Cachet

Falsely implicated in a capital crime, American Rachel Cordell needs a safe place to hide while her father tries to clear her name. She goes to visit her aunt in England, where by twist of fate she is offered the perfect answer her prayers...a position working in the obscure village of Crowshaven in Yorkshire. Morgan Tremayne expected his partner to hire a sedate, pliable young fellow to serve as their company clerk. Instead Boyd returns from London with a damned female in tow. A damned Colonial female, with luminous dark eyes, lush tresses, and a most irritating tendency to contradict Morgan at almost every turn. She’s clearly intelligent, but shares almost nothing about herself or her life prior to arriving in England. Attraction grows between them along with grudging mutual admiration, but everything is thrown into turmoil when Rachel suddenly claims she must return to America. Her father is gravely ill. Morgan insists her country is gravely ill and headed toward outright civil war. His business contacts in Atlantic shipping and trade assure him this is no time for travel to the States, but Rachel will not be dissuaded. She’s adamant about making the perilous voyage, despite sea lanes rife with privateers, blockade runners, and hardened mercenaries, not to mention what she may be facing once she reaches American shores. Morgan sees no choice but to go along and marry her at sea, placing himself squarely in the eye of a different storm. For he has no idea who the woman is he’s abruptly taken to wife, and as they will both discover, some secrets are dangerous to keep...but potentially lethal once revealed. Can two lovers from opposite shores weather the treacherous waters and somehow find peace together?About the AuthorShannah Biondine is the author of eight novels of historical and/or paranormal romance as well as three fantasy novellas. Originally a California native, Shannah relocated with her husband and two children to Colorado in 2005 and now lives near the Arkansas River and Sangre De Cristo Mountains. Shannah won an Eppie in 2002 for Best Fantasy/Paranormal Romance, and has had works final in the Aspen Gold, PRISM, and Dream Realm Awards. She is also published with Double Dragon Publishing. Readers may contact Shannah at: sbiondine@yahoo.com