsome captain for a fool. All she wanted was passage to the Colonies so the green-eyed beauty was scandalized to learn the scoundrel would take her only if she paid wi... more »th her body. She lashed out to wipe the knowing smirk off his face but before Ashley realized what she'd done, her lithe form was pressed against his virile frame and she was whispering her consent!
Dashing Jared Westcott had been with enough women to recognize Ashley as a scheming, greedy tease but that didn't stop him from desiring her embrace. He told himself all he wanted was to caress her sweet silken flesh yet the more her fought his feelings for the provocative girl, the more he dreamed of keeping her forever. The blue-eyed adventurer thrived on a life fraught with danger, and now that he'd met Ashley, he wasn't about to change. He threw all caution to the winds to recklessly love her, and indulged himself without end in ecstatic Golden Splendor.« less
The genre on this book is nautical and North America. Jared always lived a life with danger when he mets Ashley he wants her so makes a bargain passage to America if she pays with sleeping with him.