Nobody’s Angel

by Karen Robards

published 1992

Publisher: Dell

Sold! Ian is stunned. He has just been auctioned off as a common beast of burden. It now belongs to this austere and frumpy little woman. Slave of a Caroline farmer, he, the Marquis of Derne! This time, he hit the bottom of the infamy … Looking at it more closely, Susannah Redmon is not repulsive. Under the coarse fabric of his shapeless clothes, Ian guesses open breasts, a supple and thin waist, round hips. Rebellious locks escape from her bun and her generous mouth betrays a sensual nature that begs to be revealed. At twenty-six, the prude daughter of Pastor Redmon nevertheless considers herself an old girl. She gave up finding happiness with a man. But the fire is smoldering under the ash …

In Carolina Colony, the community admired Susannah Redmon, plain eldest daughter of the preacher. Her herbal healing skills made her an angel of mercy, her determination held together the family’s farm, and her strong will always got her what she wanted–even the buying of a man.  But no suitor had ever courted her…

Ian Connelly, Marquis of Derne, had been betrayed, branded a criminal, and beaten.  Still defiant, he had been indentured and transported to the Colonies, where a bossy, primly proper woman had bought him!  But he alone saw the strength of her character, the gold in her tawny hair, and, in her eyes, the fire of her long-hidden desire…

Now Susannah “owned” this magnificently handsome rogue, but it was his passion that could free her imprisoned, lonely heart.  From the frontier South to society London or even to hell itself, with her body she would worship him and with her soul she would love him, for she was…Nobody’s Angel