by Karen Robards
published 1991
Publisher: Dell
Defiantly beautiful, Caroline Wetherby stepped ashore in a land so wild and fierce, she trembled. She had come seeking refuge with the last of her family, but her sister was dead. Waiting to greet her were pious Pilgrims, warring Indians, howling wolves, a boisterous household of men and boys…and him, her rugged, unwelcoming brother-in-law, Matt Mathieson. Caroline wanted to hate Matt as she hated all men.
After her father’s death, she’d been eager to escape England. But as daughter of a gambler and a gypsy, her flamboyant ways and healing skills tempted disaster in the sanctimonious Connecticut Colony. And putting herself in the hands of a big, handsome stranger tempted something far more dangerous–emotions she couldn’t resist, kisses she couldn’t forget, and a future that could bring ruin…or a journey to heaven on earth in his arms.
– You are a whore, a liar and a thief! And in addition, you blaspheme!
– And you are dirty, rude and selfish!
And yet, whether they like it or not, Caroline and Matt are forced to get along! He finds himself alone, in this colony of Puritans, to raise his sons. She comes from England, an orphan, penniless. Deal concluded: in exchange for board and lodging, she will take care of the house. But Caroline is nothing like an ordinary housekeeper, an exquisite face, a wasp waist, round and generous breasts … Enough to drive a man alone for too long! Caroline the rebel caused a scandal, hordes of wolves, attacks by wild Indians, nothing scared her. Shall we accuse him of witchcraft? She responds! Invulnerable to everything …
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