Surrender to Love

by Heather Moore

The adopted daughter of shopkeeprs, Sabine DuBois dreams of one day belonging to the New Orleans society that sees her only as an outcast. But her cafe au lait skin and glittering emerald eyes make Sabine a mark for an aristocrat's advances. Seduced by his sweet words and lavish gifts - she is shattered by his sudden betrayal...and a shocking secret about her own past - a secret that soon makes the innocent beauty a captive of slave traders bound for the Caribbean.

Sold to the highest bidder, Sabine becomes the slave of a cruel plantation owner...until an American unexpectedly spirits her to safety. Accused of a crime he didn't commmit, Michael Pierson is a man on the run. Now, with a posse of vigilantes after him, and sworn to save Sabine, Michael makes the ultimate sacrifice...never dreaming that he and Sabine would be drawn into a world of danger and desire...and a love he will move heaven and earth to claim.

Previously published in 1996 by Kensington/Zebra, this book is now available through Amazon Kindle as an independently published romance novel.

Genres: Historical Romance

270 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Not Now...Mommy's Reading · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book gets one star for the author's effort. Being a Black woman, who is also an avid reader of historical romances, I haven't come across too many authors who are willing to write a romance dealing with this issue. I applaud the author's effort. The plot revolves around Sabine, a mulatto girl, who is being raised by a shopkeeper and his wife. She is in love with a local boy who she later finds out is also her brother. She's abducted by slave traders and ends up over in Cuba, where she is mistreated by her new "owner". She is rescued by Michael, who can't understand why the pretty mulatto with the green eyes captivates him so. One word for the writing...WEAK!!! I finished reading the book only because I have made a promise to myself to finish a book no matter how awful the story but I struggled to do so. There was no depth to the characters at all. The writing was just so...corny, to be polite. I was so disappointed because I felt like this plot had so many possibilities but the author just failed to deliver. I normally am not so harsh a judge but I feel like I am a fair one and having read hundreds, if not thousands of romances, I feel pretty reasonable in saying this had to be one of the worse books I have ever read.