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He gave her everything but freedom...
Damascus could trace her ancestry to the English nobility. From her father, Sir George Faradine, came spectacular beauty and bearing. From her unwed mother, a legacy of life in Newgate prison, where the spirited child learned the ways of the streets and the evil of men. But nothing could have prepared her for Haiti, where she was sold into slavery and bought by a man deformed by nature, character and fate.
Monsieur Jean de la Roche gave Damascus everything but freedom. She was the wife he bought for her beauty, her breeding -- and for his heir, to be sired by his perfectly formed brother Adrian, the only man she ever desired. In her veins flowed the blood of kings and warriors, and in this violent new land of Haiti, she would fight for liberty...
My review:
A romance with a hero and heroine who love each other at first sight, have very few obstacles between them, and open lines of communication (or conflicts are fast resolved by talking). I thought it was pretty dull, but the history of the Haitian Rebellion made it interesting in parts.
He gave her everything but freedom...
Damascus could trace her ancestry to the English nobility. From her father, Sir George Faradine, came spectacular beauty and bearing. From her unwed mother, a legacy of life in Newgate prison, where the spirited child learned the ways of the streets and the evil of men. But nothing could have prepared her for Haiti, where she was sold into slavery and bought by a man deformed by nature, character and fate.
Monsieur Jean de la Roche gave Damascus everything but freedom. She was the wife he bought for her beauty, her breeding -- and for his heir, to be sired by his perfectly formed brother Adrian, the only man she ever desired. In her veins flowed the blood of kings and warriors, and in this violent new land of Haiti, she would fight for liberty...
My review:
A romance with a hero and heroine who love each other at first sight, have very few obstacles between them, and open lines of communication (or conflicts are fast resolved by talking). I thought it was pretty dull, but the history of the Haitian Rebellion made it interesting in parts.
