John Masefield

A story of adventure among the buccaneers on the Spanish Main, and of five people on whom the weeks on the board the 'Broken Heart' have such strong effects.

Angel was grateful to him Charles Thetford had come to her rescue when Evangeline Dorset desperately needed a friend. Now, settling in to her new life in London, she was conscious of stronger feelings for him. Of course, there was no denying Charles was extremely attractive: rich, successful and a highly sought-after matrimonial prize. But Angel knew little about the way of the world. Perhaps she was confusing gratitude with love. And Charles--how did he view her? As an attractive woman--or as an irritating disruption to his ordered life.

Where are all the real men? she wondered...For Lady Diana Davenport, they existed only in her books and dreams. There she could lose herself, becoming the licentious Diana, goddess of the hunt--far from the rigid restraints of eighteenth-century London, WHERE she was courted by fops and fools. That is, until she tried on an authentic Roman helmet in an antiques store and was catapulted back in time, landing in Marcus Magnus's arms. This was no dream! She was lost in Aquae Sulis, the city she knew as Bath, prisoner of a Roman general who accused the violet-eyed beauty of being a Druid spy--and then made her his slave!"COME TO ME."His words were soft, imperious, charged with danger and desire. Marcus Magnus was powerful, arrogant, and infuriating. A real man. And now Lady Diana was his slave, hostage to his will, vowing to fight him to the end--with every seductive weapon she possessed....Virginia Henley is the author of eight romances published by Dell, including the New York Times bestsellers Seduced and Desired.She divides her time between Ontario, Canada, and St. Petersburg, Florida.From the Paperback edition.