Electra Shipley lies in a mite-infested
bunk, weak from lack of food and seasickness. Imprisoned and sentenced to seven
years’ transportation, she sails towards the penal colony of New South Wales,
Australia. Despite the odds, she is determined to survive, to clear her name,
and return to her life of wealth and ease in England.
William Radcliffe has fled the
betrayals of his father and fiancée to make a new life in the colony. When a
transport ship from England docks, William stumbles across much more than mere
trade cargo. Haunted by the beautiful convict with wild hair and golden eyes,
William decides a compliant and grateful convict wife might meet his needs
without the complications of love. Electra must now decide whether a loveless
marriage with a "colonial barbarian" is preferable to imprisonment.
William is unprepared for the deeply
suppressed passion his new wife arouses within him. Against his conviction
never to love, he begins to desire Electra and the sexual tension between them
sparks into a fierce physical attraction he longs to satisfy.
But Electra has made enemies on the
ship and a vicious act of revenge endangers her life and the lives of the
people she has come to love. Can Electra and William’s love survive the perils
of this land and its inhabitants, or will their pasts destroy their future?
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